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Abdülkadir Aksu
Abdülkadir Aksu (born 1944, Diyarbakır), is a Turkish politician from Diyarbakır. He is married and has 2 children.
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Ahmed Arif
Ahmed Arif (1927 Diyarbakır -1991) was a Turkish poet of Turkish and Kurdish descent.
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Ak Koyunlu
The Ak Koyunlu or Aq Qoyunlu, also called the White Sheep Turkomans (, , Ottoman Turkish: آق قوينلى, ), was an Oghuz Turkic tribal federation, that ruled parts of present-day Eastern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, northern Iraq, and Iran from 1378 to 1508.
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Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus (325/330–after 391) was a fourth-century Roman historian. His is the penultimate major historical account written during Antiquity (the last was written by Procopius). His work chronicled in Latin the history of Rome from 96 to 378, although only the sections covering the period 353–378 are extant.
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apostle Thomas
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Aq Qoyunlu
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Arab
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Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians (, hayer) are a nation and ethnic group native to the Caucasus and the Armenian Highland.
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Artuqids
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Assyrian people
The Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people (frequently known as Assyrians, Syriacs, Syriac Christians, Suroye/Suryoye, Chaldeans, and other variants, see names of Syriac Christians) are an ethnic group whose origins lie in the Fertile Crescent. Today that ancient territory is part of several nations; the Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people have been minorities under other ethnic groups' rule since the early Middle Ages. They have traditionally lived in northern Iraq, Syria, northwest Iran, and Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia. Many have migrated to the Caucasus, North America and Europe during the past century. The major sub-ethnic division is between an Eastern group ("Nestorians" and "Chaldean Christians") and a Western one ("Syrian Jacobites").
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Ayyubid
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Aziz Yıldırım
Aziz Yıldırım (born 2 November 1952) is currently the 52nd chairman of the Turkish multi spor club Fenerbahçe S.K.. He is currently serving his fifth two-year term since coming to helm. He has a degree in civil engineering.
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Bet-Zamani
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Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı (born Hüseyin Cahit on October 4, 1910 – October 13, 1956) Turkish poet and author.
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Chaghatai language
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Cihan Haspolatlı
Cihan Haspolatlı, born on January 4, 1980 in Diyarbakır, Turkey is a Turkish football player in midfield and right back positions. He is currently playing for Büyükşehir Belediyespor.
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Corduene
Corduene (also known as Gorduene, Cordyene, Cardyene, Carduene, Gordyene, Gordyaea, Korduene, Korchayk, Gordian, Hebrew: קרטיגיני ) was an ancient region located in northern Mesopotamia, present-day northern Kurdistan).
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Gazi Yaşargil
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Hesenê Metê
Hesenê Metê, (1957- ), is a prominent Kurdish writer, novelist and translator. He was born in Erxanî near Diyarbakır in south-eastern Turkey. He has been living in Sweden since 1980's. He has translated works by Pushkin and Dostoyevski into Kurdish.
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Hikmet Çetin
Hikmet Çetin (born 1937 in Diyarbakır, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin, former minister of foreign affairs and was leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) for a short time. He served also as the Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
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Kara Koyunlu
The Kara Koyunlu or Qara Qoyunlu, also called the Black Sheep Turkomans (Azerbaijani:قه ره قویونلو / Qaraqoyunlu; Persian: قرا قویونلو ; Turkish: Karakoyunlu); , were a Shi'ite Oghuz Turkic tribal federation that ruled over the territory comprising the present-day Armenia, Azerbaijan, north western Iran, eastern Turkey and Iraq from about 1375 to 1468.
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Khalid ibn al-Walid
Khālid ibn al-Walīd (; 592–642) also known as SayfAllāh al-Maslūl (the Drawn Sword of God), was a Sahabi, a companion of Prophet Muhammad, astute in the art of war and one of the most successful military commanders in history. He is noted for his military tactics and prowess, commanding the forces of Prophet Muhammad and those of his immediate successors of the Rashidun Caliphate; Abu Bakr and Umar. It was under his military leadership that Arabia, for the first time in history, was united under a single political entity, the Caliphate. He is one of the few military general's in history who have remained undefeated in battle their entire life. He has the distinction of being undefeated in over a hundred battles, against the numerically superior forces of the Byzantine-Roman Empire, Sassanid-Persian Empire, and their allies, in addition to other Arab tribes. His strategic achievements include the conquest of Arabia, Persian Mesopotamia and Roman Syria within several years from 632 to 636. He is also remembered for his decisive victories at Yamamah, Ullais, Firaz, and his tactical marvels, the Walaja and Yarmouk. He is also one of the two military commanders, the other being Hannibal, who have successfully executed the pincer movement against a numerically superior opponent.
