Diyarbakır

Turkish police detained the mayor of a central district in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır and two members of the district assembly on Dec. 20.

Sur Mayor Filiz Buluttekin from the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) stands accused of being a member of the PKK/YPG terrorist organization, making terrorist propaganda and insulting the Turkish state and nation.

At least three terrorists were "neutralized" in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbakir province, the Turkish Interior Ministry said on Nov. 5.

The 8,000-year-old Hevsel Gardens in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, which is on the UNESCO Heritage List, hosts around 200 bird species.

Turkish authorities on Oct. 22 appointed trustees to the Erciş Municipality in the eastern province of Van and municipalities of Kayapınar, Bismil and Kocaköy in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. The move came after these districts' elected mayors were suspended over "links to terrorism."

Archaeologists have unearthed an engraved stone seal some 3,000 years old in southeastern Turkey. The seal was discovered around Zerzevan Castle, also known as Samachi Castle, a once important military base for the Byzantine Empire now in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

A local governor in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbakır province assumed the office of the mayor of a district after the former mayor was remanded in custody on terrorism charges last week.

The number of families staging a sit-in in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır to call for the release of their teen children reportedly lured to join by the PKK has risen to 17, while a petition was also initiated on social media to support them.

A delegation of four from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has paid a visit to main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. The visit came just a week after HDP mayors of eastern Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van provinces were suspended over alleged links to terror organizations.

Located between the Silvan, Kulp and Hazro districts of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, Taşköprü ("stone bridge" in English) amazes visitors with its one-of-a-kind scenery.

A wanted PKK militant code-named Zinar Akro was neutralized in southeastern Diyarbakır province, the Interior Ministry said on June 9.