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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 the administrative capital of the Diyarbakır Province of southeastern Turkey. It is the second-largest city in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. As of December 2024, the Metropolitan Province population was 1 833 684 of whom 1 164 940 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 4 urban districts ( Bağlar, Kayapınar, Sur and Yenişehir). Diyarbakır has been a main focal point of the conflict between the Turkish state and various Kurdish separatist groups, and is seen by many Kurds as the de facto capital of Kurdistan. The city was intended to become the capital of an independent Kurdistan following the Treaty of Sèvres, but this was disregarded following subsequent political developments. On 6 February 2023 Diyarbakır ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diyarbakır Fortress
Diyarbakır is the largest Kurds, 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 the administrative capital of the Diyarbakır Province of southeastern Turkey. It is the second-largest city in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. As of December 2024, the Metropolitan Province population was 1 833 684 of whom 1 164 940 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 4 urban districts (Bağlar, Diyarbakır, Bağlar, Kayapınar, Diyarbakır, Kayapınar, Sur, Diyarbakır, Sur and Yenişehir, Diyarbakır, Yenişehir). Diyarbakır has been a main focal point of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present), conflict between the Turkish state and various Kurds in Turkey, Kurdish separatist groups, and is seen by many Kurds as the de facto capital of Kurdistan. The city was intended to become the capital of an Kurdish inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Mosque Of Diyarbakır
The Great Mosque of Diyarbakır ( or ; )Great Mosque of Diyarbakır , ''archnet.org''. was built in the late 11th century by the sultan over an older mosque. According to some, it is the fifth holiest site in after the , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortifications Of Diyarbakır
The Fortifications of Diyarbakır are a set of fortifications enclosing the historical district of Sur, Diyarbakır, Sur in Diyarbakır, Turkey. They consist of an inner fortress, the citadel, and an outer ring of Defensive wall, city walls."Diyarbakır Kalesi ve Surları (Diyarbakır)" . The main gates of the city are: Dağ (Mountain) Gate, Urfa Gate, Mardin Gate, and Yeni (New) Gate. The walls come from the old Roman city of Amida (Mesopotamia), Amida and were constructed in their present form in the mid-fourth century AD by the emperor Constantius II. According to Armenians, Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi, the fortifications and powerful walls of Amid-Diyarbakir were built in the middle of 6th century BC under Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sur, Diyarbakır
Sur is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,227 km2, and its population is 100,613 (2022). It covers the eastern part of the city of Diyarbakır and the adjacent countryside. The historical Diyarbakır Fortress lies in this district, which takes its name from the castle walls (). Background Sur district was created in 2008 from part of the central district (''Merkez'') of Diyarbakır. It is situated at the Tigris bank, on the felsic lava of the shield volcano Karaca Dağ at an elevation of above mean sea level. Many historic buildings and structures in the district are witness of several civilizations and rich cultures, which were hosted in the location in the history. The background of Sur goes back to 7500 BC. Archaeological excavations showed that world's oldest settlement was located in the region. Civilizations ruled here are Hurrians (Bronze Age), Mitanni (c. 1500 BC–c. 1300 BC), Hittites (c. 1600 BC–c. 1178 BC), Assur (earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diyarbakır Province
Diyarbakır Province (; ; ) is a province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey. Its area is 15,101 km2, and its population is 1,804,880 (2022). The provincial capital is the city of Diyarbakır. The Kurdish majority province is part of Turkish Kurdistan. History It has been home to many civilisations and the surrounding area including itself is home to many Mesolithic era stone carvings and artifacts. The province has been ruled by the Akkadians, Hurrians, Mittani, Medes, Hittites, Armenians, Arameans, Neo-Babylonians, Achaemenids, Greeks, Romans, Parthians, Byzantium, Sassanids, Arabs, Seljuk Empire, Mongol Empire, Safavid dynasty, Marwanids, and Ayyubids. Administrative history In June 1927, the Law 1164 was passed allowing the creation of Inspectorates-General ( Turkish: ''Umumi Müffetişlik''). The Diyarbakır province was therefore included in the First Inspectorate General (), which was created on the 1 January 1928 and also included Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurdish–Turkish Conflict (1978–present)
From 1978 until 2025, the Republic of Turkey was in an armed conflict with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) ( Kurdish: ''Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê'') as well as its allied insurgent groups, both Kurdish and non-Kurdish. The initial core demand of the PKK was its separation from Turkey to create an independent Kurdistan. Later on, the PKK abandoned separatism in favor of autonomy and/or greater political and cultural rights for Kurds inside the Republic of Turkey. Although the Kurdish-Turkish conflict had spread to many regions, most of the conflict took place in Northern Kurdistan, which corresponded with southeastern Turkey. The PKK's presence in Iraqi Kurdistan resulted in the Turkish Armed Forces carrying out frequent ground incursions and air and artillery strikes in the region, and its influence in Syrian Kurdistan led to similar activity there. The conflict costed the economy of Turkey an estimated $300 to 450 billion, mostly in military costs. It also had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bağlar, Diyarbakır
