DYARBAKIR

GENERAL INFORMATION
AREA:1.516.200,00 km
POPULATION:1.635.048
REGION:SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA
TOWN: SEVENTEEN
DYARBAKIR S A CTY WHERE
TEMPRETARURE REACHES UPPER THAN 40
DEGREE DURNG SUMMERS

HISTORY

THE HISTORY OF DYARBAKR GOES A LONG

WAY BACK. DIYARBAKIRS NAME IS
EXPRESSED AS AMIDI IN ASSYRIAN
SOURCES AND IT IS WRITTEN AMIDO OR
AMIDA IN GREEK AND LATIN SOURCES.
DURING THE HISTORY IN DIYARBAKIR AND
AROUND HURRIANS, MITANNI, HITTITES,
ASSYRIANS, MEDES, PERSIANS,
ALEXANDER THE GREAT, ROMANS,
BYZANTINES, ARABS, SELJUKS AND
OTTOMANS RULED

MALAMAD BRIDGE

THIS BRIDGE NEAR SLVAN-DYARBAKIR

OVER THE BATMAN RIVER WAS BUILT IN
1147 DURING THE ARTUK PERIOD BY
TMURTASH BN ILGAZ BN ARTUK. IT IS
150 M LONG AND 7 M WIDE, 19 M IN
HEIGHT. IT WAS BUILT USING COLOURED
STONES AND HAS BEEN RESTORED OVER
THE YEARS AND HAS REACHED OUR
PRESENT TIMES.
IT WAS BUILT DURING A TIME WHEN THERE
WASNT MODERN STATIC ACCOUNT

MALABAD
BRIDGE

MALABAD
BRDGE

CASTLE OF DYARBAKIR
DYARBAKIR CASTLE
THE FIRST SECTIONS OF THE CASTLE IS ASSUMED TO
HAVE BEEN BUILT BY THE HURRIS. IN 349 DURING THE
REIGN OF ROMAN EMPEROR CONSTANTINUS II, WALLS
WERE BUILT ROUND THE CITY, AND THE FORTRESS WAS
REINFORCED. IT IS MADE OF BASALTE STONES CUT OUT.
DURING THE ARTUKLU, AKKOYUNLU, SELJUKS, OTTOMAN
AND REPUBLICAN ERAS T WAS RESTORED MANY TMES

CASTLE OF DYARBAKIR

CASTLE OF DYARBAKIR
. IT CONSIST OF TWO SECTIONS, THE OUTER FORTRESS
AND THE INNER CASTLE. THE OUTER FORTRESS WALLS
CONTAIN 82 BASTIONS AND ARE 5 KM LONG AND HAVE
FOUR GATES. THE INNER CASTLE ALSO HAS FOUR
GATES AND WAS SURROUNDED BY WALLS DURING THE
PERIOD OF SULTAN SULEYMAN THE GREAT

CASTLE OF
DYARBAKIR

TEN EYES BRIDGE

THIS OLD BRIDGE WHICH CROSSES THE
TGRS TWO MILES SOUTH OF
DYARBAKR IS BEST SEEN FROMKEC
BURCU, A BASTION OF THE CITY WALLS.
IT IS NAMED AFTER ITS TEN ARCHES. IT
WAS BUILT IN THE 11TH CENTURY AND IT
REPLACED AN EARLIER BRIDGE. IT WAS
RESTORED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE
FOLLOWING CENTURIES AND MORE
RECENTLY THE TWO SIDE APPROACHES
TO THE BRIDGE WERE MODIFIED TO
ADAPT THEM TO MODERN TRAFFIC
NEEDS.

TEN EYED
BRIDGE

TEN EYED
BRIDGE

TEN EYED
BRIDGE

OTHER MONUMENTS
THEWALLSANDGATES OF THE TOWN,
TOGETHER WITH ITSGREAT MOSQUE
ARE THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF
DYARBAKR. THERE ARE HOWEVER
OTHER INTERESTING MONUMENTS
BELONGING TO DIFFERENT PERIODS
AND STYLES; THEY USUALLY SHARE
THE CHARACTERISTIC OF BEING BUILT
WITH BLACK BASALT STONES WHICH
ARE DECORATED WITH WHITE INLAYS.

(left) Hazreti Suleyman Mosque; (right, centre) minaret of

4 Legs Minaret is an
interesting example
of the square
minaret without
balconies.