Bitlis city has a parallel history of the long-established and richcultural history of Anatolia. Bitlis which is not like today's neglectedand desolate image is a city that has hosted many ancient civilizationsand that date back thousands of years. Bitlis city which is one of theoldest settlements of Anatolia is built a deep and narrow valley formedby the Tigris River, one of the arms of splitting the South-easternTaurus on the Bitlis River system. Bitlis in using the advantages of itsgeographical location, since the most ancient epoch, was in view arts,commerce and science activities that develop a flourishing Anatoliancity. Indeed the region in various periods has been one of the mostadvanced and the most prominent cities in the region of art,architecture, and scientific life. Various professions and crafts inparticular stand out as a prominent activity in the city. Mainly stonemastery, blacksmithing, weaving craftsmanship as leather crafts areeven today among the occupational groups the importance of protectingBitlis. The mastery of stone and examples of traditional architectureforming the subject of the study and has a very important place in thecity of Bitlis. Stone mastery has a history of close to the history of city'sestablishment. It have made it essential the use of stone bothgeographical conditions and geological characteristics of Bitlis. Themovement to provide easy, durable, natural and easy handling, thermalinsulation advantages of stone in respect of a century in the city haveled to the fact that the basic material used for years.In this study it is examined the historical process lived in Bitlis,stone mastery and its reflections in urban architecture, and today thestone mastery and mastery of the protection of the architecturalexamples out results and findings related to the survival made andwhat to do to be transferred to the profession's future generations.Examination –observation and researches related field of study researchwork unfolds as a priority is made. Later on, it has been made theliterature review on Bitlis topic title and stone mastery. The mainheadlines of this study has revealed as classifying of literature and asanalysing of works. After the literature study it was made interviewswith stone masters in the city and it has been supplied the necessarydocuments on the subject from various public organizations. Inconclusion work was completed by examining the architectural fabric ofthe city and architectural examples setting forth on the stone masteryin Bitlis.Bitlis is located among cities the most finding of proprietaryarchitecture with historical and cultural value in the Anatolian city. Theattainment to today of historical and cultural richness of Bitlis,beginning with element in the emergence of architectural masterpiecescomes from stone material and stone masters. The city has a specialsignificance of Anatolian folk architecture with its unique stonestructure examples specified with craftsmanship and workmanship withAhlat. Indeed, Bitlis’ stone masters are their jobs those who perform very well for thousands of years with the city's historical and culturalarchitecture beyond the centuries. Having developed so much masteryof stone in the city and the emergence of many monumental stonestructures extending beyond the ages are closely related to no doubtthat the historical accumulation of Bitlis, the structure and theadvantages of natural stone materials. Bitlis located on a valleysurrounded by mountains and on the volcanic terraces has geologicallyrich stone and a large number of quarries. Ensuring easily transportedand processed, showing long resistance to wear and durability,aesthetics and advantages against heat, necessitated the use of stonethe construction of buildings in the region.The stone mastery in Bitlis was also mostly imported from masterto apprentice and from father to son. Masters, the knowledge they have,skills and professional tact and ethics as a result of long yearstransferring apprenticeship, they has continued in this profession. Forthousands of years apart recently about the city's architecture andhistory of revealing the names of stone masters are very few details.Anatolia having the best craftsman in Bitlis since ancient times, it hasdecreased the degree of protection of the profession for various reasons.There is very little information about stone masters on what was doneby whom because they are not building in the city of imprinting theirnames on their works. The inscription published as Amele Ahmed binHussein el-Ahlati who is one of the marks of the masters they arelimited on the tombstone dated 1534 in the tomb of goodwill worked inthe city. The tomb of Ahlat master is important to demonstrate theexistence during this period in terms of both size and decoration of XIIXIV.Centuries of Ahlat and Seljuk tomb tradition in XVI century, thesurvival of the artists that can continue to work or that it. In addition,Küfrev Tomb located in the Inonu neighbourhood built in 1898 bySultan Abdulhamid Han is known to be designed by Italian architectsand be employed Greek craftsman by Anberto. Furthermore tombkeeper (Türbedar) of Küfrev the Tomb in 2011, have it made therestoration of the tomb passed in touch with a few people frommaisbiçaçio family members or heirs of working Greek stone masters inthe construction of structures or the tradition of artists continues inGreece.Although very limited information about the artist names of thecity's stone masons there are satisfactory information about communitywhich they belong to. It is known to occur Ahlat’s masters continuingits tradition mostly Seljuk or masters of Armenian origin of the stonecraftsmen and Bitlis region from Muslim masters since centuries. Bothin the narrative of older people in region and their inscription in