Conference misery::feline

    I only know a few words, they could help you.
    
    little	= k�c�k (pron. about as german 'k�tsch�k')
    big		= b�j�k (pron. about as german 'b�y�k' or 'b�i�k')
     
    I also heard my turkish girlfriend call her cat as 'ak' (pron. 'uck')
    but i never asked if it meant really 'cat'...
    
    Nat

    When I was trying to name my cattery, I wanted it to be in Thai (since
    Korats are from Thailand). I found a Asian, and then a Thai notes file.
    I'm not sure, but there may be a Turkish notesfile, or something that
    is similarly close. Look in VTX under the conferences topic (I forget
    the keyword) and there 'might' be a conference that's Turkish, or
    Europeon. It's worth a shot!
    
    Cheryl

    Eric,
    
    There is a Turk who participates in the OINOH::GREEK_CULTURE conference.  
    
    ...Rania

    There is a Digital office in Istanbul - send e-mail to Aykut Gunduc.
    He's a nice guy, I'm sure he'll help!
    
    
    Lisa.
    
    

Some friends asked me to use this conference to find some information for them.
They are interested in a cat that they said is called a Van cat, They said these
cats are from some place in Turkey, that they have long white fur, they have one 
green eye and one blue eye, and they like swimming. I'm not sure I believe this.
However, if there really is such a creature and you know about it, do you have 
any idea how my friends, who live in south east England, can obtain one?

Thanks,

Gordon.

	I must be going crazy - the heat has got to me - does this note really 
	keep diappearing!!!!!!!!

	the author of 290 looks as if he breeds them but he's in the US., 
	I read an article in a Sunday supplement about 6 months ago which 
	detailed a breeder in the UK, had some wonderful pictures of them, 
	white with a bit of ginger on their heads, odd eyes,
	like water......but unfortunately, I did not keep the article.

	try the adverts in the cat magazines, or look for people in shows who
	breed/show them.

	Heather
	

    Alice, what color is Harley??  You may either have a Turkish Van or a
    Turkish Angora.  The difference between a VAN and an angora is
    basically the COLOR of the cat and the size.  Vans have light markings 
    on their head/tail only and the rest of the cat is white.  They're also
    a bit larger than the angoras (although some angoras are larger than
    others).
    
    MANY people confuse the two breeds because they are SO similar.  In
    fact, the Vans aren't accepted as a different breed in any of the
    associations in the US.  They're only accepted as Turkish Angoras with
    a VAN coloring.
    
    Holly
    (who breeds Turkish Angoras).

    Harley has the Van markings, red on the head and tail. He is 14.6 lb
    and is 22 inches when you measure him from tip of his nose to the tip
    of his tail. He is a big boy. He can stand on his hind legs and reach
    the top of our counter with his front paws. 
    
                                       Alice and Harley

    There is an article about Turkish vans in the may-june CATS magazine.
    Shows a picture, gives history, gives physical specs., even mentions
    the part about water.  The description of their personality makes
    sound quite endearing.

    
    RE: CATs magazine. 
    
    On the cover of the CAT magazine there is a picture of a Turkish Angora
    oddly enough my friend Booboo is an exact image. It is as if some one
    put her picture on the cover. The same exact gray marks on the head
    except Booboo has odd color eyes :-)
    
    Shaw