Bitlis

A suspect with alleged links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was detained on April 8 in the eastern province of Bitlis over his alleged involvement in the deadly Ankara bombing on Oct. 10, 2015.

Istanbul has the best record in regards to gender equality among 81 Turkish provinces, while the eastern province of Bitlis has been named the least equalitarian province, according to a recent survey.

A stone on the wall of a historical mosque in the eastern province of Bitlis has been removed and stolen by treasure hunters, one of whom has since been caught by police.

A Syrian woman is facing up to 12 years in prison after she was detained in an Istanbul airport for allegedly smuggling ancient coins.

Salwa Jerbakah, a 36-year-old Syrian woman planning to fly to Stockholm from Istanbul's Atatürk Airport, was stopped and searched by airport authorities on April 9, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Security forces have seized a total of 103 historical artifacts in a house in the eastern province of Bitlis during an operation into an armed conflict case, as one of the suspects claimed the artifacts were given to her as wedding gifts.

A local court has ordered a Turkish man, who has been on trial on the charge of "negligence" in a Syrian worker's death in a landslide at a construction site in the eastern province of Bitlis, will spend 1,812 hours cleaning a mosque because he cannot afford to pay his penalty of 27,300 Turkish Liras.

The Camels of Nemrut, rock formations created with the eruption of Mount Nemrut in Bitlis' Tatvan district, try to resist time and human damage Rock formations created by an eruption of the volcanic Mount Nemrut in the eastern province of Bitlis' Tatvan district are in danger of being destroyed.

Two polling stations in Turkey?s southeastern province of ??rnak have been moved despite a decision by the Supreme Election Board (YSK) rejecting the relocation of ballot boxes for ?security? reasons.   

Over 30 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) have been killed in cross-border airstrikes, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said during an 11th gathering with a large group of muhtars at the presidential palace.

A total of five soldiers were wounded on Sept. 28 in a bomb attack by outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) militants in the eastern province of Bitlis, Do?an News Agency reported.