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Leyla Zana
Leyla Zana (born May 3, 1961), is a female politician of Kurdish descent from Eastern Turkey, who was imprisoned for 10 years for speaking her native language of Kurdish in the Turkish Parliament after taking her parliamentary oath and for her political actions which were claimed to be against the unity of Turkey. She was a member of pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party for a short time. She was banned from joining any political party for five years with the Constitutional Court's decision to ban this party.
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Lokman Polat
Lokman Polat (1956 Lice, Diyarbakır, Turkey - ) is a Turkish-Swedish writer of Kurdish origin. Before 1980, he was involved in publishing political commentaries and news. He has been arrested several times due to his activities in the field of Kurdish literature, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in absentia. He moved to Sweden in 1984 and began writing short stories in Kurdish. Lokam Polat is a founding member of the Kurdish Writers Association (Komela Nivîskarên Kurd), a member of the international PEN and a member of the Writers' Union of Sweden.
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Malik Shah I
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Marwanid
Marwanid, (990-1085), was a Kurdish dynasty in Northern Mesopotamia (present day Iraq) and Armenia, centered around the city of Amed (Diyarbakır). Other cities under rule were Arzan, Mayyāfāriqīn (today Silvan), Hisn Kayfa (Hasankeyf), Khilāṭ, Manzikart, Arjish. The founder of the dynasty was a Kurdish shepherd, Abu Shujā Bādh bin Dustak. He left his cattle, took up arms and became a valiant chief of war, obtaining celebrity. When a member of the Iranian dynasty of Buyid, Adud al Dawla, who ruled the Islamic empire, died in 983, Badh took Mayyāfāriqīn, a city of the North-Eastern Diyarbakır. Formerly it was Martyropolis, and nowadays it calls Silvan. He took Akhlat and Nisibis, too.
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Mehmet Polat
Mehmet Polat (born 8 June 1978 in Gaziantep) is a Turkish footballer who currently plays for Gaziantepspor. He is a versatile central defender who can also play as rightback or defensive midfielder. He was capped four times for Turkey. He spent 2002-03 season on loan at Galatasaray. Once considered among one of the best defenders of Turkey, he could not live up to those predictions. He stands at 1.78 m and wears the jersey number 27, which is also the license plate for Gaziantep.
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Mevlana
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Mıgırdiç Margosyan
Mıgırdiç Margosyan (December 23, 1938–) is a Turkish author of Armenian descent.
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Naum Faiq
Naum Elias Yaqub Palakh (February 1868 – February 5, 1930), better known as Naum Faiq (Syriac: ܢܥܘܡ ܦܐܝܩ, Naˁum Fayëq) was one of the founding fathers of modern Assyrian nationalism during the early 20th century. He was a teacher and writer throughout his life. A Syriac Orthodox Christian, he emphasized the importance of unity among Assyrians and encouraged his community to depart from "tribal mentality." He was born in Amid (present day Diyarbakir) in the Ottoman Empire and began his education there at the age of seven. After primary school, he attended the local high school that had been established by local "Brotherhood of Ancient Syrians". He spent 8 years at the school, where education was jointly in classical Syriac, Ottoman Turkish and Arabic. Naum also went on to learn several other languages, including Persian and basic French. After his parents died, he first lived with his older brother Thomas and then started teaching in a village near Diyarbakır in 1888. He also taught in Urfa, Adıyaman and Homs before returning to Diyarbakır.
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Oghuz Turks
The Oghuz (variously known as Ghuzz, Guozz, Kuz, Oguz, Oğuz, Okuz, Oufoi, Ouz, Ouzoi, Torks, Turkmen, Uguz, Uğuz, and Uz ) refers to a historical nomadic confederation in Central Asia and a group of Turkic peoples who speak a southwestern branch of the Turkic language family .
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Osman Baydemir
Osman Baydemir (born 1971, Diyarbakır) is a Kurdish politician, lawyer and human rights activist in east Turkey. He is the current mayor of his home town of Diyarbakır and member of the banned and closed Democratic Society Party (DTP).
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Ottoman Empire
The Sublime Ottoman State (Ottoman Turkish, Persian: دَوْلَتِ عَلِيّهٔ عُثمَانِیّه Devlet-i ʿAliyye-yi ʿOsmâniyye, Modern Turkish: Yüce Osmanlı Devleti or Osmanlı İmparatorluğu) was an empire that lasted from 1299 to 1923.
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Rojen Barnas
Rojen Barnas (1945- ) is a contemporary Kurdish poet and writer. He was born in the Diyarbakır region in south-eastern Turkey. He became active in Kurdish politics in the 1970s. He has made his home in Sweden since 1981. He started publishing a Kurdish magazine called Tîrêj in the 70's. He has also published articles in other Kurdish journals such as Hêvî and Nûdem. Rojen Barnas is his pen name and his real name is Mehmet Gemici.[http://www.immi.se/kultur/authors/kurder/gemici.htm]
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Sayf al-Din al-Amidi
Sayf al-Din al-Amidi (d.1233) was an influential jurist of the Shafi`i school who worked to combine kalam (theology) with existing methods of jurisprudence. He spent his childhood and received in education in Damascus and Baghdad before moving to Egypt at an early age. He grew to fame there and was accused of using heretical, rationalist, methods before eventually returning to Damascus where he would remain until death. His most famous work on Islamic jurisprudence is Al-ihkam fi usul al-ahkam.
