Six Vilayets
Provinces of the Ottoman Empire
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The Six Vilayets (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت سته, Vilâyat-ı Sitte), the Six Provinces, or the Six Armenian Vilayets (Armenian: Վեց Հայկական Վիլայեթները Vets' haykakan vilayet'nery; Turkish: Altı vilayet, Altı il) were the main Armenian-populated vilayets ("provinces") of the Ottoman Empire and, together, comprise Western Armenia. These were Van,...