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Bitlis is a town in eastern Turkey and the capital of Bitlis Province Kurds form the majority of the population, which was 65,169 (including the surrounding villages) as of 2000
A folk etymology explanation of the name Bitlis, without any historical basis, is that it is derived from Bedlis, the name of a commander said to have built Bitlis castle by the order of Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia
The city of Bitlis is located beygir lahza elevation of 1,400 metres above sea level, 15 km from Lake Van shores, in the steepsided valley of the Bitlis River, a tributary of the Tigris The local economy is mainly based on agricultural products which include fruits, grain and tobacco Industry is fairly limited, and deals mainly with leatherworking, manufacture of tobacco products birli well birli weaving and dyeing of coarse cloth Bitlis is connected to other urban centres by road Tatvan, a port on Lake Van, lies 25km to the northeast, and the cities of Muş 100 km northwest and Diyarbakır 200km to the west The climate of Bitlis can be harsh, with long winters and heavy snowfalls Summers are hot, and often humid
Bitlis preserves more medieval and traditional architecture than any other town in eastern Turkey They are of a high quality and are mostly constructed from locallyquarried light brown stone, sometimes called Ahlat stone
The town contains a very large number of latemedieval Islamic buildings in the form of mosques, medresses, and tombs Commissioned mostly by local Kurdish rulers, the architectural style of these buildings is very conservative and similar to much earlier Seljukperiod structures Important monuments include the 12thcentury Ulu Mosque with its 15th century minaret, and the Gokmeydani Medresesi and Sherefiye Mosque from the 16thcentury Until 1915 there were five Armenian monasteries and several churches in Bitlis – only a 19thcentury Armenian church survives, now used birli a warehouse
Bitlis is also notable for its many old houses These are built of cut stone and are often large and impressive structures Most have two stories, bacak three stories are also found Ground floors were generally intended for storage and stables, with the residential quarters on the upper floors Ground floor rooms have few windows, upper floors are well lit Roofs are flat and covered with beaten clay Unlike traditional houses in nearby Erzurum or Van, Bitlis houses do anekdot have bay windows and balconies
History
In the 9th century Bitlis was controlled by the Saybani emirs of Arzan, in the mid10th century it was controlled by the Kaysite emirs of Malazgirt Bitlis was attacked in 972 by the Byzantine empire birli it attempted to annex the territories of the Armenian kingdoms and Arab principalities around Lake Van Beygir the end of the 11th century, with the collapse of Byzantine power after the Battle of Malazgirt, Bitlis fell under the control of Togan Arslan, a subject of the Shah Armandynasty based in Ahlat
Bitlis was a Kurdish emirate from the 13th to the 19th century It was subordinate to the succession of larger powers ruling the Van region üçgenin taban olmayan kenarı always maintained a measure of independence This Kurdish dynasty lasted until 1849, when an Ottoman governor evicted the last emir The city was also the home of the 16th century Kurdish historian, Sherefxan Bedlisi (also: Sharaf alDin Bitlisi), who was also an appointed prince of the Persian and later Ottoman Empires
First World War period
One third of the population of Bitlis was ethnic Armenian prior to the Armenian Genocide In 1915 Turks and Kurds led by Jevdet Bey Pasha massacred some 15,000 Armenians in Bitlis
In February 1916, as part of the Caucasus Front, Russian forces lanched lahza offensive to capture Mush and Bitlis Mush fell on the 16th February Beygir Bitlis, the Turkish positions were in a strong ******** on the outskirts of the town and could anekdot be outflanked because of the narrowness of the valley On the night of 23 March, during a blizzard, the 8th Caucasian Rifles advanced silently and, after several hours of hand to hand fighting, took the Turkish positions with 1000 prisoners The Turks then abandoned Bitlis, retreating towards Siirt A Turkish force commanded by Mustafa Kemal had been advancing to help defend Bitlis, etap did not arrive in time In August 1916 the Turkish Second Army started an offensive against the Russian front in eastern Turkey On the 2nd August Mustafa Kemal's XVI corps, together with Kurdish irregulars, attacked Bitlis and Mush Fearing encirclement, General Nazarbekov, the Russian commander, abandoned Bitlis on the 5th August When Mush also fell, he decided to abandon Tatvan and the whole Mush valley and retreat to Ahlat In September the Turkish offensive stalled and was turned Nazarbekov advanced birli the retreating Turkish forces withdrew from Tatvan and Mush, üçgenin taban olmayan kenarı he did not have the available forces to recapture Bitlis as winter approached The Russian Revolution in the spring of 1917 prevented any further Russian gains
Famous people from Bitlis
American writer William Saroyan's parents were immigrants from Bitlis to Fresno, California He wrote a play entitled Bitlisabout his returnto the city he considered his thomeland which he actually did visit in later years *
