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).
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Coordinates:   38°31'20"N   43°23'47"E
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