Diyarbakır Fortress

Dağkapı, a medieval mountain gate, was reinstalled to the 8,000-year-old Walls of Diyarbakır on June 2 after its renovation.

The gate, which has a history of more than a thousand years, was meticulously repaired by specialists and installed to the wall with the same antique grandeur.

Shots were heard at Diyarbakir airbase

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.

Turkey now has 15 sites listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, after Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens joined the list on July 5 and the ancient site of Ephesus joined on July 6.

UNESCO added the walls and the Hevsel Gardens in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır to its World Heritage List during a July 4 session in Bonn.