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Seljuk Turk
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Shapur II of Persia
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Songül Öden
Songül Öden (born February 17, 1979), is a Turkish actress.
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St. Jacob of Sarug
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Süleyman I
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Süleyman Nazif
Süleyman Nazif (1870, Diyarbakır–January 4, 1927, Constantinople) () was an eminent Turkish poet. He mastered Arabic, Persian, and French languages and worked as a civil servant during the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II. He contributed to the literary magazine Servet-i-Fünun ("the Wealth of Knowledge") until it was censored by the Ottoman government in 1901.
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Tayyip Erdoğan
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Turanism
Turanism, or Pan-Turanism, is an extremist political movement for the union of all Turanian peoples. It implies not merely the unity of all Turkic peoples (as in Pan-Turkism), but also the unification of a wider Turanid race, also known as the controversial Uralo-Altaic race, believed to include all peoples speaking "Turanian languages".
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Turkmen people
The Turkmen (Türkmen or Түркмен, plural Türkmenler or Түркменлер) are a Turkic people located primarily in the Central Asian states of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, northern Iraq and in northeastern Iran. They speak the Turkmen language, which is classified as a part of the Western Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages family together with Turkish, Azerbaijani, Qashqai, Gagauz and Salar.
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Valentinian I
Flavius Valentinianus (321 – 17 November 375), commonly known as Valentinian I or Valentinian the Great, was Roman Emperor from 364 to 375. He was the last emperor to have de facto control of the entire empire. Upon becoming emperor he made his brother Valens his co-emperor, giving him rule of the eastern provinces while Valentinian retained the west. During his reign, Valentinian fought successfully against the Alamanni, Quadi, and Sarmatians. Most notable was his victory over the Alamanni in 367 at the Battle of Solicinium. His brilliant general Count Theodosius defeated a revolt in Africa and the Great Conspiracy, a coordinated assault on Britain by Picts, Scots, and Saxons. Valentinian was also the last emperor to conduct campaigns across the Rhine and Danube rivers. He rebuilt and improved the fortifications along the frontiers – even building fortresses in enemy territory. Due to the successful nature of his reign and almost immediate decline of the empire after his death, he is often considered the "last great western emperor". He founded the Valentinian Dynasty, with his sons Gratian and Valentinian II succeeding him in the western half of the empire.
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Ziya Gökalp
Ziya Gökalp (born Mehmed Ziya; March 23, 1876, Diyarbakır - October 25, 1924, Istanbul) was a Zaza descendant Turkish sociologist, writer, poet, and political activist. In 1908, after the Young Turk revolution, he adopted the pen name Gökalp ("sky hero"), which he retained for the rest of his life. As a sociologist, Ziya Gökalp was influential in the overhaul of religious perceptions and evolving of Turkish nationalism.
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Afghanistan
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Baghdad
Baghdad (, , ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is coterminous. Having a population estimated between 7 and 7.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq and the second largest city in the Arab World (after Cairo, Egypt).
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Battle of Manzikert
The Battle of Manzikert, or Malazgirt, was fought between the Byzantine Empire and Seljuq forces led by Alp Arslan on August 26, 1071 near Manzikert (modern Malazgirt in Muş Province, Turkey). The decisive defeat of the Byzantine army and the capture of the Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes played an important role in undermining Byzantine authority in Anatolia and Armenia.
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Cizre
Cizre (, Syriac:Gziro) is a town and district of Şırnak Province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, located at the border to Syria, just to the north-west of the Turkish-Syrian-Iraqi tripoint.
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Diyarbakır Province
Diyarbakır is a province in eastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355 km² and the population is 1,494,321.As of the 2000 census it had a population of 1,364,708.
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Egypt
Egypt (; , Miṣr, ; Egyptian Arabic: مصر, Maṣr, ; Coptic: , ; Greek: Αίγυπτος, Aiguptos; Egyptian:
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Erzurum
Erzurum (, Karin; , Theodosiopolis) is a city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. The name "Erzurum" derives from "Arz-e Rûm" (literally The Land of the Romans in Persian). To the Arabs, the city was known as Ḳālīḳalā (adopted from the Armenian name Karno K'aghak'). The town was known in Roman and subsequently Byzantine times as Theodosiopolis, acquiring its present name after its conquest by the Seljuk Turks following the Battle of Manzikert in 1071.
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Iraq
Iraq ( or , Arabic: ), officially the Republic of Iraq (Arabic:
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Konya
Konya is a city in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. It is the capital of the Konya Province, and had a city population of 1,003,373 in 2009 while the provincial population (including the other urban centers in the Konya Province) was 1,959,082 in the same year.
