Akköprü (Van Metropolitan Municipality)
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quarter (urban subdivision), third-level administrative division, green area, quarter (administrative division)
Up to Hamidian massacres (1894-96) this was Armenian village of Akori (Armenian: Ակոռի). Then it was renamed Akrpu & settled by Turks, only several Armenian families remained. Now mostly Kurdish village whose new name is altered more to Turkish semantic meaning: Ak Kopru (i.e. White Bridge).
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°31'20"N 43°23'47"E
- The Door of Mher 0.8 km
- Van Train station 1.2 km
- Zim-Zim 1.2 km
- Van Railway Station 1.3 km
- Seyrantepe Park 2 km
- Van Province 17 km
- İpekyolu District 19 km
- Tuşba District 22 km