Diyarbakır Fortress

Diyarbakır Province · Turkey

Diyarbakır Fortress, Turkey
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
April to June
Budget
$
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Immense black basalt city walls encircling the old town, among the longest surviving defensive walls in the world. Watchtowers and gates overlook the Tigris river valley.

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