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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southeast Turkey on the Tigris River. It was a Roman colony called Amida from AD 230 to 363 and was finally captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1516.

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Examples

  • Efforts are underway to help the children in Diyarbakir in the predominantly Kurdish southeast region of Turkey.

    Former Child Prisoners Seek Help in Turkey 2010

  • He was released earlier this year and came to the Human Rights Foundation's treatment center in Diyarbakir after his father persuaded him to seek help.

    Former Child Prisoners Seek Help in Turkey 2010

  • For 18-year-old Hebon Akkaya, this treatment center in Diyarbakir has almost become a second home.

    Former Child Prisoners Seek Help in Turkey 2010

  • Well, it is a Turkish Airlines flight that crashed on the way from Ankara to Diyarbakir, which is in the southeast.

    CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2003 2003

  • The Turkish government is particularly concerned about Diyarbakir, which is the largest city in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast.

    StrategyPage.com 2009

  • At one crumpled four-storey building in Ercis a team of firemen from the largest south-eastern city of Diyarbakir were trying to reach four children believed trapped deep in an apartment block as concerned bystanders looked on.

    Turkey earthquake death toll rising 2011

  • A statement by the general staff of Turkey's armed forces said 13 soldiers were killed and another seven wounded in a midafternoon ambush by the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party, or PKK, in southeastern Turkey near Diyarbakir.

    Bloody Ambush in Turkey Kills 13 Marc Champion 2011

  • Amir Aktar, a pro-Turkish head of the Bar Association in Diyarbakir, the largest Kurdish city in the southeast, said it was, "time to break the cycle of violence on both sides and engage in dialogue."

    Alon Ben-Meir: The Kurdish Conflict: The Real Challenge to Turkey's Democracy Alon Ben-Meir 2011

  • A statement by the general staff of Turkey's armed forces Thursday had said 13 soldiers were killed and another seven wounded in a midafternoon ambush in southeastern Turkey near Diyarbakir.

    Turkey Prime Minister Vows Retaliation to Terrorists Marc Champion 2011

  • The main KCK trial is taking place Diyarbakir the largest Kurdish city in Turkey's southeast, with over 150 defendants, most of them detained.

    Turkey Seeks Curb On Spy Testimony Ayla Albayrak 2012

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