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Mardin
Mardin (Syriac:ܡܶܪܕܺܝܢ; meaning fortresses) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for its Arab-style architecture, and for its strategic location on a rocky mountain overlooking the plains of northern Syria.
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO ( ; ), also called the "(North) Atlantic Alliance", is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The NATO headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, and the organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
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Neo Assyrian Empire
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Pirinçlik
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Republic of Turkey
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Siege of Amida
The Siege of Amida took place when the Sassanids under King Shapur II besieged the Roman city of Amida in 359.
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Syria
Syria ( ; ' or '), officially the Syrian Arab Republic (), is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.
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Tigris
The Tigris River is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq.
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Turkey
Turkey (), known officially as the Republic of Turkey (), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between Eastern Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia.
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Şanlıurfa
Şanlıurfa (often simply known as Urfa in daily language, formerly cited as Edessa; or in Assyrian ܐܘܪܗܝ Urhoy or in Kurdish Riha ; or in Armenian Urhai, Arabic الرها ar-Ruhā) is a city with 482,323 inhabitants (2009 estimate in south-eastern Turkey, and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. Urfa is situated on a plain under big open skies, about eighty kilometres east of the Euphrates River. The climate features extremely hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters.
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- Abdülkadir Aksu
- Afghanistan
- Ahmed Arif
- Ak Koyunlu
- Ali Haydar Bengi
- Ammianus Marcellinus
- Anatolian beylik
- Ancient Rome
- apostle Thomas
- Aq Qoyunlu
- Arab
- Aramean
- Armenian language
- Armenian Orthodox
- Armenians
- Artuqids
- Assyria
- Assyrian people
- Ayyubid
- Aziz Yıldırım
- Ağa Ceylan
- Baghdad
- Banu bakr
- Battle of Manzikert
- Bet-Zamani
- black pepper
- bulgur
- Byzantine
- Byzantine Empire
- Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
- calligraphy
- Cemili
- Ceylan Holding
- Chaghatai language
- Chaldean Catholic
- Church of the East
- Cihan Haspolatlı
- city
- Cizre
- Corduene
- coriander
- Coşkun Sabah
- Deutsche Bank
- Dicle University
- Diyarbakır Province
- EAID
- Early Bronze Age
- Egypt
- Emre Baris
- Erzurum
- eyalet
- Fenerbahçe S.K.
- Gaza flotilla raid
- Gazi Yaşargil
- Gaziantep
- gecekondu
- Gulshani
- Halis Toprak
- Hamit Aytaç
- Hesenê Metê
- Hikmet Çetin
- Ibrahim Gulshani
- Ilkhanate
- Imam-i Azam
- Irakeyn
- Iraq
- Islam
- İzzet Altınmeşe
- Kara Koyunlu
- Kasim Khan
- KFW
- Khalid ibn al-Walid
- Konya
- Kurdish language
- Lake Urmia
- Lake Van
- Leyla Zana
- Lokman Polat
- madrassahs
- Malik Shah I
- Mardin
- Marwanid
- Mayor
- Mehmet Polat
- Mevlana
- minaret
- mosques
- Mustafa Tatlici
- Mıgırdiç Margosyan
- NATO
- Naum Faiq
- Neo Assyrian Empire
- neolithic
- Oghuz Turks
- Orhan Asena
- Osman Baydemir
- Ottoman Empire
- Pan-Turkism
- Pasha
- Pirinçlik
- Postal code
- Provinces of Turkey
- Radikal
- Real Estate
- Regions of Turkey
- Remzi Azizoglu
- Republic of Turkey
- Rojen Barnas
- Roman Empire
- Sayf al-Din al-Amidi
- Seljuk Turk
- semi-arid climate
- Shapur II of Persia
- Siege of Amida
- Songül Öden
- St. Jacob of Sarug
- Sufi
- Sultanate of Rûm
- sumac
- Sur, Turkey
- Syria
- Syrian desert
- Süleyman I
- Süleyman Nazif
- Tayyip Erdoğan
- Tigranakert
- Tigris
- Turanism
- Turkey
- Turkish language
- Turkish people
- Turkmen people
- Urartu
- Valentinian I
- watermelons
- Western Armenian
- Young Turk
- Yusuf Azizoglu
- Ziya Gökalp
- zurna
- Şanlıurfa
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Enya - Amid The Falling Snow
Enya's Amid the falling Snow with relaxing winter scenes lyrics: How I remember sleepless nights When we would read by candlelight, And on the windowpane outside A new world made of snow; A million feathers falling down, A million stars that touch the ground, So many secrets to be found Amid the falling snow. Maybe I am falling down. Tell me should I touch the ground? Maybe I won't make a sound In the darkness all around. The silence of a winter's night Brings memories I hold inside; Remembering a blue moonlight Upon the fallen snow. Maybe I am falling down. Tell me should I touch the ground? Maybe I won't make sound In the darkness all around. I close my window to the night. I leave the sky her tears of white. And all is lit by candlelight Amid the falling snow.
