Diyarbakır

At least 25 young people from the southeastern province of Diyarbakır have shown off their swing dancing skills accompanied by shawm-and-drum on the historic On Gözlü Bridge (Ten Arches Bridge) as part of the Istanbul Dance Ensemble, the BBC’s Turkish language service reported on March 15.

Four Turkish soldiers were killed and four were injured on March 13 in separate outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and People’s Protection Units (YPG) attacks in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır and Syria’s northwestern district of Afrin.

Police have seized 340 kilograms of hashish hidden in ketchup bottles in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Feb. 23.

Curfews were imposed in dozens of villages and towns in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Feb. 14, ahead of an anticipated new operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The governor of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır has said Turkish security forces seized a total of 44 bomb-laden vehicles across the province last year as part of anti-terror operations.

Doctors who have allegedly refused to perform a delivery for a pregnant HIV patient in the eastern province of Diyarbakır could be ostracized by the profession, after the Health Ministry informed the Health Occupations Board about the issue.

A total of 14 people have been arrested in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır over charges of financing the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), including a repair dealer responsible for the maintenance and repair of armored vehicles belonging to security forces in the province.

A Turkish scientist has discovered a new bug and has named it after his father in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

An initiative named “Hanging Clothes,” which aims to deliver clothing to impoverished families in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, has been started over social media.

Tahir Elçi, the former head of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, was commemorated on the second anniversary of his death on Nov. 28, with several events organized in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.