Diyarbakır Airport is a military

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and public

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located in

Diyarbakır Diyarbakır is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, it is ...

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Overview

Diyarbakır Airport is home to the 8th Air Wing (''Ana Jet Üs'' or ''AJÜ'') of the 2nd Air Force Command (''Hava Kuvvet Komutanligi'') of the

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(''Türk Hava Kuvvetleri''). Other wings of this command are located in

Merzifon Merzifon is a town in Amasya Province in the central Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Merzifon District.

(LTAP), Malatya Erhaç (LTAT) and

İncirlik İncirlik () is a town and former municipality in the Sarıçam district of Adana Province in southern Turkey, 8 km (5 mi) east of the centre of Adana. Its population is 15,763 (2022). Climate Governance İncirlik municipality ...

(LTAG). The airport was closed for renovation from 1 June to 1 September 2012. All air traffic was diverted to Batman, Mardin and Elazığ. In 2012, an Armenian-American named Zuart Sudjian claimed that she held the land deed to the property of the airport and owned the right of its inheritance. She filed a lawsuit through her lawyer Ali Elbeyoğlu for the return of the lands. After a rejection by a local court, the case was taken to the Court of Cassation where the verdict is being appealed.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Diyarbakır Airport:

Traffic statistics

Incidents

On January 8, 2003, Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashed on approaching Diyarbakır Airport. 75 of the 80 passengers and crew on board were killed. On August 27, 2016, several rockets were fired at the airport.

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