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Area: 15.355 km² , Population: 1.362.708
GENERAL INFORMATION
Diyarbakır is a city that must be seen with its long ramparts , Malabadi bridge and it's typical architecture of wide floored houses to reduce the effects of the heat since the temperature reaches to 40 – 50 C during certain days of the summer months.
HOW TO GET
Highway : Voyages from Diyarbakır to almost every region of Turkey is possible by coach transportation. Coach station placed at city center. Travelers transported to city center by minibuses.
Airway : Airport is 3 kilometer from city center. There are regular flights to Ankara and Istanbul.
DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT
- Wandering around Diyarbakır Ramparts,
- Seeing Malabadi Bridge,
- Seeing Old Diyarbakır Houses
- Visiting Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Archeology Museums,
- Eating kaburga meal at Selim Amca, drinking root of liquorice plant,
- Buying Diyarbakır rush mat.
DİYARBAKIR RAMPARTS
The Diyarbakır ramparts are famous for being the longest second rampart after the great wall of China, with 5.5 km long and 7 - 8 m high. Black Basalt Ramparts composed of 16 castles and 5 main gates are the most attractive places of the city. Magnificent sample of mediaeval military architecture, these ramparts were decorated with inscriptions and embossments.
Ramparts were restored by Byzantine Emperor Costantinus in 349 B.C. But the exact date of their construction is not known.
ÇAYÖNÜ RUINS
It is on Elazığ highway, 65 km north west of Diyarbakır, in Ergani county, the antique city is dating back to the Neolithic Age, that is its long history reaches back to 9000 years ago. It is estimated that this place of settlement is one of the first permanent settlement places. Findings that have been brought into light around the primitive settlement place of Çayönü, grind stones, flint stones, various items made from bone and clay are exhibited at Diyarbakır Archeology Museum.
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