Diyarbakır

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Diyarbakır is a major historic city in southeastern Turkey, renowned for its extensive black basalt city walls and rich Kurdish and Mesopotamian heritage.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city
metropolitan municipality
adminCenterOf Diyarbakır
surface form: "Diyarbakır Province"
ancientName Amed
Amida
Diyâr-ı Bekr
cityWallsFeature numerous towers and bastions
cityWallsLength approximately 5.5 km
climate hot-summer Mediterranean climate
semi-arid characteristics
coordinateLatitude 37.9144 N
coordinateLongitude 40.2306 E
country Turkey
economySector agriculture
services
trade
ethnicMajority Kurds
governedAs metropolitan municipality
hasHeritage Armenian heritage
Assyrian heritage
Kurdish heritage
Mesopotamian heritage
hasPart Dicle Bridge
Diyarbakır city walls
surface form: "Diyarbakır Fortress"

Diyarbakır city walls
Great Mosque of Diyarbakır
Hevsel Gardens
Sur district
Ten-Eyed Bridge
hasUniversity Dicle University
historicalPeriodSignificance Byzantine Empire
surface form: "Byzantine era"

Islamic Caliphates
surface form: "Islamic caliphates"

Ottoman Empire
Roman era
historicalRegion Upper Mesopotamia
knownFor black basalt city walls
cultural significance for Kurds
historic old city
languageMajority Kurdish
locatedIn Southeastern Anatolia Region
locatedOn banks of the Tigris River
officialLanguage Turkish
population over 1,000,000 inhabitants
regionRole major city of southeastern Turkey
religiousMajority Sunni Islam
timeZone TRT
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape
utcOffset +3
wallMaterial black basalt stone

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diyarbakır adminCenterOf Diyarbakır
this entity surface form: "Diyarbakır Province"
eastern Turkey containsCity Diyarbakır
subject surface form: "Eastern Turkey"
Batman River countrySubdivision Diyarbakır
this entity surface form: "Diyarbakır Province"
Batman River flowsThrough Diyarbakır
this entity surface form: "Diyarbakır Province"
Kurdistan hasMajorCity Diyarbakır
Dicle hasMajorCityOnBanks Diyarbakır
Batman River locatedIn Diyarbakır
this entity surface form: "Diyarbakır Province"
Assyrian genocide location Diyarbakır
this entity surface form: "Diyarbakır Vilayet"
Kurmanji majorCenter Diyarbakır
Dijla passesNear Diyarbakır
Tigris passesThroughCity Diyarbakır
Ziya Gökalp placeOfBirth Diyarbakır
Zazaki region Diyarbakır
this entity surface form: "Diyarbakır Province"

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