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CELEBRATIONS IN BİTLİS

Adilcevaz Walnut Festival :
The old name in the Adilcevaz article of the Turkish Encyclopedia is Arcige . In some documents belonging to the General Directorate of Foundations , the region is mentioned as Cevizler Vadisi Zatu ' l-Cevaz from Arabic . Adilcevaz district was called Ardzgue by the Armenians who stayed in it . There is a castle , which is known as Kef Castle today , which is a copy of the district belonging to the Urartians .

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