Yayalar | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Country |  Turkey |
| Province | Bitlis Province |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 385 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Yayalar is a village in the Bitlis district of Bitlis province in Turkey. [1]
Yayalar | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Bitlis Province |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 385 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Yayalar is a village in the Bitlis district of Bitlis province in Turkey. [1]
Bitlis Province is a province of eastern Turkey, located to the west of Lake Van. The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority. The current Governor of the province is Oktay Çağatay.
Bitlis is a city in eastern Turkey and the capital of Bitlis Province. The city is located at an elevation of 1,545 metres, 15 km from Lake Van, in the steep-sided 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 as well as weaving and dyeing of coarse cloth. Bitlis is connected to other urban centres by road, including Tatvan on Lake Van, 25 km to the northeast, and the cities of Muş (Mush), 100 km northwest, and Diyarbakır, 200 km to the west. The climate of Bitlis can be harsh, with long winters and heavy snowfalls. Summers are hot, and often humid. Since the local elections of March 2019, the Mayor of Bitlis is Nesrullah Tanğlay.
Bitlis Vilayet was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire. Before the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) it had been part of the Erzurum Vilayet, it was then made a separate vilayet by the Porte. It was one of the six Armenian vilayets of the Empire.
The Battle of Bitlis refers to a series of engagements in the summer of 1916 for the town of Bitlis and to a lesser extent nearby Moush, between Russian Imperial forces and their Ottoman counterparts. The town was the last stronghold of the Ottoman Empire preventing the Russians from entering Anatolia and Mesopotamia.
Eşref Bitlis was a general in the Turkish Gendarmerie, who died in a controversial plane crash.
Bitlis Eren University is a university located in Bitlis, Turkey. It was established in 2007.
Yayalar may refer to the following places in Turkey:
The Governor of Bitlis is responsible for the implementation of government legislation within Bitlis Province, Turkey. The governorship is a civil service office appointed by the government of Turkey. The Governor is also the most senior commander of both the Bitlis provincial police force and the Bitlis Gendarmerie.
The Bitlis uprising was a Kurdish uprising in Bitlis against the Ottoman Empire in 1907. The causes of the revolt laid in tensions between local Kurds and the governor of Bitlis following an earthquake in March earlier that year. It began on 22 June 1907, and lasted 38 days, before it was quelled by an Ottoman force on 30 July. Another uprising in Bitlis would break out in March 1914.
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