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Area: 6.707 km² , Population: 388.678
GENERAL INFORMATION
Province of Bitlis is located at the Eastern Anatolia Region and is surrounded by Siirt from south, by Muş from west, by Ağrı from north and by Van Lake from east. It is an important city with its castles and Turkish Islam creations.
HOW TO GET
Highway : Reaching to the surrounding cities and districts is possible via highway.
Railway : The Governmental Railways connected to Europe - Istanbul reaches to the eastern countries by the Tatvan district and by the ferry over the Van Lake.
Airway : Reaching to the Bitlis Province is possible from the airports in Van and Muş Provinces.
The Ferry Transport : The ferry works without timetable between Van and Tatvan.
DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT
- Visiting Nemrut Mountain and Nemrut Crater Lake,
- Visiting Ahlat Vaults and Seljukian Graveyard,
- Visiting Bitlis Castle, İhlasiye Theological School, Şerefiye Mosque and Vaults,
- Tasting Bitlis Büryan kebab and avşor,
- Buying woven pileless small carpets painted with root paint, Ahlat walking stick, Hizan hazelnut, Adilcevaz walnut, Mutki kara hive honey and cube cheese.
AHLAT
Ahlat Province is founded at the shores of Van Lake and is at 60 km. distance to the city center. There are 14 vaults, 2 castles most of which are the remains of the 13th century, 5 historic graveyards from the Seljukian period, 1 historic graveyard from the Ottoman Period, 4 separate graveyards to the north of the Yuvadamı village remained from the period between BC 2000 and BC 1200 years, 2 mosques and 1 bath from the Ottoman Period. The Emirlik Bayındır Bridge (Emirate Development Bridge) in the district should be visited. The major historic presence of the district is the historic "Seljukian Graveyard" which was founded over nearly 200 acre area. Beside the coffer tombs with or without tombstones in the graveyard each displaying the property of monumental structure, the underground graveyards in the style of chamber tombs which is the burial style of the Central Asian Turkish culture is encountered in this graveyard. The Vaults, which are located among other important historic structures are the monumental tombs of the governors and the rulers of the period, which had developed with the effect of Islamic culture and are composed of small mosques constructed over the underground tomb chamber.
Ahlat also has the most beautiful beach at the perimeter of the Van Lake. The district displays the improvement capacity at the fields of shore tourism and water sports and it is possible to swim for 4 months at the beaches of the district. Also the Sütay Plateau located at the north of the district has a potential for the improvement of the plateau tourism. The hand crafted "Ahlat Bastonu" (Ahlat Walking Stick is famous through the entire country.
EL-AMAN CARAVANSERAI
The El - Aman Caravanserai is one of the greatest caravansaries of Anatolia and is composed of shops, a mosque and a bath together with a Külliye. El - Aman Caravanserai was constructed by Hüsrev Paşa in 16th Century.
The other major inns and caravanseraies inside the border of the province are as follows: Şerefiye, Arasa, Yusufiye, Duhan and Kokoz Zal Paşa caravanseraies.
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