Description : Diyarbakır (Kurdish: Amed, Arabic: ديار بكر, Syriac: ܐܡܝܕܐ, romanized: Amida, Armenian: Տիգրանակերտ, romanized: Dikranagerd) is one of the largest cities in southeastern Turkey and is often considered the unofficial capital of Northern Kurdistan. Situated on the banks of the Tigris River, it is the administrative capital of the Diyarbakır Province. It is the third-largest city in Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region, after Şanlıurfa and Gaziantep. It has been a focal point of the conflict between the Turkish state and various Kurdish insurgent groups.
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