The Turkish Vanhas been claimed to be descended from the landrace of usually which distinctive landrace of domestic cat, found in the Lake Van region of eastern Turkey?
Turkish Van:  The breed has been claimed to be descended from the landrace of usually all-white Van cats (Turkish: "Van kedisi" ), mostly found near Lake Van, though one of the two original breeders' own writings indicate clearly that none of the breed's foundation cats came from the Van area, which has historically been in Armenia.
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