Van Turcesc breed standards compared

Each column is one club's published standard. An empty cell means the club says nothing on that point in our records.

Clubs compared: TICA, CFA, FIFE, GCCF, WCF, ACFA, LOOF.

Conformation

Conformation
Form	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF	WCF	ACFA	LOOF
Forma capuluiCuneiform	No ruling	Standard (“Substantially broad wedge, with gentle contours”)	No ruling	Standard (“Substantial broad wedge”)	No ruling	Standard (“Substantially broad wedge, with gentle contours”)	No ruling
Forma capuluiLat	No ruling	Standard (“Substantially broad wedge”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Substantially broad wedge”)	No ruling
Forma capuluiCuneiform modificat	Standard (“Modified wedge with rounded contours and high cheekbones”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Forma capuluiTriunghiular	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Short, blunted triangle”)	No ruling	Standard (“the shape of a blunt triangle of medium length”)	No ruling	Standard (“forme un triangle aux contours arrondis”)
Profilul facialDrept	Defect (“flat profile”)	Defect (“flat profile”)	No ruling	Standard (“straight but with a barely perceptible dip in profile”)	Standard (“The profile is almost straight”)	Defect (“flat profile”)	Defect (“Stop, profil droit”)
Profilul facialBerbecesc (convex)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“un nez légèrement busqué”)
Profilul facialFrântură nazală	Descalificant (“Definite nose break”)	Descalificant (“definite nose break”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificant (“definite nose break”)	Defect (“Stop, profil droit”)
Forma ochilorOvali	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Large and oval, set slightly oblique”)	Standard (“Large and oval, alert and expressive”)	Standard (“The eyes are large, oval”)	No ruling	No ruling
Forma ochilorÎn formă de nucă	Standard (“Large, walnut to peach pit shape”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“les yeux en forme de noix”)
Forma ochilorOblici	Standard (“set slightly oblique”)	Standard (“set at a slant”)	Standard (“set slightly oblique”)	No ruling	Standard (“set at a slight slant”)	Standard (“set at a slant”)	Standard (“légèrement placés de biais”)
Mărimea urechilorMedii	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Medium to large and well furnished”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“De taille moyenne à grande”)
Mărimea urechilorMari	Standard (“Moderately large to large”)	Standard (“Moderately large, in proportion to the body”)	Alternativ (“Medium to large and well furnished”)	Standard (“Moderately large, well feathered”)	Standard (“The ears are large, with a broad base”)	Standard (“Moderately large to large”)	Alternativ (“De taille moyenne à grande”)
Inserția urechilorÎnaltă	Standard (“set fairly high and well apart”)	Standard (“set fairly high and well apart”)	No ruling	Standard (“fairly close together and set high on head”)	Standard (“straight set, rather high and upright on the skull”)	Standard (“set fairly high and well apart”)	Standard (“placées assez haut sur la tête”)
Inserția urechilorMedie	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“placed medium high on the skull”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Vârful urechiiRotunjit	Standard (“Tips are slightly rounded”)	Standard (“Tips are slightly rounded”)	Standard (“slightly rounded tips”)	No ruling	Standard (“slightly rounded tips”)	Standard (“Tips are slightly rounded”)	Standard (“leur extrémité est arrondie”)
Purtarea urechilorErecte (ciulite)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“straight set, rather high and upright on the skull”)	No ruling	No ruling
Tip corporalLung și robust	Standard (“Sturdy and long. Full chest and substantial musculature”)	Standard (“moderately long, sturdy, broad, muscular and deep-chested”)	Standard (“Long but sturdy, muscular, medium heavy type”)	Standard (“Long and sturdy, broad, muscular and deep-chested”)	No ruling	Standard (“Moderately long, sturdy, broad, muscular and deep chested”)	Standard (“De format long et puissant, le corps est long, grand et fort”)
