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called SOS Van Cats Rescue Action, a spokesperson for which stated: "The cats are
Kurdish, and the Turkish authorities are unable to digest this." Van University's cat-breeding project responded: "That the Turkish army would be able to find 200 Van cats, let alone poison them, is utter nonsense".
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The documentary distinguishes the largely feral, white Van cats (the type identified as such by Van locals) from the auburn-marked
Turkish Van breed, agreeing with other sources that the latter was developed by the British in 1955 from Turkish stock. This information is also presented in Tabor's
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Van cats are known for swimming in Lake Van. This may be the source of the popular, but possibly false or exaggerated, belief that the formal
Turkish Van breed is innately more fond of water than the average cat. Lushington wrote: "Apart from their great capacity for affection and alert
1315:Գալով այդ քաղաքը, թեև ծիծաղելի է, բայց պետք է խոստովանվիմ, որ իմ ամենամեծ բաղձանքներից մեկն այն էր, որ տեսնեմ Վանա հռչակավոր կատուները." Approximate translation: "Although it is funny, I have to admit that coming to the city one of my greatest expectations was seeing the famous Van cat.
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intelligence, their outstanding characteristic is their liking for water, not normally regarded as a feline attribute. They not only dabble in water and play with it, but have been known to enter ponds and even horse-troughs for a swim – they soon became famous as the 'swimming cats.
305:" It is unclear if Lushington means the cats of the Lake Van area, or her own Turkish Van standardised breed. Tabor's BBC documentary states: "The reason for fame is that the Van cat is known as 'the swimming cat'.... ere at Lake Van ... these cats do enter it, and swim."
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Morales, Eréndira M.; Studer, Jacqueline; Wierer, Ursula; Decorte, Ronny; Grange, Thierry; Geigl, Eva-Maria (2017).
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the formal breed came from parts of Turkey other than the Lake Van area. The run-together term "Turkish
Vankedisi" is confusingly used by some organisations as a name for all-white specimens of the standardised Turkish Van breed.
1395:"Yönetmelik: Yerli Evcil Hayvan Genetik Kaynaklarinin Kullanilmasi Ve, Yurt Dişina Çikarilmasi Hakkinda Yönetmelik ['Regulation: The Use of Genetic Resources and Domestic Pets, Regulation on the Removal of Abroad']"
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of basketball, hosted by Turkey, was an anthropomorphised Van cat named Bascat. He had a white coat and odd eyes, one blue and one green, and his head was shaped with design cues from the crescent moon on the
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symbol of the city of Van – an enormous statue of a Van cat and her kitten now stands at the entrance to the city. The cat appears in a locally published comic strip, and in the logos of bus companies,
407:" formal breed, from cats procured from various parts of Turkey), wrote of the local Van cats, "they are much loved and prized by the Turks for their exceptional character and unique colouring."
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Turkish Van (pronounced von) gets its name from Lake Van in western Turkey, but is actually an Armenian cat. Armenian people settled in the Lake Van region and revered this breed of cat.
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of cat. They can still be found in east Turkey, near Lake Van, although their numbers have diminished (a 1992 survey found only 92 pure Van cats in their native area). There is a
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to consistently produce the ruddy head-and-tail colouring pattern on the white coat. However, one of the breed founders' own writings indicate that the four original cats used to
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Lipinski, Monika J.; Froenicke, Lutz; Baysac, Kathleen C.; Billings, Nicholas C.; Leutenegger, Christian M.; Levy, Alon M.; Longeri, Maria; Niini, Tirri; Ozpinar, Haydar (2008).
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standarised breed, which is actually British, with the local Van cat landrace of Turkey, and so must be interpreted with caution.
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27:"Van kedisi" redirects here. For the standardised breed sometimes called kurdish Vankedisi, see
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reuses information from other sources but does not name them.
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reuses information from other sources but does not name them.
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Among them was post-impressionist and surrealist artist
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403:Cat breeder Laura Lushington (co-founder of the "
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686:. Episode 5. Event occurs at 03:50–13:20.
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982:Wright, Michael; Walters, Sally (1980).
847:"Using DNA to track the origins of cats"
574:VanKedisi.net: En Güzel Kedilerin Sitesi
418:. Many Van cats are all-white, however.