Bağlar is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 429 km2, and its population is 406,471 (2022). It covers the southwestern part of the city of Diyarbakır and the adjacent countryside. The district Bağlar was created in 2008 from part of the central district (''Merkez'') of Diyarbakır. In the local elections of March 2019, Zeyyat Ceylan was elected as a Mayor with 70,34% of the votes. But on 11 April the Supreme Election Board decided not to deliver him the right to serve as Mayor due to having been dismissed from public office before. The Mayorship was instead delivered to Hüseyin Beyoğlu from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who polled second with 25,46%. Population Composition There are 49 neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yenişehir, Diyarbakır
Yenişehir () is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 358 km2, and its population is 219,759 (2022). It covers the southwestern part of the city of Diyarbakır and the adjacent countryside. The district Yenişehir was created in 2008 from part of the central district (''Merkez'') of Diyarbakır. Composition There are 42 neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ... in Yenişehir District: Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * Al * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayapınar, Diyarbakır
Kayapınar is municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 480 km2, and its population is 419,513 (2022). It covers the northwestern part of the city of Diyarbakır and the adjacent countryside. The district Kayapınar was created in 2008 from part of the central district (''Merkez'') of Diyarbakır. In the local elections of 31 March 2019, Keziban Yılmaz was elected Mayor with 66.35% of the votes. On the 21 October 2019, he was detained due to an investigation concerning propaganda for a terror organization and being a member of a terror organization. During the Mayorship of Zülküf Karatekin, there was an unnamed park in the town. The Kayapinar Park was named Rosna by the Municipality in 2008, but this name was rejected by the Governorship of Kayapinar. An other park was the Medya Park in which a pool allegedly in the shape of a Kurdistan was located. Karatekin was investigated for being involved in the construction of the pool in 2007. The Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasan Pasha Han, Diyarbakır
The Hasan Pasha Han () is a historic building and former caravanserai in Diyarbakır, Turkey. It is located near the center of the Sur district (the old walled city), across from the Great Mosque of Diyarbakır. It was built in the 16th century during the Ottoman period of the city. Along with the nearby Delliler Han to the south, it is one of the best preserved Ottoman caravanserais in eastern Turkey. Today the building hosts cafés and shops. History The caravanserai (''han'' in Turkish) was built from 1573 to 1575. Its construction was commissioned by Hasan Pasha, the oldest son of Sokollu Mehmet Pasha, the Ottoman grand vizier. The building was likely designed primarily to host shops and store goods, but historical sources attested that it also served as an inn that hosted travelers who were staying in the city overnight and that it could stable horses. In 1613, it hosted the Polish traveler Simeon, who described the building and claimed it could house some 500 horses. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicle Bridge
The Dicle Bridge (; ) is a historic bridge in Diyarbakır over the river Tigris () in southeastern Turkey. Completed in 1065, it numbers ten arches with a total length of . Hence, it is locally called also "On Gözlü Köprü" / "Pira Dehderî" (literally: Ten Eyes Bridge). Its another name is the Silvan Bridge due to its position being on the road to Silvan. The bridge was commissioned by Nizam al-Din and Muyyid al-Dawla during the Kurdish dynasty, Marwanids era (990–1085) in Diyarbakır, and was built by architect Yusuf son of Ubeyd son of Sandjar in 1065, as stated in two lines of Kufic script in the inscription mounted on the southern facade of the bridge. The bridge is situated south of the city, outside of Mardinkapı/Deriyê Mêrdînê (literally: Mardin Mardin (; ; romanized: ''Mārdīn''; ; ) is a city and seat of the Artuklu District of Mardin Province in Turkey. It is known for the Artuqids, Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic locatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amida (Mesopotamia)
Amida (, , ) was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia located where modern Diyarbakır, Turkey now stands. The city was located on the right bank of the Tigris. The walls are lofty and substantial, and constructed of the recycled stones from older buildings. History The oldest artefact from Amida is the famous stele of king Naram-Sin also believed to be from third millennia BC. The name Amida first appears in the writings of Assyrian King Adad-nirari I (C. 1310 -1281 BC) who ruled the city as a part of the Assyrian homeland. Amida remained an important region of the Assyrian homeland throughout the reign of king Tiglath-Pileser I (1114–1076 BC) and the name Amida appeared in the annals of Assyrian rulers until 612 BC when it was conquered by the Medes. Amida also appears in the archives of Armenian king Tiridates II in 305 AD, and the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (325–391 AD). It was enlarged and strengthened by Constantius II, in whose reign it was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
