Bitlis Province (Turkish: Bitlis ili; Armenian: Բաղեշի մարզ, romanized: Bagheshi marz;[2] Kurdish: Parêzgeha Bidlîsê)[3] is a province of eastern Turkey, located to the west of Lake Van.

[13][14] The administrative center was the town of Bitlis which was called Bagesh, in old Armenian sources.

The UM span over the provinces of Hakkâri, Siirt, Van, Mardin, Bitlis, Sanlıurfa, Elaziğ and Diyarbakır.

[19] As of 1920, the province was producing small amounts of iron, copper, lead, and sulphur.

Even smaller amounts of gold and silver were found in the areas of Sairt and Khairwan.