Tip corporalCobby	Defect (“Any evidence toward extremes (i.e., short cobbiness”)	Defect (“any evidence toward extremes (i.e. short cobbiness”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Any evidence toward extremes, [i.e. short cobbiness”)	Defect (“Format cobby ou foreign”)
Tip corporalForeign	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Format cobby ou foreign”)
Osatură și substanțăModerată	Standard (“Boning: Medium, well-muscled all over”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Osatură și substanțăFină (ușoară)	Defect (“svelte, fine boning”)	Defect (“svelte, fine-boning”)	No ruling	Descalificant (“Light-boned or undersized adults”)	No ruling	Defect (“svelte, fine-boning”)	No ruling
Lungimea picioarelorLungi	No ruling	Standard (“Moderately long, muscular legs”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Legs/Feet: Moderately long, muscular”)	No ruling
Lungimea picioarelorMedii	Standard (“Medium length forelegs with hind legs slightly longer”)	No ruling	Standard (“Legs: Medium long”)	Standard (“Legs well-boned and medium in length”)	Standard (“The legs have medium length”)	No ruling	Standard (“De longueur moyenne, les pattes”)
LabeLabă de pisică	Standard (“Neat, round feet with toes tufted”)	No ruling	Standard (“Dainty, round well tufted”)	Standard (“Feet neat, well rounded and tufted”)	Standard (“the paws are round”)	No ruling	Standard (“les pieds sont ronds”)
DegeteNormale	No ruling	Standard (“Toes, five in front, four behind”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Five toes in front and four behind”)	No ruling
DegetePolidactilie (degete în plus)	No ruling	Descalificant (“incorrect number of toes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificant (“incorrect number of toes”)	No ruling
Lungimea coziiLungă	No ruling	Standard (“Long, but in proportion to the body, with a brush appearance”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Long, but in proportion to the body, with a brush appearance”)	No ruling
Lungimea coziiMedie	Standard (“medium-length and in proportion to the cat”)	No ruling	Standard (“Tail: Medium long; well furnished”)	No ruling	Standard (“The tail is of medium length and well furnished”)	No ruling	Standard (“De longueur moyenne, la queue bien fournie”)
Forma coziiStufoasă	Standard (“The tail is a brush or plume”)	Standard (“with a brush appearance”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“with a brush appearance”)	Standard (“la queue bien fournie est portée en panache”)
Forma coziiFrântă	No ruling	Descalificant (“kinked or abnormal tail”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificant (“kinked or abnormal tail”)	No ruling
Lungimea gâtuluiMediu	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“De taille moyenne, l'encolure est bien musclée”)
StopUșor	Standard (“Slight dip below eye level”)	Standard (“the nose has a slight dip below eye level”)	Standard (“Gently curved forehead, followed by a slight indentation”)	Standard (“straight but with a barely perceptible dip in profile”)	No ruling	Standard (“the nose has a slight dip below eye level”)	Standard (“une légère déclivité au niveau des yeux”)
MușcăturăMușcătură în clește	Standard (“Rounded somewhat, with an even bite”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PieptLat	No ruling	Standard (“great breadth to the chest”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“great breadth to the chest”)	Standard (“La poitrine est particulièrement développée, large et ouverte”)
PieptAdânc	No ruling	Standard (“muscular and deep-chested”)	No ruling	Standard (“Long and sturdy, broad, muscular and deep-chested”)	No ruling	Standard (“muscular and deep chested”)	No ruling
PieleLăsată	Alternativ (“Allow for loose skin between the back legs”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Mărimea ochilorMari	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Large and oval, alert and expressive”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Markings

