Tatvan

	Tatvan
	; View of Tatvan from the Nemrut
Basic data
Province (il) :	Bitlis
Coordinates :	38 ° 30 ' N , 42 ° 17' E Coordinates: 38 ° 30 '8 " N , 42 ° 16' 53" E
Height :	1690 m
Residents :	74,389 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90) 434
Postal code :	13 200
License plate :	13
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	22 Mahalle
Mayor :	Mehmet Emin Geylani ( AKP )
Postal address :	Tuğ Mah. Hükümet Cad. No: 1 ; Tatvan / BİTLİS
Website:	www.tatvan.bel.tr
Tatvan County
Residents :	92,695 (2018)
Surface:	1,885 km²
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Mehmet Ali Özkan
Website (Kaymakam):	www.tatvan.gov.tr

Railway ferry terminal to Van

Tatvan ( Armenian Դատվան Datwan , Kurdish Têtwan ) is a town and capital of the Tatvan district in the eastern Turkish province of Bitlis , located at 1690 m above sea level on Lake Van . The city is home to around 80 percent of the district's population and is largely inhabited by Kurds .

geography

The district is located in the west and south of Lake Van and borders on the Ahlat district in the north , the central district ( Merkez ) Bitlis in the southwest and the Hizan district in the south . There is an external border with Van Province ( Gevaş County ) in the east of the county.
Tatvan is near the Nemrut , an extinct volcano that can be seen from the city on the northern horizon.

district

The district of Tatvan is the largest in terms of area in the province of Bitlis and also has the highest population of all districts. Its population density (49) is only slightly above the provincial average (42 inhabitants per km²). The district of Tatvan, like the neighboring district of Hizan, was formed at the beginning of 1936 and, in addition to the district town, also includes 57 villages ( Köy ), four of which have more than a thousand inhabitants: Sarıkum (1,835), Kıyıdüzü (1,595), Benekli (1,236) and Küçüksu ( 1,017 pop).

history

Already in Urartian times around the 9th century BC . At present there was a fortress in the area of today's city. Evliya Çelebi reports in his travelogue Seyahatnâme from the 17th century about the destroyed fortress Taḥt-ʾi Van, which the Kurds call Tatvan. It was built by Zal Pasha and destroyed by the Safavid Shah Tahmasp I and at the time of Çelebi's visit it was a state domain (ḥaṣ) of the Pasha of Van. In their place there was a castle-like, powerful caravanserai, which lay in a natural harbor.

traffic

Tatvan is located on the main road from Elazig to Van , the further into the Iran leads. There are long-distance buses to many important cities in Turkey and Dolmuş s, a kind of shared taxi , to the localities in the vicinity.

With the completion of the last section between Muş and Tatvan, the city was connected in October 1964 to the Elazığ – Tatvan railway, which was put into operation in sections from 1946 . The city has two train stations: Tatvan Gar serves the city center, the Tatvan İskele pier forms the end of the route on Lake Van. A train ferry runs from there, making the connection to the Van – Tabriz railway line . A pair of Karma trains runs three times a week between Tatvan and Elazığ. Weekly pairs of trains run on the Vangölü Ekspresi between Istanbul - Haydarpaşa and Tatvan, the Trans Asya Ekspresi between Istanbul-Haydarpaşa and Tehran and the Tahran Şam Ekspresi between Tehran and Damascus .

Culture and sights

Tatvan houses a thermal bath built around 1537.

The city is an ideal starting point for excursions to Akdamar Island and the crater of the Nemrut volcano . The mountain Süphan Dağı is easily accessible from Tatvan.

reception

In a Kurdish nationalist folk song , Tatvan is referred to as the " Rose of Kurdistan ".

Web links

Commons : Tatvan - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

City portal

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on May 25, 2019
↑ John Frödin: La morphology de la Turquie sud-est . In: Geografiska Annaler . 19, 1937, ISSN 1651-3215 , pp. 1-29, p. 8.
^ CA Burney: Urartian Fortresses and Towns in the Van Region . In: Anatolian Studies . 7, 1957, ISSN 0066-1546 , pp. 37-53, pp. 40, 53.
↑ Evliya Çelebi, Christiane Bulut: Evliya Çelebi's journey from Bitlis to Van: an excerpt from the Seyahatname. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1997, ISBN 978-3-447-04021-1 , p. 147. Restricted preview in the Google book search
↑ Cihat Göktepe: The 'Forgotten Alliance'? Anglo-Turkish Relations and CENTO, 1959-65 . In: Middle Eastern Studies . 35, No. 4, October 1999, ISSN 0026-3206 , pp. 103-129, p. 118.
^ Philip Ernest Schoenberg: The Evolution of Transport in Turkey (Eastern Thrace and Asia Minor) under Ottoman Rule, 1856-1918 . In: Middle Eastern Studies . 13, No. 3, October 1977, ISSN 0026-3206 , pp. 359-372, p. 364.
↑ Güzergahlarina göre bölgesel trenler ( Memento from February 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Anahat trenleri ( Memento from May 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
↑ J. Shiel: [ limited preview in the Google book search Motes on a Journey from Tabríx, through Kurdistán, via Ván, Bitlís, Se'eri and Erbíl, to Suleïmániyeh, in July and August, 1836. ] In: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London . VIII, 1838, pp 54-101 64. Retrieved on July 4, 2009. .
^ Yiannis Kanakis: Chanter la nation - La parole chantée dans le nationalisme kurde . In: Outre Terre . 10, No. 1, 2005, pp. 361-373. doi : 10.3917 / oute.010.0361 .

[Infobox_Ort_in_der_Türkei.EinwohnerOrt-1] Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on May 25, 2019

[2] John Frödin: La morphology de la Turquie sud-est . In: Geografiska Annaler . 19, 1937, ISSN 1651-3215 , pp. 1-29, p. 8.

[3] CA Burney: Urartian Fortresses and Towns in the Van Region . In: Anatolian Studies . 7, 1957, ISSN 0066-1546 , pp. 37-53, pp. 40, 53.

[4] Evliya Çelebi, Christiane Bulut: Evliya Çelebi's journey from Bitlis to Van: an excerpt from the Seyahatname. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1997, ISBN 978-3-447-04021-1 , p. 147. Restricted preview in the Google book search

[5] Cihat Göktepe: The 'Forgotten Alliance'? Anglo-Turkish Relations and CENTO, 1959-65 . In: Middle Eastern Studies . 35, No. 4, October 1999, ISSN 0026-3206 , pp. 103-129, p. 118.

[6] Philip Ernest Schoenberg: The Evolution of Transport in Turkey (Eastern Thrace and Asia Minor) under Ottoman Rule, 1856-1918 . In: Middle Eastern Studies . 13, No. 3, October 1977, ISSN 0026-3206 , pp. 359-372, p. 364.

[7] Güzergahlarina göre bölgesel trenler ( Memento from February 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

[8] Anahat trenleri ( Memento from May 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

[9] J. Shiel: [ limited preview in the Google book search Motes on a Journey from Tabríx, through Kurdistán, via Ván, Bitlís, Se'eri and Erbíl, to Suleïmániyeh, in July and August, 1836. ] In: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London . VIII, 1838, pp 54-101 64. Retrieved on July 4, 2009. .

[10] Yiannis Kanakis: Chanter la nation - La parole chantée dans le nationalisme kurde . In: Outre Terre . 10, No. 1, 2005, pp. 361-373. doi : 10.3917 / oute.010.0361 .