Editing Turkish Van (section)

==Breed standards==
[[File:TurkishVanRandomSpots.jpg|thumb|Turkish Van cats may have random spots over their body, but not as large as on their head and tail.]]
Breed standards allow for one or more body spots as long as there is no more than 20% colour and the cat does not give the appearance of a bicolour. A few random spots are acceptable, but they should not detract from the pattern. The rest of the cat is white. Although red tabby and white is the classic Van colour, the colour on a Van's head and tail can be one of the following: red, cream, black, blue, red [[Tabby cat|tabby]], cream tabby, brown tabby, blue tabby, [[Tortoiseshell cat|tortoiseshell]], dilute tortoiseshell (also known as blue-cream), brown-patched tabby, blue-patched tabby, and any other colour not showing evidence of [[crossbreed]]ing with the [[Point coloration|point-coloured]] breeds ([[Siamese (cat)|Siamese]], [[Himalayan (cat)|Himalayan]], etc.). Not all registries recognise all of these colour variations.

While A registries recognise all-white specimens as Turkish Vans, most do not. The US-based [[Cat Fanciers' Association]] (CFA, the world's largest registry of pedigreed cats) and [[Fédération Internationale Féline]] (FIFe, the largest international cat fancier organisation) recognise only Van-patterned specimens, as they define the breed by both its type and pattern. The Germany-based but international [[World Cat Federation]] (WCF) considers the all-white specimens a separate breed, which it calls the '''Turkish {{sic|Vankedisi|hide=y|reason=Yes, it is run-together and capitalised.}}''',<ref name="WCF list">{{cite web |url=http://www.wcf-online.de/WCF-EN/standard/rassen |title=Recognized and Admitted Breeds in the WCF |year=2009 |work=WCF-Online.de |publisher=World Cat Federation |location=Essen, Germany |access-date=13 February 2013 |archive-date=8 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050150/http://www.wcf-online.de/WCF-EN/standard/rassen |url-status=dead }}<!--Note: This HTML version is more current than the 2009 PDF version that is available for download from the same page, as of this accessdate.--></ref> a name that is easily confused with the landrace [[Van cat]], which is called {{lang|tr|Van kedisi}} (two words) in Turkish. In other registries, the all-white cats are not considered show quality and are therefore actively bred against. They are prone to deafness; this is a common defect with many all-white animals.<ref name=":1" />

===Varieties===
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File:Turkish Van, black variety.jpg|Mostly-white bicolour
File:Turkish Van Example2.jpg|Red
File:Nike, turkish van.jpg|Red tabby
File:PIper the Turkish Van cat.jpg|Calico
File:Black and White Turkish Van.png|Black and white Turkish Van
</gallery>