Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır (Turkish pronunciation: [diˈjaɾ.bakɯɾ]; Armenian: Տիգրանակերտ, romanized: Tigranakert, local pronunciation: Dikranagerd; Kurdish: Amed; Syriac: ܐܡܝܕ, romanized: Āmīd), formerly Diyarbekir, is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province.
Diyarbakır
Kurdish: Amed | |
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Clockwise from top: A park in Diyarbakir, Hasan Pasha Han, historic city walls, Gazi Pavillion, A pond park in Diyarbakir, Ongözlü Bridge (The Dicle Bridge), Great Mosque of Diyarbakır. | |
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Emblem of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality | |
Diyarbakır Location of Diyarbakır within Turkey Diyarbakır Diyarbakır (Asia) Diyarbakır Diyarbakır (Earth) | |
| Coordinates: 37.91°N 40.24°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Region | Southeastern Anatolia |
| Province | Diyarbakır |
| Government | |
| • Elected Mayor | Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı (deposed) (HDP) |
| • Mayor | Ali İhsan Su (trustee) |
| Area | |
| • Metropolitan municipality | 15,058 km2 (5,814 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,410 km2 (930 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,410 km2 (930 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 675 m (2,215 ft) |
| Population (2021 estimation) | |
| • Metropolitan municipality | 1,791,373 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,129,218 |
| • Urban density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,129,218 |
| • Metro density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metropolitan municipality | TRY 62.494 billion US$ 6.959 billion (2021) |
| • Per capita | TRY 34,964 US$ 3,893 (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 21x xx |
| Area code | 412 |
| Licence plate | 21 |
| Website | www.diyarbakir.gov.tr |
Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, it is the administrative capital of the Diyarbakır Province of southeastern Turkey. It is the second-largest city in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. As of December 2021, the Metropolitan Province population was 1,791,373 of whom 1,129,218 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 4 urban districts (Bağlar, Kayapınar, Sur and Yenişehir).
Diyarbakır has been a main focal point of the conflict between the Turkish state and various Kurdish separatist groups, and is seen by many Kurds as the de facto capital of Kurdistan. The city was intended to become the capital of an independent Kurdistan following the Treaty of Sèvres, but this was disregarded following subsequent political developments.
On 6 February 2023 Diyarbakır was affected by the twin Turkey-Syria earthquakes, which inflicted some damage on its city walls.