Adır Island

38.86666743.35Koordinaten: 38 ° 52 '0 "N, 43 ° 21' 0" E

Adir Adası, formerly Lim (Armenian Լիմ կղզի Lim kghzi ) is an island in Lake Van in eastern Turkey. During the genocide of the Armenians in 1915, up to 12,000 Armenian women and children fled within three days on the island, a few dozen men hid themselves from the Hamidieh regiments. They starved to death before help arrives.

The Armenian Apostolic St. George's Monastery ( Sourp Kevork ) was built in 1305 and 1621 and in 1766 expanded, there is currently only in ruins. The island also contains a cemetery of Armenian Chatschkars.

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Armenian monastery Lim

Armenian monastery Lim 2009

Armenian lettering on the monastery