Diyarbakır Hakkında İngilizce Bilgi

**Prof. Dr. Sinsi** · 10-14-2012

After the PKK’s cessation of hostilities, a large degree of normality returned to the city, with the Turkish government declaring a 15 year period of emergency rule over on 30 November 2002

The local economy is slowly improving

There is however a lot more that needs to be done, and in August 2005 mayor Osman Baydemir presented the Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan with the following complaints:

A grant of 500,000 euros from the German Development Fund KFW to redign the city’s waste disposal system was refused by the State Planning Authority (DPT) of the Turkish government in Ankara, and then a 22 million project to renew the system was also prevented

A grant of 350,000 euros for the rehabilitation of the Tigris valley, from the Turco-Spanish Economic and Financial Union, was declared unnecessary by the DPT in 2005

A dentistry project jointly agreed with and funded by South Korea and EAID (the Eurasian Institute of Dentistry) had to abandoned after the dentists were refused work permits

A five million euro project to build a tram system in the city was abandoned after the Turkish government refused to guarantee a 15-year loan from Deutsche Bank that the city had negotiated

In the urban renewal project for 2005 presented to the EU commission 10 million euros were granted to Diyarbakır

However the State Planning Authority (DPT)of the Turkish government reallocated 4 million of this to other cities (Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa and Erzurum), who failing to present projects lost this money

In another instance a 30 million euro loan from the EU was prevented by the DPT

According to a November 2006 survey by the Sur Municipality, one of Diyarbakır’s metropolitan municipalities, 72% of the inhabitants of the municipality use Kurdish the most in their daily speech, followed by Turkish, and 69% are illiterate in their most widely used vernacular

Arts and culture

Some jewelry making and other craftwork continues today although the high fame of the Diyarbakır’s craftsmen has long gone

Folk dancing to the drum and zurna (pipe) are a part of weddings and celebrations in the area

Cuisine

Diyarbakır is known for rich dishes of lamb (and lamb’s liver, kidneys etc

); spices such as black pepper, sumac and coriander; rice, bulgur and butter

Places of interest

The city walls – Diyarbakır is surrounded by an 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 Constantine in 349

Places of worship – Diyarbakır boasts numerous medieval mosques and madrassahs including:

Ulu Camii (“Great Mosque”) built by the Seljuk Turkish Sultan Malik Shah in the 11th century

The mosque, one of the oldest in Turkey, is constructed in alternating bands of black basalt and white limestone

(The same patterning is used in the 16th century Deliler Han Madrassah, which is now a hotel

The adjoining Mesudiye Medresesi was built at the same time as was another prayer-school in the city Zinciriye Medresesi

Hazreti Süleyman Camii – 1155-1169 – Süleyman son of Halid Bin Velid, who died capturing the city from the Arabs, is buried herealong with his companions

Safa Camii – built in 1532 by the Ak Koyunlu Turkmen tribe

Nebii Camii – another Ak Koyunlu mosque, a single-domed stone construction from the 16th century

Nebi Camii means “the mosque of the prophet” and is so-named because of the number of inscriptions in honour of the prophet on its minaret

Dört Ayaklı Minare (the four-footed minaret) – built by Kasim Khan of the Akkoyunlu, it is said that one who passes seven times between the four columns will have his wishes granted

Fatihpaşa Camii – built in 1520 by Diyarbakır’s first Ottoman governor, Bıyıklı Mehmet Paşa (“the moustachioed Mehmet pasha”)

The city’s earliest Ottoman building it is decorated with fine tilework

Hüsrevpaşa Camii – the mosque of the second Ottoman governor, 1512-1528, originally the building was intended to be a school (medrese)

İskender Paşa Camii – and another mosque of an Ottoman governor, an attractive building in black and white stone, built in 1551

Beharampaşa Camii – an Ottoman mosque built in 1572 by the governor of Diyarbakır, Behram Pasha, noted for the well-constructed arches at the entrance

Melek Ahmet Camii another 16th century mosque, noted for its tiled prayer-niche, and the double stairway up the minaret

The Syriac Orthodox church of Our Lady (Syriac: ܐܕܝܠܕܬܐܠܗܐ`Idto d-Yoldat Aloho, Turkish: Meryemana kilisesi), was first constructed as a pagan temple in the 1st century BCE

The current construction dates back to the 3rd century, has been restored many times, and is still in use as a place of worship today

There are a number of other churches in the city

Museums -

The Archaeological Museum contains artefacts from the neolithic period, through the Old bronze age, Assyrian, Urartu, Roman, Byzantine, Artuklu, Seljuk Turk, Ak Koyunlu, and Ottoman Empire periods

Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum – the home of the late poet is a classic example of a traditional Diyarbakır home

The birthplace of poet Ziya Gökalp has been preserved as a museum to his life and works

