Dicle University

A 2,000-year-old Roman-era street has been discovered in southeastern Turkey. Currently, excavation to unearth it is being carried out in Amida Mound, known as the heart of Diyarbakir province.

An official application has been made to include the Assyrian Castle and the King Tombs in the southeastern Anatolian province of Diyarbakır's Eğil district to the UNESCO World Heritage Temporary List.

Several artifacts have been unearthed in archaeological excavations carried out in Amida Mound in the historical Sur district, known widely as the heart of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, becoming the latest trove of finds that will shed light on the history of Mesopotamia.

A 1,800-year-old sewer system was discovered during archaeological excavations in Amida Mound, described as
"heart of the old city", in the historical Sur district in southeastern Turkey.

Excavations in the Amida Mound, which hosted many civilizations, including Urartians, Persians, Romans, Umayyads, Abbasids, Seljuks, Artuqids and Ottomans, were concluded this year.

The water channels of Zerzevan Castle, a site on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Temporary list, built so intricately 1,800 years ago in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır's Çınar district remains a mystery to this day.

The Zerzevan Castle, located 13 kilometers from central Çınar in the Demirölçek neighborhood, was used as a military settlement in the Roman era.

Inverted tulips that grow in the mountainous regions of Anatolia in the spring have started to blossom on Mount Sakız on the border of the southeastern and eastern provinces of Diyarbakır and Elazığ.

With the arrival of spring, the orange, red and yellows tulips are out in all their glory and have added color to the ever-increasing vivid landscape.

The Ankara Public Prosecutor's Office on Sept. 13 issued detention warrants for 79 people who previously worked at private schools and private teaching institutions closed with state of emergency decrees. Some 30 people have been detained in line with the warrant so far. 

Excavations in Körtik Hill (Körtik Tepe) in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır's Bismil district have unearthed more than 30,000 artifacts in 17 years.

Within the scope of the work to rescue the artifacts that will remain underwater in the Ilısu Dam, excavations have been ongoing in Körtik Hill since 2000 under the leadership of the Diyarbakır Museum. 

Excavations being carried out in the Zerzevan Castle in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır's Çınar district have unearthed a Mithraea, an underground temple where a pre-Christian cult gathered and performed rituals 1700 years ago.
 

The death toll from an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bomb attack that targeted a police vehicle driving near an excavation site at Dicle University in the Sur district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır has risen to five.