Curfew Declared in 5 Additional Neighbourhoods, 1 Street in Sur

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Curfew has been declared in five neighbourhoods and one street of Sur district of Diyarbakır province in addition to the six neighbourhoods of the district which have already been under curfew.

Diyarbakır sub-Governorship has announced that curfew has been declared as of January 27, 2016; 11.30 a.m. in Abdaldede, Alipaşa, Lalebey, Süleyman Nazif and Ziya Gökalp neighbourhoods as well as Melikahmet Street of Suriçi until further notice.

The curfew declared in Cevatpaşa, Fatihpaşa, Dabanoğlu, Hasırlı, Cemal Yılmaz and Savaş neighbourhoods and Gazi street of Suriçi on December 2, 2015 had temporarily been lifted on December 11 for 17 hours which was later lifted permanently in Gazi street on December 30, whereas maintained in the remaining six neighbourhoods.  

Taking the last curfew declaration into account, 11 out of 15 neighbourhoods of Suriçi in total are under curfew currently.  

Five more neighbourhoods and one more street

Following statement has been announced by sub-Governorship of Sur:

“Our district Sur has been experiencing difficulties in providing educational, health care and religious services as well as our citizens in having access to these services due to practices of the armed terrorist organization such as constructing barricades, digging ditches and setting up bomb traps in the neighbourhoods of our district. It has been observed that it has become difficult for our citizens to lead their daily lives under normal circumstances and the economy crippled as a result of this.

“In this sense, curfew has been declared by our sub-Governorship in Abdaldede, Alipaşa, Lalebey, Süleyman Nazif and Ziya Gökalp neighbourhoods as well as Melikahmet Street as of January 27, 2016, 11.30 a.m. until further notice to provide security of life and property of our citizens while carrying out works on closing the ditches and disposing bomb set-ups. We would like to respectfully announce to the public that is of great importance that our citizens abide by the prohibitions for the sake of providing security of their own lives and properties”. (BK/DG)

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 (AS/DG)