Tatvan was built in the 19th century to serve the railroad: trains from Istanbul and Ankara arrived here, the rail cars were loaded onto big lake ferries and transported across the great salt Lake Van to the city of Van, from which some cars went on to Iran. Thus Tatvan has a selection of hotels and restaurants, none of which are great, some of which are serviceable. The PKK Kurdish terrorism of … Continue reading Tatvan, Lake Van, Eastern Turkey