Ok folks, it seems that Turkey has it's own sea monster. It's not like Scotland's Nessie, or Lake Champlain's Champ, or even Canada's Ogopogo. This one seems to have a big beak of some sort and a protruding eye. These photos are stills taken from a video tape. And the man that captured the film, is the first to get some real footage of this creature.
   His name is Unal Kozak, and the year was 1997. The subject became an obsession for then 26-year-old Kozak, a Van University teaching assistant who has been talking to eyewitnesses since the first sightings. For him, it was an art of stationing himself at the right places at the right times. Kozak claims to have seen and filmed the so-called monster on three occasions. The length, he says, is about 15 meters (49.5) long, based on his own sightings and the descriptions of 1,000 interviewed witnesses. 



Here is the original video. You decide for yourself what is being filmed here. Leave your impressions in the comments.
 

 





Here is some information on Lake Van:

Lake Van

From space, September 1996
(top of image is roughly northwest)

Coordinates 38°38′N 42°49′E / 38.633°N 42.817°ECoordinates: 38°38′N 42°49′E / 38.633°N 42.817°E

Lake type saline lake Primary  inflows Karasu, Hoşap, Güzelsu, Bendimahi, Zilan and Yeniköprü streams^[1] Primary  outflows none Catchment  area 12,500 km² (4,800 sq mi)^[1]

Basin  countries Turkey

Max. length 119 km (74 mi) Surface area 3,755 km² (1,450 sq mi) Average depth 171 m (560 ft) Max. depth 451 m (1,480 ft)^[2] Water volume 607 km³ (146 cu mi)^[2] Shore  length¹ 430 km (270 mi) Surface  elevation 1,640 m (5,400 ft)

Islands Akdamar,
Çarpanak Adası (İçeriçarpanak),
Adır Adası (Lim),
Kuş Adası (Arter) Settlements Van, Tatvan, Ahlat, Erciş ¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.