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Things to do in Diyarbakır
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Sightlore has 17 places to explore in Diyarbakır, and 17 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Diyarbakır's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Dicle Bridge
The Dicle Bridge is a historic bridge in Diyarbakır over the river Tigris in southeastern Turkey. Completed in 1065, it numbers ten arches with a total length of 178 m (584 ft).
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Hevsel Gardens
The Hevsel Gardens, are the seven hundred hectares of cultivated, fertile lands near the Tigris in eastern Turkey, between the Diyarbakır Fortress and the river.
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Hasan Paşa Hanı
The Hasan Pasha Han is a historic building and former caravanserai in Diyarbakır, Turkey. It is located near the center of the Sur district (the old walled city), across from the Great Mosque of Diyarbakır.
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Şeyh Muhtar Mosque
Sheikh Matar Mosque or Sheikh Mutahhar Mosque is a historical mosque in Diyarbakır, Turkey, best known for its unique minaret based on four columns, dubbed the Four-legged Minaret.
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Diyarbakır Archeology Museum
Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum in Diyarbakır, Turkey.
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Diyarbakır Fortress
The Fortifications of Diyarbakır are a set of fortifications enclosing the historical district of Sur in Diyarbakır, Turkey. They consist of an inner fortress, the citadel, and an outer ring of city walls.
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St. Mary Church, Diyarbakır
St. Mary Church, is a Syriac Orthodox church in Diyarbakir. It is under the jurisdiction of the Syriac Archdiocese of Mardin, headed by Metropolitan Mor Filüksinos Saliba Özmen.
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Great Mosque of Diyarbakır
The Great Mosque of Diyarbakır was built in the late 11th century by the Seljuk sultan Malik-Shah I over an older mosque.
Discovery routes in Diyarbakır
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Walls and Old City of Diyarbakır
From the Great Mosque and Hasan Paşa Han to the Four-Legged Minaret, St Mary's Church and the museum in the citadel, along the walls to the Hevsel Gardens and the Ten-Eyed Bridge.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Hasan Paşa Hanı
The Hasan Pasha Han is a historic building and former caravanserai in Diyarbakır, Turkey. It is located near the center of the Sur district (the old walled city), across from the Great Mosque of Diyarbakır.
Diyarbakır Fortress
The Fortifications of Diyarbakır are a set of fortifications enclosing the historical district of Sur in Diyarbakır, Turkey. They consist of an inner fortress, the citadel, and an outer ring of city walls.
Dicle Bridge
The Dicle Bridge is a historic bridge in Diyarbakır over the river Tigris in southeastern Turkey. Completed in 1065, it numbers ten arches with a total length of 178 m (584 ft).
Çayönü
Çayönü Tepesi is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B settlement in southeastern Turkey which prospered from around 8630 to 6800 BC.
Malabadi Bridge
The Malabadi Bridge or Karaman Bridge (Kurdish: Pira Mala Badî ("Bridge of the House of Badh"), Turkish: Malabadi Köprüsü) is an arch bridge spanning the Batman River near Malabadi village in Silvan in southeastern Turkey.
Zerzevan Castle
Zerzevan Castle, also known as Samachi Castle, is a ruined Eastern Roman castle, a former important military base, in Diyarbakır Province, southeastern Turkey.
Museums
Diyarbakır Archeology Museum
Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum in Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum is a historic house and museum dedicated to Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı in Diyarbakır, Turkey. The museum is located in the historic Sur district of Diyarbakır, close to the Grand Mosque.
Gazi Pavillion
The Gazi (Atatürk) Pavilion is a two-storey 15th-century Akkoyunlu mansion among gardens by the Tigris.
Ziya Gökalp Museum
Ziya Gökalp Museum is a house museum dedicated to Ziya Gökalp in Diyarbakır, Turkey. The museum is located in the historic Sur district of Diyarbakır. It is close to Grand Mosque and the Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum.
Places of worship
Great Mosque of Diyarbakır
The Great Mosque of Diyarbakır was built in the late 11th century by the Seljuk sultan Malik-Shah I over an older mosque.
Şeyh Muhtar Mosque
Sheikh Matar Mosque or Sheikh Mutahhar Mosque is a historical mosque in Diyarbakır, Turkey, best known for its unique minaret based on four columns, dubbed the Four-legged Minaret.
St. Mary Church, Diyarbakır
St. Mary Church, is a Syriac Orthodox church in Diyarbakir. It is under the jurisdiction of the Syriac Archdiocese of Mardin, headed by Metropolitan Mor Filüksinos Saliba Özmen.
Behram Pasha Mosque
Behram Pasha Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque located in the town of Diyarbakır in southeast Turkey. It was commissioned by the Ottoman governor-general Behram Pasha.
Hazreti Süleyman Mosque
Hazreti Süleyman Mosque is a mosque in Diyarbakır, Turkey. The mostly ashlar structure was built between 1155 and 1169 by Nisanoğlu Ebul Kasim.
St. Giragos Armenian Church
The Church of St. Giragos (Saint Cyricus) or Surp Giragos Church is a historic Armenian Apostolic church in Diyarbakır, Turkey. It is the largest Armenian church in the Middle East.
Nature
Hevsel Gardens
The Hevsel Gardens, are the seven hundred hectares of cultivated, fertile lands near the Tigris in eastern Turkey, between the Diyarbakır Fortress and the river.
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