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Dance Party @ TJ's rocks Jefferson Memorial amid arrest fears
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- Duration: 2:52
- Published: 04 Jun 2011
- Uploaded: 26 Nov 2011
- Author: RussiaToday
In Washington DC, hundreds of people have been dancing at the Jefferson Memorial claiming they are exercising their first amendment rights. It comes after last week RT America host Adam Kokesh and four others were arrested by the police for dancing at the same spot. RT on Facebook: www.facebook.com RT on Twitter: twitter.com
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Skull Defekts - Peer Amid
Adv. version of 'Peer Amid' by The Skull Defekts (2011, Thrill Jockey) with his honor, Daniel Higgs, on vocals.
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Recession Now? Stock market hysteria amid big debt fears
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- Duration: 4:13
- Published: 05 Aug 2011
- Uploaded: 21 Nov 2011
- Author: RussiaToday
World markets are clawing back their losses but remain unstable after the sharpest fall since 2008. That decline raised fears of another wave of the global recession amid the slowing US economy and EU debt crisis.
http://wn.com/Recession_Now?_Stock_market_hysteria_amid_big_debt_fears
Mexico teacher calms children amid shootout
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- Duration: 1:51
- Published: 30 May 2011
- Uploaded: 28 Nov 2011
- Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
A school teacher in Mexico has been honoured after she put aside her own fears to calm her young students during a shootout. Martha Rivera Alanis became an internet sensation after a video went online showing her leading children through a duck-and-cover drill amid the violence. Al Jazeera's Franc Contreras reports from Mexico City.
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Video of Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam amid cheering crowds in Tripoli
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- Duration: 1:45
- Published: 23 Aug 2011
- Uploaded: 26 Nov 2011
- Author: RussiaToday
Follow latest updates on twitter.com and www.facebook.com Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's son and one-time heir apparent Saif al-Islam is free despite earlier claims confirmed by the International Criminal Court and leaders of Libya's National Transitional Council that he had been detained by rebel forces. Seif appeared early on Tuesday morning at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, where foreign journalists are staying under the close watch of Gaddafi regime minders. He then took reporters in a convoy on a drive through parts of the city under the regime's control. The convoy ended up outside Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound, where at least one hundred men were waiting in lines for guns to be distributed to volunteers to defend the regime. Greeting cheering supporters at the compound, Seif gave a defiant interview, accusing NATO and the West of sabotaging communications and spreading chaos and fear.
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Police abandon cars at G20 protests amid $1 billion security clampdown
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- Duration: 2:25
- Published: 27 Jun 2010
- Uploaded: 12 Nov 2011
- Author: RussiaToday
Many in Canada are furious with the world leaders gathered there. Thousands marched through Toronto to protest over the G8 and G20 summits.
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DUTERTE PUNCHES COURT SHERIFF AMID DEMOLITION OPS IN DAVAO CITY
We continue to monitor developments in Davao City. Violence erupted during a demolition operation. City mayor Sara Duterte repeatedly punched the Sheriff of the Davao Regional Trial Court, Abe Andres during the demolition.
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Pleas for Benghazi amid deadly protests
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- Duration: 6:09
- Published: 19 Feb 2011
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- Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
The unrest in Libya has largely been centred in the eastern city of Benghazi. Ahmed, a businessman and resident of Benghazi who declined to give his real name for his own safety, told Al Jazeera that hospitals in the city were overwhelmed with the number of dead and injured and were running out of blood.
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Chernobyl Lesson: Japan's swift evacuation amid nuke disaster fears
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Follow latest updates at twitter.com and www.facebook.com There are new threats and warnings coming from Japan with reports of a possible third explosion on the way at the Fukoshima nuclear plant. This follows Monday's second blast there which injured 11 people. Japanese officials have been reassuring locals that radiation levels at the plant are within legal limits. Russia is sending aid and rescuers to Japan to help with the aftermath of Friday's earthquake and tsunami, as well as to prepare for a potential new disaster... RT's Peter Oliver has more on Moscow's involvement.
