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A well-stocked shop at Van’s historic cheese bazaar, which includes an array of pickled wild herbs, sold separately.

Turkey’s eastern Van region serves up sheep’s milk cheese — the traditional way

Food

In the eastern Turkish city of Van, a market devoted entirely to cheese serves up a regional specialty made of sheep’s milk and wild herbs, gathered in the mountains. 

A father and son sit on a tourist ferry on Lake Van, on their way to an island that hosts the ruins of a 10th century Armenian church

Turkey’s Lake Van: A dangerous crossroads on the migrant trail

Migration

Turkey Quake Worst in a Decade

Environment