Lake Nemrut on the southern slope of the caldera in 2007. The main thread in terms of ecology is overgrazing. Lake Nemrut Lake Nemrut () is a freshwater crater lake in Bitlis Province, eastern Turkey. It is part of Nemrut Caldera (), a volcanic caldera atop Volcano Nemrut. The caldera is a registered natural monument and the wetlandsis registered as a Ramsar site of the country. The caldera is located west of Lake Van in the Tatvan, Ahlat and Güroymak districts of Bitlis Province. It is named after the biblical figure King Nimrod. The caldera is far from Tatvan, and from Ahlat.
Third-country economic relationships with the European Union Third-country economic relationships with the European Union The European Union has a number of relationships with nations that are not formally part of the Union. According to the European Union's official site, and a statement by Commissioner Günter Verheugen, the aim is to have a ring of countries, sharing EU's democratic ideals and joining them in further integration without necessarily becoming full member states. The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was created to allow European countries to partake in a free trade area with less integration as within the European Communities (later European Union). Most of the countries initially in