Place:Diyarbakır, Turkey

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NameDiyarbakır
Alt namesDiyarbakırsource: Wikipedia
Diyarbakıir Vilayetisource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Diyarbakirsource: Family History Library Catalog
Vocabulary Programsource: Getty Vocabulary Program]]
Ḋiyarbakıirsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) IV, 137
Ḋiyarbakıir provincesource: [[Source:Getty
TypeProvince
Coordinates38.0°N 40.5°E
Located inTurkey
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Aşağıihaṅik
Bahemdan
Başar
Başnik
Cikse
Diyarbakır
Ergaṅi
Eğ̇il
Hazro
Haṅi
Hezan
Kulp
L̇ice
Mehmetkan
Mermer
Pirahmet
Silvan
Sinan
Tepe
Çerṁik
Çüngüş
Çıinar
Ḃisṁil
Ḋicle
Ṗiṙinçl̇ik
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


Diyarbakıir Ili is a province.


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Diyarbakır Province is a province in eastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355 km² and the population is 1,528,958. The provincial capital is the city of Diyarbakir.

It has been home to many civilisations and the surrounding area including itself is home to many Mesolithic era stone carvings and artifacts. The province has been ruled by Hittites, Assyria, Armenians, Persia, Macedonian and Seleucid Greeks, Rome, Parthia, Byzantium, Sassanid Persia, Arabs, Seljuk Empire, Mongol Empire, Safavid dynasty, Ottoman Empire and finally the Republic of Turkey.

The Kurds are the predominant population. Other groups include Turks, Syriacs, Armenians, Arabs and Yazidis.

The Kurds are also residing in "Machh city" in Balochistan Province, the Former Balochistan State. According to Baloch History, the Kurds and Balochs are considered the brother races. In Rajan Pur the adjacent District with Balochistan, the Kurds are called Kirth. Balochs claim that Kurds are their brother and Kurd is a group of Baloch Race. See Book: " Balochistan ki Kahani Shairoon ki Zubani (The Story of Balochistan, narrated by poets), by Mir Gull Khan Nasir, Quetta, Balochi Academy, May 1976, Pp.6-7".

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