Van Vilayet

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administrative division former administrative territorial entity vilayet

Van Vilayet was an Ottoman Empire provincial administrative region in eastern Anatolia, historically home to significant Armenian and Assyrian populations and a major site of early 20th-century ethnic violence.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Van Vilayet canonical 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
vilayet ⓘ
administrativeCenter Van ⓘ
borderedBy Bitlis Vilayet ⓘ
Erzurum Vilayet ⓘ
Mamuret-ul-Aziz Vilayet ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
capital Van ⓘ
contains Başkale ⓘ
Erciş ⓘ
Gevaş ⓘ
Hoşap ⓘ
Lake Van ⓘ
Muş Province ⓘ
surface form: Muş region (in some periods)

city of Van ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
ethnicViolence massacres of Armenians ⓘ
massacres of Assyrians ⓘ
governedBy Vali (governor) ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
historicalRegion Armenian Highlands ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
language Armenian ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
surface form: eastern Anatolia
namedAfter Van ⓘ
partOf Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Anatolia Region (historical)

Six Armenian vilayets ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
religiousCommunity Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
surface form: Syriac Church of the East
significantEvent Armenian Genocide ⓘ
Assyrian genocide ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian Genocide

Van resistance of 1915 ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
subdivisionType sanjak ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assyrian genocide → location → Van Vilayet ⓘ
Sayfo → location → Van Vilayet ⓘ
Bitlis Vilayet → reorganizedFrom → Van Vilayet ⓘ
Bitlis Vilayet → borderedBy → Van Vilayet ⓘ