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Irish continue to suffer amid economic crisis
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It has been a year since Ireland called for international support to bail out its banks. Since then, statistics appear to show the economy has stabilised, but the economic situation for people on the ground is very different. There are more than 2000 abandoned developments, known as ghost estates, as the country's housing boom was found to be built on sand. Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee reports from central Ireland.
http://wn.com/Irish_continue_to_suffer_amid_economic_crisis
Amid Blizzard, Drivers Stranded in Chicago
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A massive storm billed as the worst in decades barreled through Chicago, dumping up to 17 inches of snow. Drivers were left stranded for more than 10 hours waiting for help. (Feb. 2)
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Egypt votes in post-Mubarak power vacuum amid Tahrir turmoil
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Egyptians are voting in the first round of multi-stage parliamentary elections which are due to go on until March. While the military government is portraying the poll as a solution to the crisis, sentiment on the streets is quite the opposite. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com
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Security Fears: Bush cancels Swiss trip amid calls for arrest
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Former US President George W. Bush has canceled a visit to Switzerland, citing security concerns. It came after human rights groups threatened protests and called on the Swiss government to detain Bush for authorising the torture of suspected terrorists. Journalist Afshin Rattansi believes it's unlikely Bush will be held to account by an international court
http://wn.com/Security_Fears_Bush_cancels_Swiss_trip_amid_calls_for_arrest
Afghan tensions rise amid civilian and CIA deaths - 01 Jan 010
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Afghanistan's government has stepped up its criticism over the number of Afghan civilians killed by Nato strikes. In the latest incident, eight people died in Helmand province and the government has demanded that foreign troops responsible for civilian deaths be handed over to Afghan authorities. The civilian deaths and political fallout come amid confirmation by the CIA that seven of its agents were killed in a suicide attack at a US base in Afghanistan the agency's worst one-day loss of life in eight years. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the bomber was an Afghan army officer who volunteered for the operation. Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra reports.
http://wn.com/Afghan_tensions_rise_amid_civilian_and_CIA_deaths__01_Jan_010
Somali armed group lifts aid ban amid drought
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The Somali group, al-Shabab, says it has lifted a ban on aid agencies operating in the parts of the country it controls. Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage, an al-Shabab spokesperson said, "We have now decided to welcome all Muslim and non-Muslim aid agencies to assist the drought-stricken Somalis in our areas..." In some areas, one out of every three children is malnourished, in one of the region's worst droughts in 60 years. The UN says close to three million people in Somalia need emergency aid. Al-Shabab, which is said to be connected to al-Qaida networks in Africa and the Gulf, controls the majority of Somalia, including almost half of the capital, Mogadishu. In the past, they have said food aid creates dependency, but they have also used aid for themselves and charged foreign organisations high fees to operate. Al Jazeera's Mariana Sanchez reports.
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See Amid the Winters Snow
Traditional Christmas Carol (John Goss)(1800-1880) See amid the winter's snow, Born for us on earth below, See the tender Lamb appears, Promised from eternal years. Chorus Hail, thou ever-blessed morn! Hail, redemption's happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem. Lo, within a manger lies He who built the starry skies; He who throned in height sublime Sits amid the cherubim. Chorus Say, ye holy shepherds, say What your joyful news today; Wherefore have ye left your sheep On the lonely mountain steep? Chorus "As we watched at dead of night, Lo, we saw a wondrous light; [1] Angels singing peace on earth Told us of the Saviour's birth". Chorus Sacred infant, all divine, What a tender love was thine, Thus to come from highest bliss Down to such a world as this. Chorus Teach, O teach us , Holy Child, By Thy Face so meek and mild, Teach us to resemble Thee, In Thy Sweet humility! Chorus
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Chiam See Tong laying out succession plans amid GE preparations - 21Apr2011
SINGAPORE: Even as opposition stalwart Chiam See Tong prepares for possibly the biggest electoral fight in his political career, he has his mind on the succession plans in his Singapore People's Party (SPP). In an interview with Channel NewsAsia, the SPP secretary-general spoke about why he is still in politics and what he looks for in a potential successor. The coming General Election will be the ninth for Mr Chiam. This time round, he will step out of Potong Pasir, where he has been an MP for 27 years, to fight in a Group Representation Constituency (GRC) - the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC. Dismissing public concern over his failing health after suffering a stroke in 2008, Mr Chiam said politics is in his blood. He said: "I just think of the elections and my adrenaline will automatically go up, and that will fire me into giving a good speech." He said his hard work in Potong Pasir has prepared him for the coming election, although he conceded his preparations had not been as intense as before. He said he had "really worked very hard" for all his elections. "I reached every home at least twice," he said. When asked why that is necessary, he said: "Well, you have to get a bonding with the people, and the people must know you very well, intimately, as you say, until you feel that you're one of them." Mr Chiam also disagreed with suggestions that he retire from politics, saying it is only when he is in Parliament with the mandate of residents that he can contribute best. He said <b>...</b>
http://wn.com/Chiam_See_Tong_laying_out_succession_plans_amid_GE_preparations__21Apr2011
World: Juárez: Amid Violence, A Haven - NYTimes.com/Video
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An American nun dedicates her life to working with women and children plagued by the drug violence in Juárez. Third in a three-part series. Related article: tinyurl.com
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US stocks plunge amid Wall Street crisis - 29 Sept 08
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It was going to be a historic deal to stop the US economy from collapsing into recession. But US Congress has voted against the proposed $700bn rescue package, a shock result which sent stock markets plummeting. Al Jazeera's John Terrett in New York looks at how events unfolded in the last few hours.