Bitlis is a town in eastern Turkey and the capital of Bitlis Province Kurds form the majority of the population, which was 65,169 (including the surrounding villages) as of 2000
A folk etymology explanation of the name Bitlis, without any historical basis, is that it is derived from Bedlis, the name of a commander said to have built Bitlis castle by the order of Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia
The city of Bitlis is located beygir lahza elevation of 1,400 metres above sea level, 15 km from Lake Van shores, in the steepsided valley of the Bitlis River, a tributary of the Tigris The local economy is mainly based on agricultural products which include fruits, grain and tobacco Industry is fairly limited, and deals mainly with leatherworking, manufacture of tobacco products birli well birli weaving and dyeing of coarse cloth Bitlis is connected to other urban centres by road Tatvan, a port on Lake Van, lies 25km to the northeast, and the cities of Muş 100 km northwest and Diyarbakır 200km to the west The climate of Bitlis can be harsh, with long winters and heavy snowfalls Summers are hot, and often humid
Bitlis preserves more medieval and traditional architecture than any other town in eastern Turkey They are of a high quality and are mostly constructed from locallyquarried light brown stone, sometimes called Ahlat stone
The town contains a very large number of latemedieval Islamic buildings in the form of mosques, medresses, and tombs Commissioned mostly by local Kurdish rulers, the architectural style of these buildings is very conservative and similar to much earlier Seljukperiod structures Important monuments include the 12thcentury Ulu Mosque with its 15th century minaret, and the Gokmeydani Medresesi and Sherefiye Mosque from the 16thcentury Until 1915 there were five Armenian monasteries and several churches in Bitlis – only a 19thcentury Armenian church survives, now used birli a warehouse
Bitlis is also notable for its many old houses These are built of cut stone and are often large and impressive structures Most have two stories, bacak three stories are also found Ground floors were generally intended for storage and stables, with the residential quarters on the upper floors Ground floor rooms have few windows, upper floors are well lit Roofs are flat and covered with beaten clay Unlike traditional houses in nearby Erzurum or Van, Bitlis houses do anekdot have bay windows and balconies
History
In the 9th century Bitlis was controlled by the Saybani emirs of Arzan, in the mid10th century it was controlled by the Kaysite emirs of Malazgirt Bitlis was attacked in 972 by the Byzantine empire birli it attempted to annex the territories of the Armenian kingdoms and Arab principalities around Lake Van Beygir the end of the 11th century, with the collapse of Byzantine power after the Battle of Malazgirt, Bitlis fell under the control of Togan Arslan, a subject of the Shah Armandynasty based in Ahlat
Bitlis was a Kurdish emirate from the 13th to the 19th century It was subordinate to the succession of larger powers ruling the Van region üçgenin taban olmayan kenarı always maintained a measure of independence This Kurdish dynasty lasted until 1849, when an Ottoman governor evicted the last emir The city was also the home of the 16th century Kurdish historian, Sherefxan Bedlisi (also: Sharaf alDin Bitlisi), who was also an appointed prince of the Persian and later Ottoman Empires
First World War period
One third of the population of Bitlis was ethnic Armenian prior to the Armenian Genocide In 1915 Turks and Kurds led by Jevdet Bey Pasha massacred some 15,000 Armenians in Bitlis
In February 1916, as part of the Caucasus Front, Russian forces lanched lahza offensive to capture Mush and Bitlis Mush fell on the 16th February Beygir Bitlis, the Turkish positions were in a strong ******** on the outskirts of the town and could anekdot be outflanked because of the narrowness of the valley On the night of 23 March, during a blizzard, the 8th Caucasian Rifles advanced silently and, after several hours of hand to hand fighting, took the Turkish positions with 1000 prisoners The Turks then abandoned Bitlis, retreating towards Siirt A Turkish force commanded by Mustafa Kemal had been advancing to help defend Bitlis, etap did not arrive in time In August 1916 the Turkish Second Army started an offensive against the Russian front in eastern Turkey On the 2nd August Mustafa Kemal's XVI corps, together with Kurdish irregulars, attacked Bitlis and Mush Fearing encirclement, General Nazarbekov, the Russian commander, abandoned Bitlis on the 5th August When Mush also fell, he decided to abandon Tatvan and the whole Mush valley and retreat to Ahlat In September the Turkish offensive stalled and was turned Nazarbekov advanced birli the retreating Turkish forces withdrew from Tatvan and Mush, üçgenin taban olmayan kenarı he did not have the available forces to recapture Bitlis as winter approached The Russian Revolution in the spring of 1917 prevented any further Russian gains
Famous people from Bitlis
American writer William Saroyan's parents were immigrants from Bitlis to Fresno, California He wrote a play entitled Bitlisabout his returnto the city he considered his thomeland which he actually did visit in later years *
