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Cakir Destination Guide

Discover Cakir in Turkey

Cakir in the region of Van is a town located in Turkey - some 604 mi or ( 972 km ) East of Ankara , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Cakir

Local time in Cakir is now 08:42 AM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Mosul, Tabriz, Urmia, Yurtbasi, and Yesilagac. When in this area, you might want to check out Mosul . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Cakir ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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ESENDERO- LAKE VAN / TURKEY/ ---BIKE TOUR 2008

2:06 min by Don Fohler
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72 dní na kole po Íránu a Turecku . 72 days continuing solo bike tour around Iran and Turky. ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Hoşap Castle

Hoşap Castle is a large medieval castle in the village of Hoşap, official name Güzelsu, Van, located in the Gürpınar District of the Van Province, southeastern Turkey. Most of the surviving structure was built by a local Kurdish lord named Mahmudi Suleyman in 1643. The former town of Hoşap lay on the flat ground north of the castle rock and in the enclosed space on the opposite side of the castle from the road; the present village extends into this space.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 38.32 43.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Turkey, Buildings and structures in Van Province, Castles in Turkey, History of Van Province, Kurdish historical sites

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