Bitlis controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1915
Armenian and Assyrian genocide in Bitlis
Bitlis and its surrounding region experienced the mass killing, deportation and dispossession of Armenian and Assyrian inhabitants during the First World War. The violence eliminated historic Christian communities and caused extensive destruction of churches, monasteries, schools and communal life.