The Turkish Van is a recognized cat breed that was created of the cats native to the alpine Lake Van region in Eastern Anatolia of modern Turkey. The cats of this type are named in Turkish Van Kedisi (although it is used to refer solely to the all-white form), in Armenian vana katu (Armenian: վանա կատու), , and in Kurdish "pishika Vane" (Pişika Wanê). This geographical region is a part of Armenian Highland or Armenian Plateau, a plateau of Asia M...
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The Turkish Van is a recognized cat breed that was created of the cats native to the alpine Lake Van region in Eastern Anatolia of modern Turkey. The cats of this type are named in Turkish Van Kedisi (although it is used to refer solely to the all-white form), in Armenian vana katu (Armenian: վանա կատու), , and in Kurdish "pishika Vane" (Pişika Wanê). This geographical region is a part of Armenian Highland or Armenian Plateau, a plateau of Asia Minor, connecting the Lesser Caucasus with the Taurus Mountains. Originally called in the West the Turkish Cat, the name was changed in 1979 in the U.S. ( 1985 in the U.K.) to Turkish Van to better distance the breed from the Turkish Angora cat which had its origins around Ankara, in central Turkey. Traditionally, in the cat fancy, Turkish Vans are recognized as patterned cats with color restricted to the head and tail with the body of the cat being white. However, in Turkey, the cat is recognised in an all white form as well as the form with...
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