Diyarbakir

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Diyarbakir (Turkish: Diyarbakır; Zazaisch and Kurdish: Amed) is a city in southern Turkish region South-eastern Anatolia.

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Turkish Airlines [1] offers daily domestic flights from Istanbul (IST) and Ankara to Diyarbakir (DIY).

There are trains three times a week from Istanbul (Güney Express). There is also a daily train from Ankara (4 Eylül Mavi Treni).

When traveling from Diyarbakir to west by bus be prepared for several ID check ups by jandarma; they are looking for Kurdish separatists and terrorists or their possible partners.

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The old city containing the mosque is a little run down but enclosed in some magnificent walls. It is like a village in the middle of the city with village mentality; goose running around, women having cay in front of their houses and kids shouting to foreigners the few English words they know. To avoid problems, dress modestly. There is extensive development outside including a pleasant park.

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• The famous grand mosque (Ulu cami) and a ruined Armenian church.
• Kervansaray .
• Virgin Mary church .

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There are very many clean and reasonably comfortable hotels with air con, etc. There is an engaging hotel in the old han building.

[edit] Get out

• Hasankeyf
• other destinations in eastern and southeastern Turkey.