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Buyukkadi Destination Guide

Delve into Buyukkadi in Turkey

Buyukkadi in the region of Diyarbakır is located in Turkey - some 421 mi or ( 677 km ) East of Ankara , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Buyukkadi

Local time in Buyukkadi is now 07:19 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Mosul, Aleppo, Ad Darbasiyah, Yolalti, and Orman. While being here, you might want to check out Mosul . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Buyukkadi ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Trapped in the Turkey-Kurdish divide - 28 Feb 08

2:48 min by AlJazeeraEnglish
Views: 51566 Rating: 3.69

The Turkish incursion into Iraq has been dividing opinion among Kurds living in Turkey. Despite those differences, however, there's a common feeling among many Kurds, that their needs are being ignore ..

Newroz Amed (Diyarbakir) 2011

16:28 min by dkfksenden
Views: 6177 Rating: 5.00

Das Newroz-Fest in der kurdischen Millionen-Metropole Amed (Tr.-Kurdistan), am 20. März 2011, zählte über 1,2 Millionen Besucher_innen. Diese Video-Dokumentation zeigt kommentarlos Impressionen von di ..


Çekirdekçi musto telefon şakası .wmv

11:34 min by Edip yılmaz
Views: 3621 Rating: 5.00

Çekirdekçi musto'ya telefon şakası Kesinlikle izle ..

Surp Giragos Church of Diyarbekir on 23 Oct 2011

5:04 min by sonerduymaz51
Views: 2792 Rating: 5.00

Surp Giragos Church of Diyarbekir on 23 Oct 2011 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Amida (Mesopotamia)

Amida was an ancient city located where modern Diyarbakır, Turkey now stands. The Roman writers Ammianus Marcellinus and Procopius consider it a city of Mesopotamia, but it may be more properly viewed as belonging to Armenia Major. The city was located on the right bank of the Tigris. The walls are lofty and substantial, and constructed of the ruins of ancient edifices. As the place is well adapted for a commercial city, it is probable that Amida was a town of considerable antiquity.

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Located at 37.98 40.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Roman towns and cities in Turkey, Western Armenia

2008 Diyarbakır bombing

On January 3, 2008, at an estimated local time of 16:50, a car bomb exploded in the city of Diyarbakir in south-eastern Turkey.

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Located at 37.91 40.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: 2008 in Turkey, Car and truck bombings in Turkey, History of Diyarbakır, Mass murder in 2008, Mass murder in Turkey, Terrorism in Turkey, Terrorist incidents in 2008

Massacres of Diyarbakır (1895)

Massacres of Diyarbakir were massacres took place in the Diyarbekir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire between the years of 1894-1896. The events were part of the Hamidian massacres which targeted the region's Christian population: Armenians and Assyrians.

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Located at 37.91 40.24 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: 1890s conflicts, 1895 in the Ottoman Empire, History of Armenia, History of Diyarbakır, History of the Assyrians, Massacres in the Ottoman Empire

Diyarbakır

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-eastern Anatolia region, after Gaziantep.

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Located at 37.91 40.24 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Assyrian settlements, Cities in Turkey, Diyarbakir, Kurdish inhabited regions, Populated places in Diyarbakır Province, Tur Abdin

Siege of Amida

The Siege of Amida took place when the Sassanids, under Shah Shapur II besieged the Roman city of Amida in 359. In this battle Ammianus Marcellinus, a historian of Greek origin from Antioch, was a Roman army officer; he described the siege in his work (Res Gestae).

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Located at 37.92 40.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: 359, 4th-century conflicts, Battles of the Roman–Persian Wars, Sieges involving the Roman Empire, Sieges involving the Sassanid Empire