Diyarbakır Province was a "cultural frontier", having been ruled by Arabs and Persians until the 16th century, and featuring "conflicting national traditions" among the local populations of Turks, Kurds, and Armenians.
迪亚巴克尔州是一个“文化边疆”，在16世纪前被阿拉伯人和波斯人所统治，在当地土耳其人、库尔德人和亚美尼亚人一直带有“冲突的民族传统”。