Diyarbakir Fortress, one of the longest, widest and strongest walls in the world after the Great Wall of China and Istanbul, is also the second largest historical monument visible from space after the Great Wall of China.
Diyarbakir Fortress consists of two parts, an inner and an outer fortress.
The four main gates of Diyarbakir Fortress are the Mountain Gate (Harput Gate) in the north, Urfa (Greek Gate) in the west, the Mardin Gate in the south and the New Gate in the east.
The walls of the Diyarbakir fortress, which is estimated to be about nine thousand years old, were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015.
The parameter of the walls is about 5200 meters. The total length of the castle walls, including the inner tower, is about 5,800 meters. The 645-meter-high castle wall was demolished for various reasons. There are 82 towers in the castle.
Diyarbakir Fortress was built in the form of a wall surrounding the entire city. Along with the castle, the defensive walls are believed to have been built by the local population of the region in the 4th millennium BC. The castle was later restored by the Byzantine emperor Constantine.
Just as every architectural monument has a history, these towers have their own legends. According to legend, the master and his student bet on the construction of the most beautiful building. On the south side of the walls, the master who built the Seven Brothers Fortress and the student who built another fortress next to it asked the crowd, "Am I the winner or you?". However, the master saw the superiority of his student's art and threw himself from the castle. The disciple who could not stand his master's death also threw himself after him. The place where the story of rivalry and friendship between the teacher and the student takes place is known as Ben-u Sen, which means "Me and You".
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