Çatak (Kurdish: Şax;[2] Armenian: Շատախ, romanized: Šatax) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.

[6] Two people were killed in a bomb explosion at an outdoor cafe in south-east Turkey, police stated on September 4, 2006.

A separatist militant group, the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), has said it carried out those attacks.

The group, which is said to be linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), called on foreign tourists not to travel to the country.

Turkish media said a remote-controlled bomb in Çatak was detonated as police arrived to investigate a suspicious package.