Two buildings stand in the cemetery at the entrance to Hoşap, beside the Van-Hakkari road, and they are of different dates. According to its building inscription, the medrese was put up in 1563 by Hasan Bey, son of Haz Bey; the tomb was built after 1585 by Sir Bey, son of Hasan Bey.
Hoşap is in the Gürpinar district of Van; minibuses run there from the Van bus station.
Getting there
- Access
- Hoşap minibuses leave from the Van bus station.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Van as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -3 °C in January to 22.4 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in April (55 mm) and lightest in August (6 mm). Long-term means for 1939-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
