Diyarbakır

Turkey's opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) is slated to stage "justice watches" in several provinces across the country until the anniversary of its lawmakers' arrests, starting from July 25.  

Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Leyla Zana was acquitted of three separate charges directed at her as a part of a terror investigation on July 11.

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) will soon lend "concrete support" to the "justice march" of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), HDP co-chair Serpil Kemalbay has said.  

Administrative and legal investigations have been launched into two traffic accidents involving armored police vehicles that led to the deaths of seven civilians in the Lice district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. 

The Diyarbakır Governor's Office stated that an inspector has asked to be assigned to the case from the Interior Ministry, Doğan News Agency reported. 

A public prosecutor in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır submitted a summary of proceedings for Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) spokesman Osman Baydemir on June 10. 

If the parliament speaker lifts Sanlıurfa Deputy Baydemir's immunity, he will be eligible to face trial, and a jail sentence of up to two years. 

More than two tons of hashish have been seized during an operation in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır province, the governor's office said in a statement on June 9, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
 
According to the statement, the operation in the province started on May 28 with the participation of more than 10,000 security personnel. 

Police on June 2 briefly detained Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) spokesperson Osman Baydemir in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır as part of an ongoing case in which he is accused of "insulting public servants," Doğan News Ageny has reported.

A court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır issued an arrest warrant on May 30 for Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and spokesperson Osman Baydemir on charges of "insulting public servants on account of their position," according to Doğan News Agency.

Ten years ago in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, a 12-year-old girl was married off to a 23-year-old man. An imam had carried out their marriage ceremony, which means it was not an official wedding.

It has been some time since I was last in Diyarbakır. The city has developed and changed in a surprising manner. New malls, new neighborhoods, new houses and new cafes…