. "Bitlis"@en . "Kaymakam"@en . . "Mayor"@en . . . . . . . . "Bitlis (Armenian: \u0532\u0561\u0572\u0565\u0577 Baghesh/Paghesh; Classical Syriac: \u0712\u071D\u072C \u0715\u0720\u071D\u0723 Be\u1E6F Dlis; Kurdish: Bidl\u00EEs\u200E; Ottoman Turkish: \u0628\u062A\u0644\u064A\u0633\u200E) is a town in eastern Turkey and the capital of Bitlis Province. The town is located at an elevation of 1,400 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."@en .