Bitlis

The bodies of four workers were found and an extensive search to find 12 others was ongoing after a massive landslide occurred at a copper mine in the Şirvan district of the southeastern province of Siirt late on Nov. 17. 

Underwater photographer Tahsin Ceylan, who previously discovered coral which was thousands of years old during his research in Turkey's eastern Lake Van, recently found a pier built with Seljuk-era gravestones. 

A pregnant cat arrived in a family health center to give birth in the eastern province of Bitlis. 

The cat, which was struggling to give birth, entered the health center in Bitlis' Tatvan and started meowing in pain, daily Hürriyet reported on April 13.

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.

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.

A group of militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) opened fire late Aug. 2 on a military hospital in the eastern province of Bitlis, but no casualties were reported.

A 5,000-year-old ancient city on the shores of Lake Van is in danger of vanishing because it has not been taken under protection.

Bitlis Eren University academic Associated Professor Mehmet Demirta? said the ancient city was registered by the Culture and Tourism Ministry in 1986.

If on Sunday, Aug. 10, the residents of Eskişehir and Tunceli voted for Prime Minister / President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, instead of rival candidates and the residents of Bitlis in the southeast voted for Selahattin Demirtaş instead of Mr.