Dust and bones as Turkey's Lake Van shrinks
![Kalcik holds up a gull that starved to death (image: ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP) Turkey's largest lake: Lake Van covers approximately 3,700 square kilometres, reaching a maximum depth of 450 metres. Its surface area has shrunk by around 1.5 percent in recent years, according to measurements carried out last autumn](/sites/default/files/import/2023-08/113703-van-4.jpg)
Turkey's largest lake: Lake Van covers approximately 3,700 square kilometres, reaching a maximum depth of 450 metres. Its surface area has shrunk by around 1.5 percent in recent years, according to measurements carried out last autumn. More...