285:, written and presented by Roger Tabor.
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606:Fowler, Susanne (20 February 2006).
449:, and various other Van businesses.
1295:. Yerevan: Arevik Publishing House.
1280:. Gilgamesh Press. pp. 84, 87.
1008:"The Turkish Van: The Swimming Cat"
1982:Governing Council of the Cat Fancy
1185:. H. N. Abrams Books. p. 255.
1079:from the original on 13 July 2022.
749:from the original on 8 August 2014
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2442:Congenital sensorineural deafness
1997:The International Cat Association
1952:American Cat Fanciers Association
1527:Hooker, Karen (14 October 2000).
1506:Zaman, Amberin (6 October 2000).
2800:Cat breeds originating in Turkey
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1977:Fédération Internationale Féline
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1278:The Many Worlds of Arshile Gorky
1075:. Anadolu Agency. 10 July 2022.
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1089:"Van City Guide", Ankara, 2005.
986:. London: Pan. pp. 50–52.
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366:had a large Armenian population
804:Nature Ecology & Evolution
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1473:Sor, Dara (11 January 2006).
1370:"Verimli yılın kedisi 500 TL"
1216:. Howell Book House. p.
1208:Gebhardt, Richard H. (1995).
640:The Complete Cat Encyclopedia
1249:The Mysterious, Magickal Cat
768:Sample, Ian (19 June 2017).
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189:(or "natural breed") of the
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1992:Southern Africa Cat Council
1100:"Turkish Van Breed Profile"
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1967:Cat Aficionado Association
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1291:Papazyan, Vrtanes (1988).
1276:Mooradian, Karlen (1980).
1155:Landau, Ronnie S. (1998).
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695:Cats: The Rise of the Cat
638:Pond, Grace, ed. (1972).
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2810:Experimental cat breeds
2740:Van Ferit Melen Airport
2606:List of individual cats
1181:Waldman, Diane (1981).
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2708:2011 Van earthquakes
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2007:World Cat Federation
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1439:on 14 September 2010
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2064:Brazilian Shorthair
1860:Cultural depictions
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984:The Book of the Cat
717:"The Swimming Cats"
612:Newspot.BYEGM.go.tr
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185:) is a distinctive
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2139:European Shorthair
2054:American Shorthair
2002:World Cat Congress
1531:. SwimmingCats.com
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2437:Calicivirus
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2269:Selkirk Rex
2224:Ojos Azules
2114:Cornish Rex
1922:Library cat
1907:Working cat
1835:Cat massage
1830:Cat killers
1812:interaction
1723:Vaccination
1658:Bicolor cat
1535:30 November
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554:Turkish Van
491:Cats portal
405:Turkish Van
221:Turkish Van
183:pisîka Wanê
143:Վանայ կատու
116:Felis catus
40:Fishing cat
29:kurdish Van
18:Turkish Van
2794:Categories
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2174:Khao Manee
2154:German Rex
2044:Abyssinian
1944:Registries
1927:Ship's cat
1912:Bodega cat
1668:Calico cat
1613:Felinology
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1126:"Van Cats"
1110:14 January
512:References
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223:breed, as
163:Վանա կատու
135:Van kedisi
2749:Education
2733:Transport
2717:Landmarks
2565:Australia
2527:Roundworm
2462:Heartworm
2419:disorders
2379:Landraces
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2314:Tonkinese
2284:Singapura
2244:Pixie-bob
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2159:Himalayan
2124:Devon Rex
2099:Chartreux
2020:full list
1882:Feral cat
1865:fictional
1825:Cat cafés
1810:Human–cat
1701:Declawing
1673:Tabby cat
1663:Black cat
1631:Dwarf cat
1555:"Van Cat"
1293:Vana Katu
1046:cite book
970:Cat Fancy
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471:Kurdistan
442:municipal
362:Armenians
329:), not a
296:Behaviour
174:Vana katu
168:romanized
151:Vana gadu
68:An adult
2634:Category
2517:Ringworm
2457:Coccidia
2360:Savannah
2289:Snowshoe
2279:Siberian
2204:Munchkin
2169:Javanese
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