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Prof. Dr. Sinsi	Diyarbakır Hakkında İngilizce Bilgi After the PKK’s cessation of hostilities, a large degree of normality returned to the city, with the Turkish government declaring a 15 year period of emergency rule over on 30 November 2002 The local economy is slowly improving There is however a lot more that needs to be done, and in August 2005 mayor Osman Baydemir presented the Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan with the following complaints: A grant of 500,000 euros from the German Development Fund KFW to redign the city’s waste disposal system was refused by the State Planning Authority (DPT) of the Turkish government in Ankara, and then a 22 million project to renew the system was also prevented A grant of 350,000 euros for the rehabilitation of the Tigris valley, from the Turco-Spanish Economic and Financial Union, was declared unnecessary by the DPT in 2005 A dentistry project jointly agreed with and funded by South Korea and EAID (the Eurasian Institute of Dentistry) had to abandoned after the dentists were refused work permits A five million euro project to build a tram system in the city was abandoned after the Turkish government refused to guarantee a 15-year loan from Deutsche Bank that the city had negotiated In the urban renewal project for 2005 presented to the EU commission 10 million euros were granted to Diyarbakır However the State Planning Authority (DPT)of the Turkish government reallocated 4 million of this to other cities (Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa and Erzurum), who failing to present projects lost this money In another instance a 30 million euro loan from the EU was prevented by the DPT According to a November 2006 survey by the Sur Municipality, one of Diyarbakır’s metropolitan municipalities, 72% of the inhabitants of the municipality use Kurdish the most in their daily speech, followed by Turkish, and 69% are illiterate in their most widely used vernacular Arts and culture Some jewelry making and other craftwork continues today although the high fame of the Diyarbakır’s craftsmen has long gone Folk dancing to the drum and zurna (pipe) are a part of weddings and celebrations in the area Cuisine Diyarbakır is known for rich dishes of lamb (and lamb’s liver, kidneys etc); spices such as black pepper, sumac and coriander; rice, bulgur and butter Places of interest The city walls – Diyarbakır is surrounded by an intact, dramatic set of high walls of black basalt forming a 55 km (34 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 Constantine in 349 Places of worship – Diyarbakır boasts numerous medieval mosques and madrassahs including: Ulu Camii (“Great Mosque”) built by the Seljuk Turkish Sultan Malik Shah in the 11th century The mosque, one of the oldest in Turkey, is constructed in alternating bands of black basalt and white limestone (The same patterning is used in the 16th century Deliler Han Madrassah, which is now a hotel The adjoining Mesudiye Medresesi was built at the same time as was another prayer-school in the city Zinciriye Medresesi Hazreti Süleyman Camii – 1155-1169 – Süleyman son of Halid Bin Velid, who died capturing the city from the Arabs, is buried herealong with his companions Safa Camii – built in 1532 by the Ak Koyunlu Turkmen tribe Nebii Camii – another Ak Koyunlu mosque, a single-domed stone construction from the 16th century Nebi Camii means “the mosque of the prophet” and is so-named because of the number of inscriptions in honour of the prophet on its minaret Dört Ayaklı Minare (the four-footed minaret) – built by Kasim Khan of the Akkoyunlu, it is said that one who passes seven times between the four columns will have his wishes granted Fatihpaşa Camii – built in 1520 by Diyarbakır’s first Ottoman governor, Bıyıklı Mehmet Paşa (“the moustachioed Mehmet pasha”) The city’s earliest Ottoman building it is decorated with fine tilework Hüsrevpaşa Camii – the mosque of the second Ottoman governor, 1512-1528, originally the building was intended to be a school (medrese) İskender Paşa Camii – and another mosque of an Ottoman governor, an attractive building in black and white stone, built in 1551 Beharampaşa Camii – an Ottoman mosque built in 1572 by the governor of Diyarbakır, Behram Pasha, noted for the well-constructed arches at the entrance Melek Ahmet Camii another 16th century mosque, noted for its tiled prayer-niche, and the double stairway up the minaret The Syriac Orthodox church of Our Lady (Syriac: ܐܕܝܠܕܬܐܠܗܐ`Idto d-Yoldat Aloho, Turkish: Meryemana kilisesi), was first constructed as a pagan temple in the 1st century BCE The current construction dates back to the 3rd century, has been restored many times, and is still in use as a place of worship today There are a number of other churches in the city Museums - The Archaeological Museum contains artefacts from the neolithic period, through the Old bronze age, Assyrian, Urartu, Roman, Byzantine, Artuklu, Seljuk Turk, Ak Koyunlu, and Ottoman Empire periods Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum – the home of the late poet is a classic example of a traditional Diyarbakır home The birthplace of poet Ziya Gökalp has been preserved as a museum to his life and works