Diyarbakır
Base town · Diyarbakır province

Diyarbakır

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A city on the Tigris inside some of the longest standing city walls anywhere, built of black basalt. The walls and the Hevsel Gardens below them are World Heritage.

What to see from here

Distances are straight lines from the town centre.

  • in town
    Amida (Diyarbakır walls)

    Diyarbakır’s black basalt city walls, almost six kilometres around, with the Hevsel Gardens running down to the Tigris. Allow about half a day.

Diyarbakır

Museums in Diyarbakır

  • museum
    Diyarbakır Archaeology Museum

    Çayönü finds