Diyarbakir

Diyarbakir is one of the biggest urban communities in southeastern Turkey. Arranged on the banks of the Tigris River, it is the authoritative capital of the Diyarbakir Province. With a populace of around 930,000 it is the second biggest city in Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region, after Gaziantep.Diyarbakır is viewed as the un-announced capital of alleged Turkish Kurdistan otherwise called Bakur which implies north in Kurdish. As such, it has been a point of convergence for struggle between Turkey's administration and different Kurdish guerilla gatherings.

The most punctual reference to the city originates from Assyrian records which recognize it similar to the capital of the Aramean kingdom of Bit-Zamani. In the ninth century BC, the city joined a resistance to the Assyrian ruler Shalmaneser III. The city was later decreased to being a territory of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. From 189 BCE to 384 CE, the area toward the east and south of present Diyarbakır went under the standard of the Hellenistic kingdom of Corduene.

Afterward, the Romans colonized the city and named it Amida, after the prior name Amid. During the Roman standard, the primary city dividers were developed in 297. Afterward, the more noteworthy dividers were worked according to the direction of the Roman ruler Constantius II. The Romans were prevailing by the Muslim Arabs. It was the pioneer of the Arab Bekr clan, Bekr Bin Vail, who named the city Diyar Bakr, signifying "the nation of Bakr", i.e. Bedouins.