From the surface, Turkey's Lake Van looks like any other large body of water. Turkey's largest, the lake sits in the far eastern region of the country, near Iran. The lake has a striking blue ...

The mud at the bottom of Turkey's Lake Van stores information about the climate of the last 500,000 years. Millimeter-thin layers with embedded pollen reveal climate information with a year by ...

plunged into Lake Van, Turkey's largest lake, to discover its secrets, Hurriyet Daily News reported. The castle likely dates from the reign of the ancient Urartu Kingdom, which grew up around Lake ...

Despite that, the discovery of a submerged kingdom in Turkey was no less thrilling. A 3,000-year-old Urartu castle lying ...

Lake Van covers approximately 3,700 square kilometers ... changed in the past because of rifts in tectonic plates that make Turkey into one of the most active earthquake zones in the world.

Lake Van, the largest body of water in Turkey and the second largest in the Middle East, is drying up — and its retreating water line is leaving behind stinky, polluted mud and causing a "bird ...

But how familiar are you with the Lake Van Monster? That might be because you don’t live in Turkey. The lake and its alleged monster are quite the Turkish tourist attraction, and now they are ...

Roughly a 100 square kilometer of area covered with water in Lake Van has turned into land, a researcher has warned. Lake Van, Turkey's largest lake, has seen a significant drop in water levels in its ...

A boat that sank on Lake Van in eastern Turkey is believed to have been carrying up to 60 refugees and migrants when it went down in stormy weather, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said.

After the removal of coronavirus restrictions, a boat carrying dozens of immigrants believed to come from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran sank in eastern Turkey’s Lake Van on June 27. So far ...

Our Van Life adventure in Turkey keeps on giving! We find a fabulous spot driving from Dalyan & around the nearby lake to the town of Koycegiz. A great route if you come to this area of Turkey.

Carcasses of dead gulls like the shoreline of Turkey's shrinking Lake Van - Copyright AFP ILYAS AKENGIN Carcasses of dead gulls like the shoreline of Turkey's ...