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    Tatvan (Kurdish: Tetwan; Armenian: Դատվան, romanized: Datvan) is a city on the western shore of Lake Van, in Bitlis Province in eastern Turkey. It is the...
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    Tatvan District is a district of Bitlis Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city of Tatvan. Its area is 1,885 km2, and its population is 96,884 (2021)...
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    The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement which historically operated throughout Kurdistan...
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  • Ankara-Tatvan route of over 1,300 km. Travelling the full route takes about 26 hours. The train previously ran between Haydarpaşa, Istanbul and Tatvan, but...
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    Railways. It runs 90.6 kilometres (56.3 mi) in Lake Van between Van and Tatvan. Ferry service began operations in 1971, when a railway from Van to Sufian...
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    Tatvan railway station is located in the town of Tatvan, Turkey in eastern Anatolia. It is one of two railway stations serving the town, the other one...
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    border 100 km east at Kapikoy through Van then along the south lake shore to Tatvan (100 km), and westwards to the rest of Turkey. Highway D975 runs north to...
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    Tatvan Çekmece, Tatvan Çevre, Tatvan Dağdibi, Tatvan Dalda, Tatvan Dibekli, Tatvan Dönertaş, Tatvan Düzcealan, Tatvan Eğritaş, Tatvan Göllü, Tatvan Güntepe...
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  • Köprücük, Ardahan, a village in Ardahan Province, Turkey Köprücük, Tatvan, a village in Tatvan District, Bitlis Province, Turkey Köprücük, Varto, a village...
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  • Tatvan Pier railway station (Turkish: Tatvan İskele istasyonu) is a railway station and pier in Tatvan, Turkey. Situated on the western shore of Lake Van...
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    deepest, with a large basin deeper than 400 m (1,300 ft) lying northeast of Tatvan and south of Ahlat. The eastern arms of the lake are shallower. The Van-Ahtamar...
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    Turkish State Railways Next Terminus Trans-Asian Express Bostancı Toward Tatvan Pier Capital Express Söğütlüçeşme Toward Eskişehir Republic Express Fatih...
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  • Yolçatı-Tatvan railway, the station was built by TCDD and put into service in 1955. The station serves Van Lake Express Mainline Trains and Elazığ-Tatvan Regional...
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    Çeliker is a Kurdish musician, singer, songwriter, and violinist born in Tatvan, Bitlis, Turkey. Çeliker graduated from the violin-viola department of Pera...
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    Part of the route included a rail ferry across Lake Van with a terminal at Tatvan on the Western side of the lake. Notable features of the railway on the...
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    2021, when a Turkish Air Force (TAF) Eurocopter AS532 Cougar, en route to Tatvan District in Bitlis, Turkey, crashed in Bitlis Province. Eleven Turkish servicemen...
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    coarse cloth. Bitlis is connected to other urban centres by road, including Tatvan on Lake Van, 25 km to the northeast, and the cities of Muş (Mush), 100 km...
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    final day of the tournament with 6½/9 pts (+6−2=1). Firouzja represented Tatvan in the Turkish Super League from 17 to 28 July. He scored 11½/13 (+10–0=3)...
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    523 Tokat 122 Yüksekova 28,909 59,662 59,410 60,296 61,182 Hakkâri 123 Tatvan 54,071 66,748 55,033 57,976 60,919 Bitlis 124 Reyhanlı 42,451 52,135 60...
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    the guerrillas executed more than 13 people from a bus they stopped in Tatvan.[citation needed] On 22 June 1992, a group of PKK members killed fourteen...
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    (West Antalya Airport) Bitlis Tatvan Airport 38°34′15″N 42°20′51″E / 38.57083°N 42.34750°E / 38.57083; 42.34750 (Tatvan Airport) Edirne Edirne-Kırklareli...
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    Tehran, Iran via İzmit, Bilecik, Eskişehir, Ankara, Kayseri, Sivas, Elazığ, Tatvan (train-ferry), Van and Tabriz. Van-Tebriz Treni (Van – Tabriz train) Route:...
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    Siirt on the 4 July 1847. The same day also Han Mahmud was defeated in Tatvan. Bedir Khan was betrayed by Yezdanşer a distant relative and high ranking...
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  • 12th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Ağrı) 10th Motorized Infantry Brigade (Tatvan) 34th Motorized Infantry Brigade (Patnos) 49th Motorized Infantry Brigade...
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    (since 1986) Yasamal, Baku, Azerbaijan (since 2005) Ardeşen, Rize, Turkey Tatvan, Bitlis, Turkey Rizokarpaso Primary School Kormakitis In 1983, the Turkish...
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    concourse. TCDD Taşımacılık also operates intercity train service to Kars, Tatvan and Kurtalan as well as Başkentray commuter rail service. Located within...
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    Ankara. To the east there are two train routes, one to Kars and the other to Tatvan at the western end of Lake Van. As the city is located in central Turkey...
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    only) across Lake Van, which is at an altitude of 1,650 m (5,413 ft), to Tatvan where it joins the Turkish standard-gauge network. The construction of the...
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    Nemrut (volcano) (category Tatvan District)
    pronunciation: [sɑˈɾɑkən], Kurdish: Çiyayê Nemrudê) is a dormant volcano in Tatvan district, Bitlis province, Eastern Turkey, close to Lake Van. The volcano...
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    Bitlis: In the Tatvan district of Bitlis, on the orders of Brigade Commander Arif Seddar Afşar, helicopters were circulated in the skies of Tatvan and fired...
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