What is Van, Turkey?
[[Image:Van-Ruins at site of old Van-2005.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ruins at the location of old city of Van.]] '''Van''' ([[Armenian language|Armenian]] {{Hayeren|Վան}}) is a city in eastern [[Turkey]] and the seat of [[Van Province]]. It is on the eastern shore of [[Lake Van]]. The city's population in 2005 was 284,464. According to the ''Encyclopedia of the Orient'', [[Kurdish people|Kurds]] form the majority though no census based on ethnicity was ever held in Turkey.{{fact|date=April 2009}} == Other websites == *[http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Van Plan of Van city as it was before 1915] [[Category:Cities in Turkey]] {{Cities of Turkey}} {{authority control}}