Bahçesaray, Van
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Turkey place Bahçesaray (Template:Langx, Template:Langx[1]) is municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 426 km2,[3] and its population is 13,495 (2022).[4] It was a bucak in Pervari District of Siirt Province until 1964 and in Gevaş district of Van Province between 1964 and 1987. It is at a distance of Script error: No such module "convert". from Van. The town is built on the banks of the Bahçesaray River.[5]
Etymology
The name comes from Persian Script error: No such module "lang"., which means "the Garden Palace". Its former name was Müküs, derived from Armenian Mokkʿ (Template:Langx) region. The Kurdish Script error: No such module "Lang". derives from the Armenian. The word "Mokk'" in classical Armenian language means: "the place of the magic". According to the legend, Amenap'rkich (hy) ("All-Saving") monastery that was nearby Moks, has the grave of a magician by name Gaspar. Probably name of "the place of the magic" or just "Mokk" is connected with this mysterious personality. But scientific sources say that in the Urartu era there existed the Moxene tribe and Moxoene, so the names Mokk' and Moks originated from this tribe's name.
History
The district corresponds to Historical Armenia's Mok Arandznak district, which was part of the greater province of Moxoene. The district has several ancient Armenian monasteries and churches.[6] The Aparank monastery is located in the vicinity of the town.[7]
In the 19th century Bahçesaray was the center of the Kurdish Emirate of Miks,[8] until the emirate was defeated by the troops of Ottoman Empire in 1846.[9]
2020 avalanches
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Composition
There are 20 neighbourhoods in Bahçesaray District:[11]
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- Akyayla
- Altındere
- Altıntaş
- Arvas
- Bağcılar
- Çatbayır
- Cevizlibelen
- Çiçekli
- Çömlekçi
- Elmayaka
- Fekiye Teyran
- Güneyyamaç
- İslam
- Kaşıkçılar
- Paşaköy
- Şişli
- Ulubeyli
- Ünlüce
- Yaşlıkavak
- Yaylakonak
References
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- ↑ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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