what are van cats
For the mustelid sometimes miscalled the fisher cat, see Fisher (animal). The Van cat (Van kedisi 'cat of Van', plural Van kedileri; Armenian: Õ¾Õ¡Õ¶Õ¡ Õ¯Õ¡Õ¿Õ¸Ö Vana katou, Western Armenian: Vana gadou; Kurdish: PisÃ®ka WanÃªâ) is a distinctive landrace of domestic cat, found in the Lake Van region of eastern Turkey.