History and Culture of Bitlis
Bitlis is a province where history sits in layers, from the ancient fortress on its rock to the medieval cemetery by the lake.

Bitlis is a province where history sits in layers, from the ancient fortress on its rock to the medieval cemetery by the lake.

Bitlis is a small province with a giant backyard.

The food of Bitlis is the food of the eastern highlands, built for cold winters, high pastures, and the shores of a great lake.

Bitlis is not a province of resort hotels, and that is part of its appeal.

Bitlis is a small province with a giant landscape.

Bitlis is eastern Turkey at its most dramatic: a medieval city squeezed into a river gorge, beneath a castle on a volcanic rock, with Lake Van and its volcanoes beyond.
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