Population: 9,600 Other name: Shebeteria (?), Palua, Palios, Romanopolis, Palo Market day: Wednesday Favourite son: Selahattin Demirtaş (ex-leader of the HDP) Out east of…
Who exactly the Urartians were and where they came from remains uncertain although they seem to have replaced a people known as the…
Almost impossible to reach by public transport, the remains of the Urartian Ayarış Kalesi (castle) nevertheless stand in a stunning location overlooking a…
The Urartian archaeological site of Sardurihinilli at Çavuştepe is to the right of the road as you head southeast from Van to Hakkari.…
Visitors to Turkey are often familiar with the Hittites and Phrygians. Far less well known are the Urartians who, from around the middle…
The Urartian capital of Tushpa Population: 511,000 (Van) – 348,000 (İpekyolu), 163,00 (Tuşba) Other name: Wane (Kurdish) Despite…