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Sunday, November 9, 2014

Fatihpasa Mosque

Fatihpaşa Mosque or Kurşunlu Mosque (Turkish: Fatihpaşa or Kurşunlu Camii) is located in the Sur district of Diyarbakır Province. The mosque was built in 1516 - 1521 by Bıyıklı Mehmet Pasha.

Coordinates: 37° 54' 43.04" N 40° 14' 29.62" E

Photo by nejat satıcı

Photo by İsmail Akpınar

Photo by hayri klc

Photo by İsmail Akpınar

Sheikh Abdurrahman Lake

Sheikh Abdurrahman Lake (Turkish: Şeyh Abdurrahman Gölü) is located in the Bismil district of Diyarbakır Province.

Coordinates: 37° 51' 46.30" N 40° 54' 18.37" E

Photo by DûrzanCîrano

Lake Gultepe

Lake Gültepe (Turkish: Gültepe Gölü) is located in the Bismil district of Diyarbakır Province.

Coordinates: 37° 51' 31.74" N 40° 48' 10.33" E

Soap Lake

Soap Lake (Turkish: Sabun Gölü) is located in the Bismil district of Diyarbakır Province.

Coordinates: 37° 51' 25.74" N 40° 51' 42.33" E

Photo by t ucar

Birkleyn Stream

Bırkleyn Stream (Turkish: Bırkleyn Çayı) is located in the Lice district of Diyarbakır Province. The stream is also located in the Bırkleyn Valley.

Coordinates: 38° 31' 59.02" N 40° 33' 46.89" E

Photo by Karazî

Karakaya Dam

The Karakaya Dam (Turkish: Karakaya Barajı) is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project, built on the Euphrates River and completed in 1987. Karakaya Dam Lake (Turkish: Karakaya Baraj Gölü), the reservoir created by Karakaya Dam, has a surface area of 268 square kilometres. The dam is located in the Çüngüş district of Diyarbakır Province and the dam lake is located between Malatya, Elazığ and Diyarbakır provinces

Coordinates: 38° 13' 24.84" N 39° 8' 11.89" E

Photo by salihuyar

Photo by acloj

Photo by salihkarakus

Photo by MrShifra

Photo by rmentes

Nebi Mosque

Nebi Mosque (Turkish: Nebi Camii) is located in Diyarbakır Province. The mosque was built in 15th century.

Coordinates: 37° 54' 55.05" N 40° 14' 10.84" E

Photo by David Stanley

Photo by Abdulkavi Zaif

Ten Arches Bridge - Dicle Bridge

Ten Arches Bridge or Dicle Bridge (Turkish: On Gözlü Köprü or Dicle Köprüsü) is located over the river Tigris (Turkish: Dicle) and is located in the Diyarbakır Province. The bridge was completed in 1065, it numbers ten arches with a total length of 178 m. Its another name is the Silvan Bridge due to its position being on the road to Silvan.

Coordinates: 37° 53' 17.04" N 40° 13' 39.13" E

Photo by ismail kılıçaslan

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Photo by Osman Ünlü

Photo by Ahmet SERTTÜRK - EKSEN BALDO PİRİNÇ

Hasan Pasa Han

Hasan Paşa Han (Turkish: Hasan Paşa Hanı) is located in Diyarbakır Province. The han was built in 1572 to 1575.

Coordinates: 37° 54' 45.75" N 40° 14' 13.96" E

Photo by Hayri Bolat

Photo by irfan işineri

Photo by jlguo

Surp Giragos Armenian Church

Surp Giragos Armenian Church (Turkish: Surp Giragos Ermeni Kilisesi) is located in Diyarbakır Province. The church was built in 17th century. It was restored in 1722 by Armenian Patriarch Bedros Vartabet The church is the biggest Armenian church in Middle East. The church was restored in 2011 again.

Coordinates: 37° 54' 38.69" N 40° 14' 18.69" E

Photo by Ahmet SERTTÜRK - EKSEN BALDO PİRİNÇ

Photo by nejat satıcı

Tomb of Prophet Elisha

Elisha is a prophet and a wonder-worker mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the Quran, the Ginza Rba and Bahá'í writings.

Zul-Kifl, (Turkish: Zülkifl, Arabic: ذو الكفل ; Possessor of a Fold) (ca. 1600?–1400? BCE), is an Islamic prophet who has been identified with various Hebrew Bible prophets. It is believed that he lived for roughly 75 years and that he preached in what is modern day Iraq.

The Tomb of Prophet Elisha and Prophet Zul-Kifl (Turkish: Hz. Elyesa ve Hz. Zülkifl Türbesi) is located in the Eğil district of Diyarbakır Province.

Coordinates: 38° 15' 12.12" N 40° 5' 54.98" E

Photo by Kazım TUĞRUL

Birkleyn Caves

Birkleyn Caves (Turkish: Birkleyn Mağaraları) is located in the Lice diistrict fo Diyarbakır Province. In the cave, Byzantine settlementruins have been found. After the researches, Assyrian inscriptions and reliefs were found.

Coordinates: 38° 31' 47.14" N 40° 33' 24.88" E