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İpekyolu
District and municipality in Van, Turkey

İpekyolu

İpekyolu is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.

Plan a trip to İpekyolu→From Nakhchivan

Its area is 956 km2, and its population is 348,046 (2022). The district İpekyolu was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district Tuşba. It covers the central and eastern part of the agglomeration of Van and the adjacent countryside. The name İpekyolu means Silk Road; Van was an important stop on the Silk Road.

How locals move

Getting around İpekyolu the local way

  • Get inThey leave Tehran W & Su at 12:30 for Tabriz at 01:30, then four hours of border procedures at Razi / Kapıköy, to arrive at Van ferry pier at 11:00.
  • Get inThis is the main station, the ferry pier is not shown as a separate station.
  • Get inFerries across the lake from Tatvan sail infrequently and irregularly and take 4 hours.
  • Get aroundFor the castle and museum take a dolmuş signed "Kale", which means castle but also refers to the sprawling suburb north of it.
  • Get aroundA dolmuş ride costs 20 TL in 2025, pay the driver as you get in.

From Wikivoyage: Van, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Dosseman (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.