Six Vilayets

The Six Vilayets (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت سته, Vilâyat-ı Sitte), the Six Provinces, or the Six Armenian Vilayets (Armenian: Վեց հայկական վիլայեթներ Vets' haykakan vilayet'ner; Turkish: Altı vilayet, Altı il) were the main Armenian-populated vilayets ("provinces") of the Ottoman Empire. These were Van, Erzurum, Mamuret-ul-Aziz, Bitlis, Diyarbekir and Sivas.

Six Vilayets
ولايت سته
Vilayets of Ottoman Empire

The six Armenian provinces in early 20th century.
Today part ofTurkey

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