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Tepeli Destination Guide

Touring Tepeli in Turkey

Tepeli in the region of Van is located in Turkey - some 594 mi or ( 956 km ) East of Ankara , the country's capital city .

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Time in Tepeli is now 11:02 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Nadu, Qayan Kandi, Tahmaseb Kandi, Jamal Kandi, and Mosul. Being here already, consider visiting Nadu . Check out our recommendations for Tepeli ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Doğubeyazıt

Doğubayazıt is a city and district of Ağrı Province of Turkey, and is Turkey's most eastern district, the border crossing to Iran. Elevation 1625 m. Area 2,383 km². Population (2010) 115,354 (up from 73,794 in 1980) of which 69,447 live in the town of Doğubeyazıt, the remainder in the surrounding countryside. The town of Doğubayazıt is a settlement with a long history. It lies 15 km southwest of Mount Ararat, 93 km east of the city of Ağrı and 35 km from the Iranian border.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 39.35 43.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Districts of Ağrı Province, Doğubeyazıt, Iran–Turkey border crossings

Mount Tendürek

Tendürek is a shield volcano located in the Ağrı and Van provinces of eastern Turkey, close to the borders with Iran. The elongated volcano rises 1,800 m above the Doğubeyazıt plain, south of Mount Ararat. The last known eruption was a gas and ash eruption in 1855. The original, Armenian, name of the mountain was Tondrak; the area around Tondrak is known as the birthplace of the medieval Armenian Tondrakite Movement of the 950s, which based its ideology on the Paulician teaching.

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Located at 39.37 43.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Mountains of Turkey, Shield volcanoes, Volcanoes of Turkey

1976 Çaldıran-Muradiye earthquake

The 1976 Çaldıran-Muradiye earthquake occurred at 14:22 local time on 24 November. The epicenter was located near Çaldıran, 20 km northeast of Muradiye, in the Van Province of eastern Turkey. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.3 with a maximum intensity of X on the Mercalli intensity scale. The area of severe damage, where over 80% of the buildings were destroyed, covered an area of 2,000 square kilometres. There were between 4,000 and 5,000 casualties.

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Located at 39.12 44.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: 1976 earthquakes, 1976 in Turkey, Earthquakes in Turkey, History of Van Province

Ishak Pasha Palace

Ishak Pasha Palace (Turkish: İshak Paşa Sarayı) is a semi-ruined palace and administrative complex located in the Doğubeyazıt district of Ağrı province of eastern Turkey. The Ishak Pasha palace is an Ottoman-period palace whose construction was started in 1685 by Colak Abdi Pasha, the bey of Beyazit province, continued by his son İshak Pasha and completed by his grandson Mehmet Pasha.

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Located at 39.52 44.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 26 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Ağrı Province, Doğubeyazıt, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman palaces, Palaces in Turkey, Visitor attractions in Ağrı Province

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