Amed

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Amed is the historical name of the city now known as Diyarbakır, a major cultural and political center in southeastern Turkey, especially significant for Kurdish heritage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amed canonical 1
Amid 1

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical city name
toponym
alternativeName Amida
Diyarbekir
associatedWith Kurdish culture
Kurdish language
Kurdish political movement
cityWalls Diyarbakır city walls
country Turkey
currentCommonNameLanguage Kurdish (Amed)
currentOfficialNameLanguage Turkish (Diyarbakır)
ethnicComposition predominantly Kurdish population in modern era
hasFeature Hevsel Gardens
black basalt fortifications
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site (city walls and Hevsel Gardens)
heritage Kurdish heritage
historicalControlBy Artuqid dynasty
Ayyubid dynasty
Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire
Roman Empire
historicalNameOf Diyarbakır
historicalRegion Mesopotamia
languageForm Kurdish
locatedIn Northern Kurdistan
linked to: Kurdistan

Upper Mesopotamia
southeastern Turkey
locatedOnRiver Tigris River
linked to: Tigris
modernAdministrativeRole provincial capital (Diyarbakır Province)
modernName Diyarbakır
region Southeastern Anatolia Region
religiousHistory important Islamic center
important early Christian center
significance major cultural center for Kurds
major political center for Kurds
symbolOf Kurdish identity
Kurdish resistance
timePeriodOfNameUse antiquity to modern era
usedBy Kurdish people
linked to: Kurds
usedIn Kurdish literature
Kurdish music
Kurdish political discourse

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diyarbakır ancientName Amed
Amida hasNameInSyriac Amid
linked to: Amed