The Turkish Vankedisi is a rare, naturally occurring breed of cat from Eastern Turkey. It is the pure white equivalent of the Turkish Van, which is considered to be its sister breed. In some organisations the Turkish Vankedisi is recognised as a White Turkish Van.
Characteristics
The Vankedisi is alike in all ways to the Turkish Van apart from its colouration. A normal mating to produce Turkish Vankedisi kittens would be between a Turkish Van and a Turkish Vankedisi.
History
In Turkey the all-white Turkish cat has always been the most highly prized of varieties, even more so than the more familiar van pattern, with its coloured patches on the head and tail. Due to the severe restrictions placed on the export of these highly prized cats very few ever left Turkey, however, in the early 90's Lois Miles succeeded in obtaining written permission from the Turkish authorities to bring home a white, odd-eyed female. The most sought after is an odd eyed white cat, but blue eyed cats are also seen as special. The variety was given recognition by the GCCF in 2006 and by TICA in 2007.
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