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Bitlis

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Bitlis

Capital of Bitlis province, eastern Turkey, 192 km/120 mi south of Erzurum; population (2001 est) 56,700. Situated 1,400 m/4,593 ft above sea-level, it lies on a river gorge in the mountainous central plateau of Anatolia, 20 km/13 mi southwest of Lake Van. It is the commercial centre of a tobacco-growing region. Industries include tobacco-processing and the production of woollen textiles.

An old Arab castle, believed to occupy the site of a fortress built by Alexander the Great, overlooks the town.



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Asked why none of her five daughters was going to school, she gave a series of knee-jerk responses--as a migrant from the southeastern town of Bitlis, she does not speak Turkish.
Girls' Education Campaign in Turkey by Levine, Lynn / UN Chronicle
At this time, Vahan was a member of a large, prosperous family and his father was one of the most important men in their city of Bitlis, in the eastern part of Turkey, far from Istanbul, the capital city.
Bagdasarian, Adam. Forgotten fire, a novel by Rosser, Claire / Kliatt
Bagdasarian pulls readers into these and numerous other wrenching scenes with the same photographic detail he uses to shape a fleeting glimpse of peacetime Bitlis, Vahan's beloved hometown in the mountains, and it is hard to turn away from his intense prose even when you feel you can no longer bear it.
Forgotten Fire by Happermann, Christine M. / The Horn Book Magazine
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