Hoşab (also: ''Hoşap'' or ''Xoşabê'') is the historical name of a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Gürpınar, Van Province, Turkey. Its present name is Güzelsu. Its population is 1,256 (2022). The Kurdish name (Hoşap) and the Turkish name (Güzelsu) of the village both translate as "beautiful water", referring to the

Hoşap River The Hoşap River or Güzelsu River ( tr, Engil Çayı) is a river in the Van Province of Turkey. Its catchment area approximately coincides with the Gürpınar District. Geography From its source in the İspiriz Mountains near Başkale on the ...

on whose banks the village is sitting. Güzelsu is at a distance of approximately 50 km east of the city of

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Description

Located on the flat ground north of the

Hoşap Castle Hoşap Castle ( tr, Hoşap kalesi, hy, Խոշաբ բերդ) is a large medieval castle located in the village of Güzelsu (previously Hoşap), Gürpınar District, Van Province, Eastern Anatolia and/or Western Armenia, Turkey. It is at a dist ...

rock, Güzelsu is surrounded by a mud-brick wall, much eroded today, but still quite striking. Flat roofed homes and stables made of mud-brick are filling a low depression between the castle mound and the mud-brick wall, while the new village is sitting on the opposite bank of the river along the Van-

Hakkari Hakkari or Hakkâri may refer to: *Hakkari (historical region), a historical region in modern-day Turkey and Iraq *Hakkâri (city), a city and the capital of Hakkâri Province, Turkey *Hakkâri Province Hakkâri Province (, tr, Hakkâri ili, ...

Highway (D.975).The Güzelsu village
Retrieved 15 October 2023. A 32 m long, 6 m wide and 5 m high historic bridge spans the Hoşap River, providing access to the castle. it features three pointed arches, one main span flanked by two smaller ones. It is made entirely of cut white stone, while its downstream façade is adorned with alternating rows of black and white stones. Two foundation plaques, which are placed between the arches, are framed with carved muqarnas and floral motifs and protected with stone eaves. They are from 1671 and written in a mixture of Turkish, Persian and Arabic in honour of the bridge's builder, Zeynel Bey, the head of the local Mahmudi tribe governing Hoşab under Ottoman rule at that time.A historic bridge spanning the Hoşap River
Retrieved 15 October 2023.

References

{{Authority control Neighbourhoods in Gürpınar District Kurdish settlements in Turkey