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Diyarbakir

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Di·yar·ba·kir  (d-yärb-kîr, d-yärbk-r)
A city of southeast Turkey on the Tigris River. It was a Roman colony called Amida from a.d. 230 to 363 and was finally captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1515. Population: 545,000.
Diyarbakir, Diyarbekir [diːˈjɑːbɛkɪə]
n
(Placename) a city in SE Turkey, on the River Tigris: ancient black basalt walls. Pop.: 511 640 (1997) Ancient name Amida [əˈmiːdə]
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SILVAN, Nov 17, 2009 (TUR) -- The number of wounded people rose to 25 in the boiler explosion which occurred in government office in Silvan town of the southeastern province of Diyarbakir on Tuesday.
(GEN) NUMBER OF WOUNDED RISES IN BOILER EXPLOSION IN SILVAN by Anadolu (Eskisehir, Turkey)
Summary: DIYARBAKIR (Cihan) -- A group of Democratic Society Party (DTP) sympathizers clashed with Turkish police in Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakir.
Clashes in DTP Diyarbakir Rally in Southeastern Turkey by Cihan News Agency (CNA)
Just northwest of Ulu Cami in Ziya Gokalp Sok, Cami-I Kebir quarter is a classic Diyarbakir house where the poet Cahit Sitki Taranci was born in 1910 and spent his childhood.
This old house by Soma Digest (Suleimanieh, Iraq)
 
 
 
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