The Van seaside Other names: Arteme (Kurdish) Driving between Van and Akdamar you might want to pause in Edremit, the decidedly scruffy “beach…
Turkey’s largest lake Other name: Gola Wane (Kurdish) A brief glance at a map of Eastern Turkey immediately reveals that its most conspicuous…
The Urartian capital of Tushpa Population: 511,000 (Van) – 348,000 (İpekyolu), 163,00 (Tuşba) Other name: Wane (Kurdish) Despite…
For those of an adventurous disposition South-Eastern Turkey is usually the destination of choice. An oblique rectangle with its corners turning on Malatya,…