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Country : Turkey

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Town
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Description Year
Taken
Turkey
Lake Van
 The lake is 1640m above sea level and is surrounded by dry mountains.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
 Van is a dusty city in Eastern Turkey on the shores of Lake Van.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
 The city is mainly populated by Kurds.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
 The area has been inhabited for 5000 years and was an Urartu capital in the 9th century BCE.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 Van is dominated by its fort set on a hill.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 Van Fort was built in 855 BCE by the Urartu.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 The fort is 1.5km long and 80m high.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 The spectacular walls.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 Kurdish child at the fort.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 The fort has many Seljuk tombs at its base.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 Family visiting a Seljiuk tomb.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 View of the city from the fort walls.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 Van Fort overlooking blue Lake Van.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 Seljuk tombs beneath the walls.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 The Urartu were followed by the Phrygians, Medeans, Persians, Alexander the Great, Partians, Arabs (7th century), Seljuks (1071) and Ottomans (1548).
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 Walking along the walls.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 Mongol style minaret.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 A man and two boys on the walls.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 Roman structure.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 The upper level of the fort.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 Stone steps.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 The plain of the lake.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
 Oasis and lake.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
Tushpa
 The unexcavated city of Tushpa which dates from the 9th century BCE viewed from the fort.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
Tushpa
 The ruins are very extensive.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Van Fort
Tushpa
 Kaleici Mosque (left), the ruins of Ulu Mosque (1390) and Kayachelebi Mosque (1592) on the right.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Tushpa
 The unexcavated city of Tushpa.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Tushpa
 Three children among at the site.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Tushpa
 The city of Tushpa is overlooked by Van Fort.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Tushpa
 Kayachelebi Mosque (1592).
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Tushpa
 Seljuk tombs.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Tushpa
 Byzantine church.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Tushpa
 Kaleici Mosque.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Tushpa
 Structure by the cliff.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Van
Tushpa
 The vast expanse of the ancient city.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Lake Van is 3764 square km in area.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Arid landscape around the lake.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 The lake is maintained by evaporation which gives it a high salt content.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Small farming settlement by the lake.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 A ferry to Akdamar Osland.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
 Akdamar is a 1km long island 3km from the shore of the lake.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
 The uninhabited island is home to a single church.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
Armenian Church
 The island is famous for its 10th century Armenian church.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
Armenian Church
 The exterior of the church is covered with carvings.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
Armenian Church
 Detail of wall carving.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
Armenian Church
 The Armenian insciption dates from 921.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
Armenian Church
 The carvings on the church were vandalised after the First World War and restored in 2006.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
Armenian Church
 The octagonal dome is typical of Armenian churches.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
Armenian Church
 Intricate carving.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
Armenian Church
 The entrance portal.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
Armenian Church
 The interior frescos.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
 View of the island and the church.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
 Lake Van from the island.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Akdamar Island
 The island is very arid.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 The intensly blue lake is set among hills and mountains.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 The lake is still.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Misty view.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Arid landscape by the lake.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Nomadic tents.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 The lake near Ahlat.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Ahlat is a Kurdish town by the lake.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Street scene.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 The houses are made from volcanic stone.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Ahlat is dotted with Seljuk tombs.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Seljuk tomb with decorated portal and inscription.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Ahlat is very rural.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Family in the village.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Walled mosque.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Houses made from volcanic blocks.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Builders at work.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Farm houses.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Four boys and a donkey.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 The distinctive houses are made from volcanic rock.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Houses with ladder.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Man with his children.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Shepherd.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 Collecting water.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 The village is very rural.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Ahlat
 A group of children.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Spectacular scenery.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Dramatic lakeside scenery.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Small villages dot the lakeside.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Geese.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 A group of farmers.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Nomadic tent.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Trees by the lake.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Crops.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Shepherds.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Dramatic scenery by the lake.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 Lakeside road.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
 The lake near Bitlis.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Bitlis
 Bitlis is a town on Lake Van set in a narrow gorge.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Bitlis
 The small town is an oasis.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Bitlis
 Bitlis is at 1545m.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Bitlis
 The town is set in a narrow gorge.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Bitlis
 Houses along the narrow river gorge in the town.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Bitlis
 The region was once part of an Armenian kingdom and later a Kurdish emirate.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Bitlis
 Ottoman bridge.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Bitlis
 One of many minarets in town.
1986
Turkey
Lake Van
Bitlis
 View across the oasis.
1986

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