Markings
Marking	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF	WCF	ACFA	LOOF
Breaz	Standard (“A blaze (a white streak up the nose) ... is desirable.”)	No ruling	Standard (“on the face with a white blaze”)	Standard (“should be separated by a vertical white blaze”)	Standard (“which are separated by a white flame”)	Standard (“A blaze [a white streak up the nose] ... is desirable.”)	Standard (“Les taches sur la tête doivent dessiner deux flammes sur le front”)
Vârf alb al cozii	Alternativ (“you may also see white patches ... or a small white tail tip”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Bout de la queue blanc (sauf chez le blanc).”)

Van Turcesc colors and patterns

What each club's breed standard says about every Van Turcesc color and pattern. Point at a ruling to see the club's own wording.

Breed standards describe the Van Turcesc in Negru, Alb, Albastru, Liliachiu, Argintiu, Maro, Ciocolatiu, Scorțișoară, Roșu, Crem și Fauve. Standard patterns: Unicolor, Tabby, Tabby tigrat, Tabby clasic, Tabby pătat, Tabby bandat, Țestoasă, Țestoasă și alb, Tabby țestoasă, Van, Fumuriu și Tabby țestoasă și alb.

Blană: rulings by club
Color or pattern	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF
Negru	Standard	Standard (“Black”)	Standard (“black”)	Standard (“Black”)
Alb	Standard (“Solid white”)	Standard (“chalk-white”)	Standard (“chalk white”)	Standard (“Chalk white”)
Albastru	Standard	Standard (“Blue”)	Standard (“blue”)	Standard (“Blue”)
Liliachiu	Standard	Nerecunoscut (“lilac”)	No ruling	No ruling
Argintiu	Standard (“Silver”)	Standard (“silver tabby”)	No ruling	No ruling
Maro	Standard	Standard (“Brown Tabby”)	Standard (“black tabby”)	Standard (“Brown Tabby”)
Ciocolatiu	Standard	Nerecunoscut (“chocolate”)	No ruling	No ruling
Scorțișoară	Standard	Standard	No ruling	No ruling
Roșu	Standard	Standard (“Red”)	Standard (“Auburn”)	Standard (“Auburn”)
Crem	Standard	Standard (“Cream”)	Standard (“cream”)	Standard (“Cream”)
Fauve	Standard	Standard	No ruling	No ruling
Patterns
Unicolor	Standard (“Solid”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Tabby	Standard (“Tabby/white”)	Standard (“Tabby”)	Standard (“tabby”)	Standard (“Tabby”)
Tabby tigrat	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“mackerel”)	No ruling
Tabby clasic	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“blotched”)	No ruling
Tabby pătat	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“spotted”)	No ruling
Tabby bandat	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“ticked”)	No ruling
Țestoasă	No ruling	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)	Standard (“tortie”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell”)
Țestoasă și alb	Standard (“Tortie/white”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell & White”)	Standard (“tortie with white”)	No ruling
Tabby țestoasă	No ruling	Standard (“Patched Tabby”)	Standard (“tortie tabby”)	Standard (“Tortie Tabby”)
Van	Standard (“Van pattern”)	Standard (“Van”)	Standard (“van”)	Standard (“van patterning”)
Fumuriu	Standard (“Smoke/white”)	Standard (“smokes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Tabby țestoasă și alb	Standard (“Tortie/white”)	Standard (“Tortoiseshell & White”)	Standard (“tortie with white”)	No ruling
Bicolor	Descalificant (“bicolor pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Colourpoint	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut (“Himalayan pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling
Nurcă	Nerecunoscut	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Sepia	Nerecunoscut	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Ochi: rulings by club
Color or pattern	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF
Albastru	Standard (“blue”)	Standard (“blue”)	Standard (“deep blue”)	Standard (“Blue-eyed”)
Portocaliu	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“copper or deep orange”)	Descalificant (“Orange”)
Arămiu	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“copper or deep orange”)	Descalificant (“copper”)
Chihlimbariu	Standard (“amber”)	Standard (“amber”)	No ruling	Standard (“Light to medium amber”)
Verde	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“green”)	No ruling
Patterns
Ochi diferiți	Standard (“odd eyed”)	Standard (“odd-eyed”)	Standard (“odd eyed”)	Standard (“Odd-eyed”)

Nas: rulings by club
Color or pattern	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF
Roz	Standard (“pink”)	Standard (“pink”)	Standard (“pink”)	Standard (“pink”)

Pernuțe plantare: rulings by club
Color or pattern	TICA	CFA	FIFE	GCCF
Roz	Standard (“pink”)	Standard (“pink”)	Standard (“pink”)	Standard (“pink”)

What the rulings mean

Standard: Described by the club's breed standard.
Descalificant: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Nerecunoscut: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a Van Turcesc's colors can change over its life.

Marochanges toCopal
Blană · Cu vârsta · from 0 to 52 weeks
Negruchanges toMaro roșcat
Blană · Progresiv
Tabbychanges toUnicolor
Blană · Cu vârsta · from 0 to 39 weeks
Albchanges toUmbrit
Blană · Cu vârsta
Albchanges toChinchilla
Blană · Cu vârsta
Tabbychanges toUmbrit
Blană · Cu vârsta · from 0 to 6 weeks
Tabbychanges toChinchilla
Blană · Cu vârsta · from 0 to 6 weeks
Albastruchanges toȚestoasă
Blană · Cu vârsta
Negruchanges toMaro
Blană · Cu starea corporală · can change back
Negruchanges toMaro
Blană · La soare · can change back
Negruchanges toMaro
Blană · Progresiv
Albchanges toColourpoint
Blană · Cu vârsta · from 1 to 52 weeks
Unicolorchanges toFumuriu
Blană · Cu vârsta · from 3 to 104 weeks
Albastruchanges toVerde
Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 4 to 17 weeks
Albastruchanges toGalben
Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 4 to 17 weeks
Albastruchanges toAuriu
Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 4 to 17 weeks
Albastruchanges toArămiu
Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 4 to 17 weeks
Albastruchanges toPortocaliu
Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 4 to 17 weeks
Albastruchanges toAlun
Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 4 to 17 weeks
Albastruchanges toChihlimbariu
Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 4 to 17 weeks
Rozchanges toSeal
Nas · Cu vârsta · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rozchanges toAlbastru
Nas · Cu vârsta · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rozchanges toCiocolatiu
Nas · Cu vârsta · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rozchanges toLiliachiu
Nas · Cu vârsta · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rozchanges toSeal
Pernuțe plantare · Cu vârsta · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rozchanges toAlbastru
Pernuțe plantare · Cu vârsta · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rozchanges toCiocolatiu
Pernuțe plantare · Cu vârsta · from 1 to 52 weeks
Rozchanges toLiliachiu
Pernuțe plantare · Cu vârsta · from 1 to 52 weeks

Sources

Each ruling comes from the club's published breed standard or color list.

Published standards

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