page_title: Diyarbakır
section_title: Main sights
hierarchical_section_title: Diyarbakır / Main sights
caption_attribution_description: English: The Four-Pillared Minaret and Sheikh Mutahhar Mosque, Diyarbakır, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey Kurdî: Minareya Çarling û Mizgefta Şêx Matar (Muteher), Amed, Tirkiye Türkçe: Dört Ayaklı Minare ve Şeyh Mutahhar Camii, Diyarbakır, Diyarbakır ili, Türkiye
context_page_description: Diyarbakır is one of the largest cities in Turkey. Situated on the banks of the Tigris River, it is the administrative capital of the Diyarbakır Province of southeastern Turkey. It is the third-largest city in Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region, after Şanlıurfa and Gaziantep.
  Diyarbakır has been a focal point of the conflict between the Turkish state and various Kurdish insurgent groups. Many Kurds view Diyarbakir as the capital of Kurdistan.
context_section_description: The core of Diyarbakır is surrounded by an almost intact, dramatic set of high walls of black basalt forming a 5.5 km (3.4 mi) circle around the old city. There are four gates into the old city and 82 watch-towers on the walls, which were built in antiquity, restored and extended by the Roman emperor Constantius II in 349. The area inside the walls is known as the Sur district; before its recent demolition and redevelopment this district had 599 registered historical buildings.
caption: Sheikh Matar Mosque with its Four-legged Minaret
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