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| Breed Name | Turkish Van | Turkish Van Turkish Van Kedisi |
Turkish Van | ||||||
| Recognition status | Full | not recognised | not recognised | not recognised | Full | not recognised | Full | not recognised | not recognised |
| Breed code | TUV | TUV | TUV | ||||||
| Allowable outcrosses | None | Foundation cats of the correct pattern from the Lake Van area are permitted. | None | ||||||
| Recognised colours | broken colours coat pattern: van (black, blue, red & cream only, & tortie tabby &tortie tabby equivalents |
auburn van, cream van, black van, blue van, brown tabby van blue tabby van black tortie van blue tortie van, brown tortie tabby van, & blue tortie tabby van. all colours recognized in amber eyed, blue eyed, and odd eyed. Turkish Van Kedisi (TUV w) – White. White Odd-eyed preferred, Blue-eyed, and Amber-eyed allowed. |
auburn and white, cream and white, black and white, blue and white, black tortoiseshell and white, blue tortoiseshell and white |
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| Breeding restrictions | None | Before the registration of any Turkish Van Kedisi on the Active Register, a BAER certificate of freedom from deafness for the cat must be supplied to the GCCF. | None | ||||||
| Special notes | None | Turkish Van Kedisi and the Turkish Van cat should be indistinguishable as far as type is concerned, the difference being colour. | None |
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