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It is among the oldest surviving cities in the world, dating back to 7 thousand BC, where the remains of the Copper, Bronze and Iron Ages were found. Dominance in the region passed to the Achaemenids, the Macedonian Kingdom, the Seleucids, the Armenians, the Parthians, the Romans, the Sassanids and the Greeks, in the year 644 it became The area that was constantly on the move between the Muslim Arabs and the Greeks, under the rule of the Seljuks, after the Battle of Manzikert the lands were transferred to the Ottoman Empire after the expulsion of the Safavids from the area in the sixteenth century, an average of 409 mm of rain falls throughout the year in Van, where a cold continental climate prevails , while the air temperature is around 21°C in July and August, the temperature drops to -4°C in January and February.
