Çarpanak Adası

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Çarpanak Adası
The Armenian monastery of Ktuts on the island of Çarpanak Adası on Lake Van. Mount Sipan, 41 km northwest, can be seen on the horizon.
The Armenian monastery of Ktuts on the island of Çarpanak Adası on Lake Van. Mount Sipan, 41 km northwest, can be seen on the horizon .
Waters Lake Van
Geographical location 38 ° 36 '25 "  N , 43 ° 5' 5"  E Coordinates: 38 ° 36 '25 "  N , 43 ° 5' 5"  E
Çarpanak Adası (Turkey)
Çarpanak Adası
length 730 m
width 400 m
surface 14 ha
main place Ktuts Monastery (historical)

Çarpanak Adası , formerly Ktouts ( Armenian Կտուց կղզի Ktuts kghzi ) is a small island in Lake Van . It is located just under a kilometer from the east bank and around 22 km northwest of the city of Van . Some Armenians lived here until 1917 , today the island is uninhabited. Until then, the island also had an Armenian Apostolic Monastery, called the Ktuts Monastery . Its ruins can still be seen today.

During the massacre of the Armenians in 1894–1896 , the island served as a place of refuge for numerous Armenian Christians persecuted by Sultan Abdülhamid II ; the situation improved little noticeably until the genocide of the Armenians from 1915 to 1917 , when the Turkish gendarmes gained access to the island and deported all the Armenian residents . The uninhabited island is now a bird refuge and nature reserve. Since 2007 the island has been accessible for tourism by ferry.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jean V. Guréghian, Les monuments de la région Mouch - Sassoun - Van en Arménie historique , Sigest, Alfortville, 2008 ISBN 978-2-917329-06-1 , page 14th
  2. ↑ http://www.van.bel.tr/ . February 13, 2018. Archived from the original on January 8, 2008.