Bingöl (Armenian: Ճապաղջուր, romanized: Chapaghjur, Kurdish: Çewlik,[2] Zazaki: Çewlîg[3]), known as Çapakçur before 1944, is a city in Turkey.

[5][6] Bingöl is located in what was historically the region of Sophene (first an independent kingdom and later an Armenian and Roman province).

[12] On 8 June 2018, a group of PKK militia members attacked a military station and killed one Turkish soldier while injuring three others.

[13] Bingöl is 144 kilometres (89 mi) east of Elazığ and is situated in the high region of Eastern Anatolia.

[18] On 8 March 2010, the area suffered another earthquake, of magnitude 5.9, with its epicenter in Elazığ Province, 45 km (28 mi) west of Bingöl.