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The province (vilayet) of Diyarbekir at the beginning of the 20th century

Province of Diyarbekir: Photo gallery

We present, in this section, pictures taken in the Diyarbekir vilayet (province), the majority of which are photographs and engravings relating to the Ottoman era. We have presented the province with its relevant various sub-sections with the object of making them more easily accessible. In the future we will present, alongside them, various themed articles prepared by the editorial board about the Diyarbekir province. Thus this method of presentation is of a temporary nature which will last until the articles have been prepared. It should be noted that we have worked on the old photographs in this section with the aim of improving their colour, tone and quality.

Sandjak of Diyarbekir (Diyarbakir, Siverek, Lice, Beşirı)

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Captions and sources
1) Diyarbekir: general view of the town (Source: Ferdinand Brockes, Quer durch Klein-Asien, Gütersloh, 1900)
2) Diyarbekir: the German orphanage (Source: Ferdinand Brockes, Quer durch Klein-Asien, Gütersloh, 1900)
3) Diyarbekir, Dagh Kapu: one of the town gates (Source: Hugo Grothe, Geographische Charakterbilder, Leipzig, 1909)
4) Diyarbekir: general view of the town (Source: Hugo Grothe, Geographische Charakterbilder, Leipzig, 1909)
5) A bridge over the Tigris near the town of Diyarbekir (Source: Hugo Grothe, Geographische Charakterbilder, Leipzig, 1909)
6) Armenian women in Diyarbekir (Source: Hugo Grothe, Geographische Charakterbilder, Leipzig, 1909)

Diyarbekir: panorama of the town (Source: Michel Paboudjian collection)

Diyarbekir: the Armenian Tufenkdji family (Source: Dzovig Torikian collection)

Captions and sources
9) Diyarbekir: an Armenian woman (Source: Edmund Naumann, Vom Goldnen Horn zu d en Quellen des Euphrat, 1893, Leipzig)
10) Hayni (Lidje/Lice kaza) (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch kurdische Berge und armenische Städte, Wien, 1940)
11) Hayni (Lidje/Lice kaza ) (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch kurdische Berge und armenische Städte, Wien, 1940)
12) The walls of the town of Diyarbekir (Source: Lord Warkworth, Notes from a diary in Asiatic Turkey, London, 1898)
13) Diyarbekir: the Voskerichians' silk factory (Source: Dzovig Torigian collection)

A scene from the town of Diyarbekir (Source: H. Hepworth, Through Armenia on Horseback, London, 1898)

Sandjak of Mardin (Mardin, Nusaybin, Cizre, Midyat)

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Captions and sources
1) The town of Mardin (Source: J. S. Buckingham, Travels in Mesopotamia, Vol. I, 1827, London)
2) Djizre (Jazīrat ibn Umar)/Cizre: mosque (Source: Hugo Grothe, Geographische Charakterbilder, Leipzig, 1909)
3) The ruins of a bridge near Djizre (Jazīrat ibn Umar)/Cizre (Source: Hugo Grothe, Geographische Charakterbilder, Leipzig, 1909)
4) The town of Mardin, ca 1915-1917 (Source: Gustav Simonsohn collection, Stadtgeschichtliche Archiv der Zitadelle Spandau, Am Juliusturm)
5) Djizre (Jazīrat ibn Umar)/Cizre: the historic ruins of a bridge (Source: P. Müller-Simonis, Durch Armenien, Kurdistan und Mesopotamien, Mainz, 1897)
6) The town of Mardin seen from above (Source: Lord Warkworth, Notes from a diary in Asiatic Turkey, London, 1898)

Sandjak of Ergani Madeni (Ergani, Çermik, Çüngüş)

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The small town of Arghana Maden / Ergani (Source: Michel Paboudjioan collection)

Captions and sources
2) The small town of Chermug / Çermik (Chermug / Çermik kaza) (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch kurdische Berge und armenische Städte, Wien, 1940)
3) The small town of Chermug / Çermik (Chermug / Çermik kaza): the government centre (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch kurdische Berge und armenische Städte, Wien, 1940)
4) The small town of Chermug / Çermik (Chermug / Çermik kaza): general view. (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch kurdische Berge und armenische Städte, Wien, 1940)
5) The small town of Chermug / Çermik (Chermug / Çermik kaza): general view. (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch kurdische Berge und armenische Städte, Wien, 1940)
6) The small town of Chenkush / Çunguş (Chermug / Çermik kaza): general view. (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch kurdische Berge und armenische Städte, Wien, 1940)

Inside the small town of Chenkush / Çunguş (Chermug / Çermik kaza) (Source: Victor Pietschmann, Durch kurdische Berge und armenische Städte, Wien, 1940)