Adilcevaz

Adilcevaz
Adilcevaz is located in Turkey
Adilcevaz
Adilcevaz
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°48′21″N 42°44′49″E / 38.80583°N 42.74694°E / 38.80583; 42.74694
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBitlis
DistrictAdilcevaz
Government
 • MayorAbdullah Akbaba (AKP)
Elevation
1,650 m (5,410 ft)
Population
 (2023)[1]
15,059
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
13500
Websitewww.adilcevaz.bel.tr

Adilcevaz (Armenian: Արծկէ, romanizedArtskē, Kurdish: Elcewaz[2]) is a town in Bitlis Province of Turkey. It is on the northern shore of Lake Van. It is the seat of Adilcevaz District.[3] [1]

The mayor is Abdullah Akbaba from the AKP, elected in the 31 May 2024 local elections.[4]

The famous Kef castle built by the Urarteans lies near Adilcevaz.[5] Monastery of the Miracles is 2.18 miles northwest of Adilcevaz in the hills to the north of Lake Van.

  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2023, Favorite Reports" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ Adem, Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55.
  3. ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Bitlis Adilcevaz Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ^ Bryce, Trevor (2009). The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: From the Early Bronze Age to the Fall of the Persian Empire. Taylor & Francis. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-415-39485-7.