Diyarbakır, known in ancient times as Amida, spreads across a basalt plateau close to the banks of the Tigris river. The black basalt triple walls that encircle the old town represent a superb example of medieval military architecture. Near the city, there’s a nymber of sites to be visited, including some of the earliest Neolithic settlements.

SITES OF INTEREST: Çermik hot springs, Diyarbakır Castle and Nasturi Church, Eğil, Çermik, Çüngüş, Osmaniye, Tercil, Mihrani, Aydındar, Kefrum, Zülkarneyn, Atak and Silvan castles, Hilar caves, Dakyanus and Atak (Antak) ancient cities, Meryem Ana (Virgin Mary) Church, Zinciriye (Sincariye), Mesudiye, Ali Pasha and Musluhiddin Lari, Abdullah Pashaa and Hatuniye old theological schools (medrese), Artukoğulları Palace, Diyarbakır, Eğil (Taciyan), Hani, Hazro, Lice (Vakıf Ahmed Bey) and Silvan (Selahaddin Eyyubi) Grand Mosques, Ömer Şeddad (Hazreti Ömer), Kale, Nebi, Safa (İparlı), Hoca Ahmed (Ayni Minare), Şeyh Matar (Mutahhar), Fatih Pasha (Kurşunlu), Hüsrev Pasha, Ali Pasha, İskender Pasha, Behram Pasha, Melek Ahmed Pasha, Defterdar, Arap Şeyh, Eyyubiler and Kara Behlul Bey mosques, Deliller (Hüsrev Pasha) Inn, Hasan Pasha Inn, Çifte Inn and Yeni Inn, Dicle, Deve Pass, Murad IV (Karaköprü), Haburman, Sinek Çayı, Kenok (Kemkük) and Malabadi bridges, Diyarbakır Archeology and Ethnography, Diyarbakır Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı and Diyarbakır Atatürk's Mansion Museums.