Bingöl (Zazaki: Çewlig, or Çolig) is a city in Eastern Turkey. It is surrounded by mountains and a large number of glacier lakes, hence the name (Turkish for: a thousand lakes). Lately, the town has become a popular tourist destination. According to 2009 estimates, it has a population of 87,918 .

Bingöl is the capital of Bingöl Province, one of the 81 provinces of Turkey.

On May 1, 2003 the whole area suffered from a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, leaving 177 dead and 520 injured. On 8 March 2010, the area suffered another earthquake, of magnitude 5.9, with its epicenter in Elâzığ Province, 45 km (28 mi) west of Bingöl.

In the Middle Ages, Bingöl was known as Romanoupolis (Greek: Ῥωμανοῦπολις) after the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, who incorporated it permanently into the Byzantine Empire in 942. It initially formed a subdivision of the thema of Mesopotamia, but it was later (ca. 970) elevated into a separate theme.

Bingöl is 144 km east of Elâzığ and is situated in the high region of Eastern Anatolia. Bingöl is a mountainous area with heights reaching 10,000 feet.

Yavuz Bingöl (born 1964) is in the folk realm of Turkish music and is also an actor.

He was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1964.

He was in several miniseries on Turkish TV, including Bayanlar Baylar, Ah Be İstanbul and Yanık Koza. He also did the romance series Zerda and the sitcom Esref Saati. His 2008 films made both great success: Three Monkeys premiered in competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, where its director Nuri Bilge Ceylan won the Award for Best Director and White Angel won the Special Jury Award and International Visionary Prize at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. Bingöl's another film, released into English, He's in the Army Now was nominated for best Turkish film at the Istanbul International Film Festival.

Volkan Konak, (Born February 27, Maçka, Trabzon) is a Turkish folk singer. His song Cerrahpaşa has a been a great success and his album, [Mora], released in 2006, was awarded a gold plaque by the Turkish recording producers association, MÜ-YAP. Konak is known for his friendly, caring attitude in concert which he intersperses his highly emotional and sad songs with amusing anecdotes and life stories.

Mustafa Ceceli (born November 2, 1980) is a Turkish pop singer. His musical career started with an amateur high school band. After high school, he attended to Ankara University Faculty of Veterinary. In third class, he left this faculty, he took the university entrance exams second time and he attended Yeditepe University Management department.

His professional music career has started after meeting Ozan Doğulu and with his various arrangements for Sezen Aksu. His first album was published in 2009 with the title also bearing his own name.

Biography from the official website of the singer: [1]

Live performance of his song "Bekle" [2]