Military

Diyarbekir had a historical military presence and importance throughout history. During the pre-Tanzimat Ottoman period, it was a Paşa Sancak had a designated martial Paşa. It also historically contained a large arsenal in the citadel. In addition, during WWI, it contained German and Austro-Hungarian troops and vehicles.

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2nd Army Commander Mustafa Kemal Paşa

Armenian orphans in the streets of Diyarbakir and Austrian soldiers giving bread

Inspecting the Austro-Hungarian automobile column

Mounted Kurd

Croatian Austro-Hungarian soldiers with automobile stuck in mud on Mardin road

Diyarbekir on the Tigris: Rom. Aqueduct

Diyarbekir 1917

Diyarbekir. Facade view of the Kışla-ı Hümâyûn [Barracks] located on the exterior of the city wall

Diyarbekir. The military hospital located outside the city walls and opposite the Kışla-ı Hümâyûn [Barracks]

Committee of Commissioners of the Hamidiye Cavalry Regiments in Diyarbekir (Diyarbakır)

Hamidiye Cavalry Regiments: The appearance of the retinue of Mustafa Paşa, the chief of the Miran tribe, who had come to Diyarbekir from the desert for his future, in their official clothes in the Kışla-i Hümayun

Banquet given to the military battalion in Diyarbakır on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the accession of Abdülhamid II

Izzet Pasha, the supreme commander of the Caucasus front, as a guest of the Austro-Hung. auto officers in Diarbekir on the Tigris

Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Atatürk) inspecting the Austro-Hungarian automobile division

Aus., Ger. and Tur. officer on raft made of skins

Roum Gate on the West

The Blessing of the Flag of the Milli Hamidiye Squadron

How the Turks reinforced their forces in front of Kut

Delivery of the Flag of the Honored Subject to the Commander of the 41st Regiment of the Hamidiye Cavalry, District Governor Mirülümera İbrahim Pasha

The presentation of the Flag to the head of the Hamidié cavalry regiment of the Tai Tribe in Diyarbekir

The presentation of the Flag to the head of the cavalry regiment Hamidié of the Milli Tribe in Diyarbekir

[Hamidiye in front of the Kışla-ı Hümâyûn]

Chiefs of the Tai Tribe in their native costumes

The picture of the chief of the Milli tribe, İbrahim Paşa, and other members of the tribe

Mustafa Kemal Pasha, 2nd Army Commander in Diyarbakır

Army Headquarters

The Siege of Kut-el-amara, 1915-1916

Diyârbekir. — Banquet offered to the garrisoned regiment in the gardens of the arts and crafts school

General Mehmed Kâmil paşa, military commander of Diyârbekir, who was decorated with the Grand Cordon of the Mecidiyye

[Stamp of the German Military Mission Diarbekir Field Post]

Ibrahim Pasha

Ottoman and German Soldiers in front of Mardin Kapusı during World War I

Army carriages and guns in front of Kurşunlu Mosque

The welcoming ceremony when Mustafa Kemal became the 2nd Army Commander in Diyârbekir

German "left over" auto trucks. Diarbekr, Mesopotamia.

Diarbekr, soldiers under city walls

Diarbekr, soldiers under city walls

Feast in honor of İbrahim and Mustafa Paşa

Consecration of the Hamidie flags at Diyârbekir

İbrahim, Zeki Paşa (commanding general of the fourth Turkish army corps), Sırrı Paşa (Vâlî of Diyârbekir), Mustafa

Back from the flight to the front in the Caucasus

General Harbord reviewing Turkish troops drawn up to receive him outside of the City of Diarbekir, Turkey

Diarbekir

Austro-Hungarian Auto Depot

Inspecting the Austro-Hungarian automobile column

Croatian Austro-Hungarian soldiers with automobile stuck in mud on Mardin road

Mustafa Kemal Pasha (Atatürk) inspecting the Austro-Hungarian automobile division

German "left over" auto trucks. Diarbekr, Mesopotamia.

Other

Mountain Gate

The Roman Gate

Mardin Gate

Dijarbekr, Mardin Gate: Exterior view

[Diyârbekir politicians, religious leaders, and notables]

Halett Beg, Military Commander. Diarbekr

The Dağ Kapı ("Mountain Gate") in Diärbekr

The Mountain Gate of Diyarbakir

Diarbekir

Diarbekir, courtyard of an Armenian house

Ferrying Turkish cavalry across a tributary of the Tigris