Diyarbakir Travel

In my previous post on beautiful photos of Diyarbakir, I introduced my readers to a photographer whom I didn’t identify at the time of posting that article because he was just setting up his website on photography. Now I will reveal his name. His name is Serhat Oncu. However, he’s just starting his website so [...]

One of my friends, Serhat, is a photographer and gave me some wonderful photos of Diyarbakir. He had once traveled to Diyarbakir and taken a lot of photos while in the city. His photographs of Diyarbakir show the city in a different light – an artistic vision in black and white photography. He has just [...]

This year, in September, there will be something else for tourists to see in Diyarbakir, but this place will  represent a rather tragic aspect of Diyarbakir’s history. The Diyarbakir Prison is being turned into a human rights museum.  The following story which comes from Today’s Zaman.com.  I do not need to say more. Diyarbakır prison [...]

I liked this article I read on a new book fair in Diyarbakir which is taking place for the first time in this city. This comes from the Palestine Note website. Hopefully, this will become an annual event for the citizens of Diyarbakir and tourists alike. “A book fair in Diyarbakir, the largest city in [...]

Instead of writing an article about Diyarbakir hotels and travel, I thought I would post this video from YouTube and Yahoo videos for my Turkish readers.  I don’t think Yahoo video is banned in Turkey, but last time I checked, YouTube was banned in Turkey. So there are two videos on this page to enable [...]

I haven’t written as a while because I have been very busy with other writing projects. I’ve also found that this blog on Diyarbakir Travel has attracted a great deal of spam. I should just let you know, folks, I moderate the comments and won’t approve any spam. They are deleted instantly and moved to [...]

There are a number of mosques and places of worship to visit when you travel to Diyarbakir, especially if you are interested in religion or historical architecture and history.  One of the most famous mosques, if is the Ulu Camii, the Great Mosque of Diyarbakir.  It is one of the oldest mosques in Turkey. However, [...]