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SYED ALBAKRISYED ALBAKRI
My family and I, total of 16 persons including 1 infant, 3 children traveled to Istanbul, Turkey in early February 2013. The ground arrangements were coordinated by Pomegranate Tour, which included travel to Cappodocia and Kartepe, stay in Old Town Istanbul and New Town Istanbul.We found the tours a...
SYED ALBAKRI
 
Diyarbakır is one of the largest  cities in southeastern  Turkey. Situated on the banks of the River  Tigris, it is the administrative capital of the Diyarbakır Province and with a population of about 843,460 it is the second largest city in Turkey's  South - east Anatolia region, after Gaziantep.
The name of the city is inscribed as Amid on the sheath of a sword from the  Assyrians period, and the same name was used in other contemporary Syriac and Arabic works.
Diyarbakır is surrounded by an almost intact, dramatic set of high walls of black basalt forming a 5.5 km (3.4 mi) circle around the old city. There are four gates into the old city and 82 watch-towers on the walls, which were built in antiquity, restored and extended by the Roman emperor Constantius in 349. In addition, the walls of Diyarbakir in the world after the Great Wall of China is the second largest city walls.
Diyarbakır boasts numerous medieval mosques andmadrassahs including:
*  Great Mosque of Diyarbakır  built by the Seljuk Turks Sultan Melik Sah in the 11th century. The mosque, one of the oldest in Turkey, is constructed in alternating bands of black basalt and white limestone (The same patterning is used in the 16th century Deliler Han Madrassah, which is now a hotel). The adjoining Mesudiye Medresesi was built at the same time as was another prayer-school in the city, Zinciriye Medresesi.
* BeharampaÅŸa Camii – an Ottoman  mosque built in 1572 by the governor of Diyarbakır, Behram Pasha noted for the well-constructed arches at the entrance.
*  Dört Ayaklı Minare (the four-footed minaret) –