In order to give meaning to the current landscape of the natural environment that created Diyarbakır, it is necessary to look at the transformation the region has undergone due to the policies and choices that have not prioritized nature, and societal events that have changed the flow of life. The freshest traces of this transformation that also directly threatens the rich fauna and flora of the area are to be found in the last few centuries.

The new exhibition of Diyarbakır’s Memory, Diyarbakır’s nature close up and from a distance, deals with the ecological history, natural environment, rich fauna and flora of the city and its environs.

Contributing authors: Prof. Dr. A. Selçuk Ertekin, Prof. Dr. Sabri Karadoğan, Asst. Prof. Zozan Pehlivan, Prof. Dr. Erhan Ünlü, Zeki Fırat Yıldırım 
Exhibition editor: Pınar Öğünç 
Translation: Berivan Karatorak (Kurdish), Nazım Dikbaş (English) 
Proofreading: Eren Ünal (Turkish & English), Abdulsıttar Özmen (Kurdish) 
Design: Fika

 

Diyarbakır’s Memory was developed as part of the project conducted by Anadolu Kültür in partnership with the Diyarbakır Association for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Assets. In the website, the tangible and intangible cultural values, multicultural character and history of Diyarbakır, which have remained in existence on its original site for six thousand years without interruption, are treated in light of various chosen themes.

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The Diyarbakır’s Memory project is realized with the support of Gerda Henkel Stiftung and Chrest Foundation.