All Diyarbakır Everyone Knows Nobody Knows

"If I say, 'The center of the world is in Diyarbakir, a city of Western Asia, the Middle East, Mesopotamia, Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, Kurdistan, Southeastern Anatolia, Tigris, State of Emergency..., in Baglar, a city of slums, between the train station and Göçmenler Street. At the intersection point is the Devil's Market... If you don't believe it, measure it and see!'" Mehmet Atlı describes the faces of Diyarbakir, whose star faded by transforming from a cosmopolitan traditional city into a Republican countryside, and whose star shines again by becoming a metropolis and acquiring new identities in the recent period. With his architect's eye, his literary taste, his love for his fellow citizens...

Looking at the walls; It serves the function of walls to establish and shape cities. Looking at the Gazi Mansion; He sees the official history and the ancient history it covers. It looks at the relationship between the Tigris and the townspeople. It looks at the "meaning" of parks, public buildings, common areas, neighborhood and street names. He looks at the "meaning" of cemevi in Diyarbakir. To the nationalist propaganda that says Diyarbakir is a "Turkish city", Mehmet Atli answers, "Yes, it is also a Turkish city": "A Roman, Latin-Greek, Armenian, Assyrian, Arab, Kurdish "This is so because it is a city of immigrants, Pigeons, Sur and Gypsies, but also Turks and Turkish." The author emphasizes that in order to write a city history, not only nationalisms but also folkloric imagination need to be overcome. A modern sehrengiz for Diyarbakir…
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 247

Year of Printing: 2014


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 247

First Print Year: 2014

Language Turkish