Bitlis Province

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Bitlis Province
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Location of Bitlis Province in Turkey
Overview
Region:Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
Area:6707 (km)
Total Population413,446 TUIK 2006 (est)
Licence plate code:13
Area code:0434
Governor Websitehttp://www..gov.tr
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Bitlis is a province of eastern Turkey, located to the west of Lake Van. Kurds form the majority.[1] The capital of the province is the city Bitlis.

A folk etymology explanation of the name Bitlis, is that it is derived from "Bedlis", the name of the commander who built a castle in the province, by the order of Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia. The history of Bitlis extends back to 2000 BC, and the city contains traces from the Urartian, Armenian, Persian, Roman, and Byzantine periods.

It was known as the Kurdish principality Badlis from the 12th to the 19th century. The region was also the home of the 16th century Kurdish historian, Sherefxan Bedlisi (also: Sharaf al-Din Bitlisi), who was also an appointed prince of the Persian and later Ottoman Empires.

Bitlis had a significant population of ethnic Armenians prior to 1915. During the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1917, Turks and Kurds led by Jevdet Bey Pasha massacred some 15,000 Armenians until Russian troops, who were subsequently viewed as liberators by the survivors, moved into the area.[2]

Districts

Bitlis province is divided into 7 districts (capital district in bold):

References

1. ^ Distribution of Kurdish People — GlobalSecurity.org
2. ^ Source Records of the Great War, Vol. IV, ed. Charles F. Horne, National Alumni 1923

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Eastern Anatolia Region (Turkish: Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi) encompasses the eastern provinces of Turkey, and it is one of the 7 non-administrative sub-divisions used for census purposes.
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Country Code: 90

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Bitlis (Kurdish: Bilîs or Bedlîs) is a city in Turkey, capital of Bitlis Province. Population 38,130 as of 1990. Kurds form the majority of the population.
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Sharaf al-Din Bitlisi or Sharafkhan Bitlisi (Kurdish: Şerefxan Bedlîsî) (1543 - 1599) was a Kurdish historian and poet. He wrote in Persian.

His famous Persian book Sherefname is regarded as a main source on Kurdish history. He wrote it in 1597.
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Ottoman Empire or Ottoman Caliphate (1299 to 1922) (Old Ottoman Turkish: دولت عالیه عثمانیه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish:
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Jevdet Bey was the governor of the Van vilayet of the Ottoman Empire during World War I and the Armenian Genocide. He was portrayed by Elias Koteas in the 2002 movie Ararat.

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Adilcevaz is a district of Bitlis Province of Turkey

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Ahlat is a historic town and a district in Turkey's Bitlis Province in Eastern Anatolia Region. The center town of Ahlat is situated on the northwestern coast of the Lake Van.
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Bitlis (Kurdish: Bilîs or Bedlîs) is a city in Turkey, capital of Bitlis Province. Population 38,130 as of 1990. Kurds form the majority of the population.
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