http://wn.com/US_stocks_plunge_amid_Wall_Street_crisis__29_Sept_08
US air base panic amid Kyrgyz violence
As anti-government protests, violent clashes and unrest take over the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan, concerns in the International community are rising over what will happen next. This is very important for the White House to keep an eye on because the US has military bases in Kyrgyzstan, the only US military base in Central Asia.
http://wn.com/US_air_base_panic_amid_Kyrgyz_violence
Roger Federer Relaxes Amid Frenzied TV Shoot
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Even being gloriously idle by the pool takes practice. That's what Roger Federer found out during the shooting of a new TV ad for Credit Suisse's international image campaign. The sequence is directed in masterly fashion by Jordan Scott, daughter of renowned English director Sir Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator, Thelma and Louise).
http://wn.com/Roger_Federer_Relaxes_Amid_Frenzied_TV_Shoot
Facebook's Zuckerberg Lands in the Spotlight Amid Movie Flak, School Donation
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Read the Transcript: to.pbs.org Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is set to donate $100 million to the Newark, NJ, school system as a new movie comes out documenting the rise of the social networking site. Ray Suarez has more.
http://wn.com/Facebook's_Zuckerberg_Lands_in_the_Spotlight_Amid_Movie_Flak,_School_Donation
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| Settlement type | City |
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| Map caption | Location of Diyarbakır within Turkey. |
| Timezone dst | EEST |
| Utc offset dst | +3, |official_name Diyarbakır |image_skyline Seyrangeha Parkormanê Amed 2010.JPG |image_caption A view from Diyarbakır's town center |image_blank_emblem |blank_emblem_type | Turkey Provinces locator.gif | subdivision_type1Region| subdivision_name1 Southeastern Anatolia |subdivision_type2Province| subdivision_name2 Diyarbakır |population_total |population_footnotesPopulation of cities of Turkey |population_urban 843,460 |population_footnotes |population_as_of 2010 |population_footnotes |population_density_km2 |area_total_km2 |elevation_m 675|postal_code_typePostal code| postal_code 21x xx |blank_info 21|blank_nameLicence plate |
| Area code | (0090)+ 412 |
| Website | |
| Leader name | Osman Baydemir |
| Leader party | Peace and Democracy Party |
| Leader title | Mayor |
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Diyarbakır (Ottoman Turkish دیاربکر, Diyâr-ı Bekr; Kurdish ئامهد, Amed; anc. Amida, , Amid ) is one of the largest cities in southeastern Turkey. Situated on the banks of the River Tigris, it is the administrative capital of the Diyarbakır Province and with a population of about 843,460 it is the second largest city in Turkey's South-eastern Anatolia region, after Gaziantep. Within Turkey, Diyarbakır is famed for its culture, folklore, and watermelons. The population of Diyarbakır is made up predominantly of Kurdish people.
Etymology
The most accepted etymology of the name Diyarbakır is literal Arabic that translates as the landholdings of the Bekr tribe.
History
Antiquity
Amid(a) was the capital of the Aramean kingdom Bet-Zamani from the 13th century B.C. onwards, and later part of the Neo Assyrian Empire. Amid is the name used in the Syriac sources, which also testifies to the fact that it once was the seat of the Church of the East Patriarch and thus an original Assyrian/Syriac stronghold that produced many famous Assyrian theologians and Patriarchs. Some of them found their final resting place in St. Mary Church. There are many relics in the Church, such as the bones of the apostle Thomas and St. Jacob of Sarug (d. 521).The city was called Amida when the region was under the rule of the Roman (from 66 BC) and the succeeding Byzantine Empires.
From 189 BC to 384 AD, the area to the east and south of present-day Diyarbakır, was ruled by a kingdom known as Corduene.
In 359, Shapur II of Persia captured Amida after a siege of 73 days. The Roman soldiers and a large part of the population of the town were massacred by the Persians. The siege is vividly described by the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus who was an eyewitness of the event and survived the massacre by escaping from the town.
Armenian historians at one time hypothesized that Diyarbakır was the site of the ancient Armenian city of Tigranakert, (pronounced Dikranagerd in the Western Armenian dialect) and by the 19th century the Armenian inhabitants were referring to the city as Dikranagerd. Scholarly research has shown that while the ancient Armenian city was close by, it was not in the same place. The real location of Dikranagerd remains the subject of debate, but Armenians who trace their ancestry to Diyarbakır continue to refer to themselves as "Dikranagerdtsi" (native of Dikranagerd.) The "Dikranagerdtsis" or Armenians of Diyarbakır were noted for having one of the most unusual dialects of Armenian, one difficult for a speaker of standard Armenian to understand.
