Why are they called Turkish Vankedisi?
Although the Turkish Vankedisi is effectively a pure white Turkish Van, the GCCF have adopted the word van to mean a particular coat pattern, and since the pure white cat doesn’t outwardly exhibit this coat pattern then it cannot be registered as a Turkish Van. Instead, the GCCF has approved the name Turkish Vankedisi which retains the references to the ancestry of the cats (Turkey, Van) whilst maintaining a distinct breed name. In fact kedi is Turkish for cat!
