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Bitlis
name had been derived from the name "Bedlis"
which was the name of the commander who has constructed
the castle in the province by the order the Alexander
the Great, King of Macedonia. The history of Bitlis
extends to the date of BC 2000 and the city contains
the traces of Urartu, Asur, Med, Persian, Macedonian,
Roman and Byzantine periods.
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