Mortar Shell Kills Woman in Sur

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A mortar shell hit a house in İskenderpaşa neighborhood in Turkey’s southeastern Sur district of Diyarbakır province where curfew is ongoing.

Mother of three, Melek Apaydın (38) killed by the shell hitting the house.

An official statement is yet to be made as to who caused the incident. 

About Sur district

Sur district is one of four districts of Diyarbakır. Sur is named after the walls surrounding the district.  

Co-Mayors: Fatma Şık Barut, Şeyid Narin (DBP – Democratic Regions Party)

Sub-Governor: Dr. Memduh Tura

There are 53 neighborhoods in the district.

It is possible to see a large number of historical artifacts and traces left from huge civilizations in the district.

Historical artifacts in Sur district

Diyarbakır Walls of five kilometers, which is candidate to be World Cultural Heritage, is one of the most significant historical artifacts of the district.

* Old Diyarbakır houses

* Museum houses of Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Ziya Gökalp and Ahmet Arif

* Dicle Bridge

* Archeology Museum

* Kadı Hamamı (Kadi Turkish bath)

Mosques

* Behrampaşa, Fatihpaşa (Kurşunlu), Safa Parlı, Melik Ahmet Pasha, Ali Pasha, Aynalı Minare, Nasuh Pasha, Hz. Ömer, Nebi and Sheikh Mutahhar

* Hz. Süleyman Mosque and 27 companion graves in it

* Anatolian’s first public sanctuary, Diyarbakır Grand Mosque

* Dört Ayaklı Minare (Qaudruped Minaret)

Churches

* Virgin Mary Church, İçkale (Inner Fortress) and St. George Church, Mar Petvun Keldani Church, Armenian Protestant Church, Surp Giragos Church

Mansions

* Gazi Mansion, Erdebil Mansion

Inns

* Deliler (Lunatics or Caravanserai) and Hasanpaşa Inns (EKN/TK)