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Bitlis is a province of eastern Turkey , located to the west of Lake Van . Its name comes from "Bedlis", which was the name of the commander who built a castle in the province, by the order of Alexander The Great , King of Macedonia. The history of Bitlis extends back to 2000 BC, and the city contains traces from the Urartu, Asur, Med, Persian, Macedonian, Roman and Byzantine periods. EXTERNAL LINKS
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