Country Turkey Subregion Şanlıurfa Capital Diyarbakır Area code 412 Clubs and Teams Amed S.K., Diyarbakırspor | Region Southeast Anatolia Vehicle registration 21 Governor Cahit Kıraç University Dicle University | |
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Points of interest Great Mosque of Diyarbakır, Malabadi Bridge, Cahit Sitki Taranci House C, Ziya Gokalp Museum, Hürrem Sultan Konağı | ||
Anti terror operation in diyarbakir s sur district
Diyarbakır Province (Turkish: Diyarbakır ili, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Amed) is a province in southeastern Turkey . The province covers an area of 15,355 km² and its population is 1,528,958. The provincial capital is the city of Diyarbakır.
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Map of Diyarbak%C4%B1r, Turkey
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 Hurrians, Hittites, Assyria, Armenians, Persia, Macedonian and Seleucid Greeks, Rome, Parthia, Byzantium, Sassanid Persia, Arabs, Seljuk Empire, Mongol Empire, Safavid dynasty, Ottoman Empire (as the sequential Diyarbekir Eyalet and Diyarbekir Vilayet), and finally the modern Republic of Turkey.
The majority of the province's population is Kurdish.
Districts
Diyarbakır province is divided into 14 districts (capital district in bold):