The Middle Ages
In 639 the city was captured by the Arab armies of Islam and it remained in Arab hands until the Kurdish dynasty of Marwanid ruled the area during the 10th and 11th centuries. After the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, the city came under the rule of the Mardin branch of Oghuz Turks and then the Anatolian beylik of Artuqids (circa 1100–1250 in effective terms, although almost a century longer nominally). The whole area was then disputed between the Ilkhanate and Ayyubid dynasties for a century, after which it was taken over by the rising Turkmen states of Kara Koyunlu (the Black Sheep) first and Ak Koyunlu (the White Sheep). It was also ruled by Sultanate of Rûm between 1241-1259.
The Ottoman Empire
The city became part of the Ottoman Empire during Sultan Süleyman I's campaign of Irakeyn (the two Iraqs, e.g. Arabian and Persian) in 1534. The Ottoman eyalet of Diyarbakır corresponded to Turkey's southeastern provinces today, a rectangular area between the Lake Urmia to Palu and from the southern shores of Lake Van to Cizre and the beginnings of the Syrian desert, although its borders saw some changes over time. The city was an important military base for controlling this region and at the same time a thriving city noted for its craftsmen, producing glass and metalwork. For example the doors of Mevlana's tomb in Konya were made in Diyarbakır, as were the gold and silver decorated doors of the tomb of Imam-i Azam in Baghdad.In the 19th century, Diyarbakır prison gained infamy throughout the Ottoman Empire as a site where political prisoners from the enslaved Balkan ethnic groups were sent to serve harsh sentences for speaking or fighting for national freedom.
The 20th century
The 20th century was turbulent for Diyarbakir. Armenians killed there exceeded the city's Armenian population because it was a centre of deportation for all parts of the province. The massacre of Armenians in Diyarbakir was witnessed by Rafael De Nogales, who served as an officer in the Ottoman Army. At one time, Diyarbakır had a substantial Armenian and Assyrian population, who comprised almost a third of the city's population. However, almost all were killed. Few Assyrians and Armenians remain today. The holder of the Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Diyarbakir is currently living in Istanbul.In the three decades following the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923, Diyarbakır became the object of Turkish-nationalist policies against Kurds, as a result of which Kurdish elites were destroyed and many Kurds deported to western Turkey.
The 41-year-old American-Turkish Pirinçlik Air Force Base near Diyarbakır, known as NATO's frontier post for monitoring the former Soviet Union and the Middle East, closed on 30 September 1997. This closure was the result of the general drawdown of US bases in Europe and the improvement in space surveillance technology. The base housed sensitive electronic intelligence-gathering systems that monitored the Middle East, the Caucasus and Russia.
Climate
Diyarbakır has a semi-arid climate. Summer are very hot and very dry, due to its location on the Mesopotamian plain which is subject to hot winds from the deserts of Syria and Iraq to the south. The highest recorded temperature was 44.8°C (112.64°F) on 28 August 1998. Winters are cold and wet and with frosty nights. Snowfall is quite common between the months of December and March, snowing for a week or two. The lowest recorded temperature was -23.4°C (-10.12°F) on 30 December 2006.
Diyarbakır today
During the recent conflict, the population of the city grew dramatically as villagers from remote areas where fighting was serious left or were forced to leave for the relative security of the city. Rural to urban movement has often been the first step in a migratory pattern that has taken large numbers of Kurds from the east to the west. Diyarbakır grew from 30,000 in the 1930s to 65,000 by 1956, to 140,000 by 1970, to 400,000 by 1990, and eventually swelled to about 1.5 million by 1997. Today the intricate warren of alleyways and old-fashioned tenement blocks that makes up the old city within and around the walls contrasts dramatically with the sprawling suburbs of modern apartment blocks and cheaply-built gecekondu slums to the west.
After the cessation of hostilities between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Turkish army, a large degree of normality returned to the city, with the Turkish government declaring an end to the 15-year period of emergency rule on 30 November 2002. In August 2005, the Kurdish mayor Osman Baydemir presented the Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan with the following complaints:
According to a November 2006 survey by the Sur Municipality, one of Diyarbakır's metropolitan municipalities, 72% of the inhabitants of the municipality use Kurdish most often in their daily speech, followed by Turkish, and 69% are illiterate in their most widely used vernacular.
Arts and culture
Some jewelry making and other craftwork continues today although the fame of the Diyarbakır's craftsmen has long passed. Folk dancing to the drum and zurna (pipe) are a part of weddings and celebrations in the area.
Cuisine
Diyarbakır is known for rich dishes of lamb (and lamb's liver, kidneys etc.); spices such as black pepper, sumac and coriander; rice, bulgur and butter.
Main sights
Diyarbakır is surrounded by an almost intact, dramatic set of high walls of black basalt forming a circle around the old city. There are four gates into the old city and 82 watch-towers on the walls, which were built in antiquity, restored and extended by the Roman emperor Constantius in 349.
Diyarbakır boasts numerous medieval mosques and madrassahs including:
Museums include:
Notable residents
See also
References
External links
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