Bahçesaray (district)
The name Bahçesaray comes from Persian باغچه سرای bāghche-sarāy which means the Garden Palace. It may refer to: Places Turkey * Bahçesaray, Van, a district and municipality of Van Province * Bahçesaray, Vezirköprü, a village in the district of Vezirköprü, Samsun Province Crimea * Bakhchysarai Bakhchysarai is a city in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Bakhchysarai Raion (district), as well as the former capital of the Crimean Khanate. Its main landmark is Hansaray, the only extant ...

Bahçesaray, Van
Bahçesaray (, ) is municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 426 km2, and its population is 13,495 (2022). It was a bucak in Pervari District of Siirt Province until 1964 and in Gevaş district of Van Province between 1964 and 1987. It is at a distance of from Van. The town is built on the banks of the Bahçesaray River. Etymology The name comes from Persian , which means "the Garden Palace". Its former name was Müküs, derived from Armenian '' Mokkʿ'' () region. The Kurdish derives from the Armenian. The word "Mokk in classical Armenian language means: "the place of the magic". According to the legend, Amenap'rkich ( hy) ("All-Saving") monastery that was nearby Moks, has the grave of a magician by name Gaspar. Probably name of "the place of the magic" or just "Mokk" is connected with this mysterious personality. But scientific sources say that in the Urartu era there existed the Moxene tribe and Moxoene, so the names Mokk' and Moks originated ...
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Bahçesaray, Vezirköprü
Bahçesaray is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Vezirköprü, Samsun Province, Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen .... Its population is 170 (2022). References Neighbourhoods in Vezirköprü District {{Samsun-geo-stub ...
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