Çınar

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.
 

A local middle school principal has been suspended after he allegedly shared a post on his Facebook account humiliating and cursing seculars, while vowing that an Islamic caliphate would return to Turkey by 2024, as part of a probe launched against him in the central Anatolian province of Nevşehir.

A hippodrome in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır has been providing jobs for women in the male-dominated horse racing sector, as well as making a positive contribution to the development of the region. 

The biggest in Turkey, the Diyarbakır Hippodrome attracts women who want to work in the horse-racing sector.