Monastery of Varag in İpekyolu

You're standing in the Kurdish village of Bakraçlı, on the slopes of Mount Varag, about nine kilometres outside the city of Van. Between the houses and sheds you'll spot some old stone vaults. That's what remains of Varagavank, once the richest and most celebrated Armenian monastery around Lake Van. In Turkish it's called Yedi Kilise, the Seven Churches.