Why visit Gevaş
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks, 1 park or trail, 2 places to eat, 3 places to stay and 5 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Gücari Dağı, Mount Artos and Dilkaya Höyüğü.
Weather in Gevaş
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About Gevaş
Gevaş (Armenian: Ոստան, romanized: Vostan, lit. '[princely] court'; Kurdish: Westan) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,544 km2, and its population is 26,918 (2022). In the last elections of March 2019, Murat Sezer from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected Mayor. As Kaymakam, Hamit Genç was appointed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoĝan in July 2019.
From the Wikipedia article Gevaş (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do5
Museums and landmarks2
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes2
History
Historically, Gevaş was for some time the main town of the Armenian kingdom of Vaspurakan and later between the 14th and 15th centuries the centre of a small Kurdish emirate. In their time the settlement had moved nearer to the lake.
Main sights include surviving ruins of the castle, the monumental tomb known as Halime Hatun Kümbeti, built in 1358, very likely for the daughter of a local emir, a mosque built before 1446 (restoration in that year), the tomb of Sheikh Ibrahim, father of Halime Hatun as well as the ruins of an Armenian church in Ili, probably built after 941 and an Armenian Church/monastery on Kuş Island west of Aghtamar Island.
From the History section of Gevaş on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay3
Churches and places of worship53
Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Church · Armenian Apostolic · 8.0 km
Shopping1
Healthcare7
Map of Gevaş
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Getting there and nearby towns
Van Ferit Melen International Airport (VAN) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 28 km away.
- Edremit 20 km northeast, about 20 min by car
- Aydınocak 25 km northwest, about 25 min by car
- Bilgi 26 km southeast, about 26 min by car
- Yoldöndü 28 km northwest, about 28 min by car
- Bahçesaray 32 km southwest, about 32 min by car
- Van 33 km northeast, about 33 min by car
- Hizan 60 km west, about 1 h by car
- Ahlat 74 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Tatvan 75 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Bitlis 88 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- Mapillary (see each image): photos
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Gevaş Türbe 02, TobiasGr, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 00 0390 Lake Van, church on Akdamar Island, W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Akhtamar Island on Lake Van with the Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross, gozturk, CC BY 3.0
- Türkei, Insel Ahtamar auf dem Vansee mit der armenischen Kirche zum Heiligen Kreuz, Feldstein, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Akdamar Island on Lake Van with the Armenian Church of the Holy Cross and Mount Artos in the background, Bryce Edwards, CC BY 2.0
- Street-level photo, boracasli, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, boracasli, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, boracasli, CC BY-SA 4.0
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