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Five people are killed and 23 others are injured in a bus crash in Diyarbakır, Turkey.
2023-01-7

A car bomb kills at least eight people and injures up to 100 in Diyarbakır, Turkey.
2016-11-4

A suspected PKK car bomb kills at least 17 people, and injures 27 others in Turkey's southeast Hakkâri Province.
2016-10-9

Suspected Kurdish militants fire rockets at Diyarbakır Airport in Diyarbakır, Turkey.
2016-08-27

At least six Turkish soldiers are killed and four others are wounded in a PKK attack in Turkey's eastern Van Province.
2016-05-24

Eight Turkish soldiers and 21 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants are killed in clashes and in a subsequent helicopter crash near Turkey's border with Iraq.
2016-05-13

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) warns Turkey it is preparing to intensify its fight.
2016-04-25

A car bomb, targeting an armored vehicle transporting police personnel, explodes close to a bus terminal in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır, Turkey, killing at least seven police officers and wounding 27 more people, including 13 officers, according to a joint statement by Turkish officials and the police. The attack comes one day before Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu's scheduled visit to the city. There has been no claim of responsibility. CNN points out both Kurdish rebels and ISIL militants have claimed similar recent incidents.
2016-03-31

Protesters clashed with police outside the headquarters of the People's Democratic Party (HDP) in the Kurds' main city of Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey as it became evident President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the AKP were getting a solid majority and would return to power. The tumult spread to other major cities and towns in the Kurdish heartland. The HDP won 10.7 percent of the vote; the party holds 59 of its 80 seats in the parliament.
2015-11-1

Tens of thousands of Kurds pour into the streets of Diyarbakir, Turkey, for the funeral of Sakine Cansız, the co-founder of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, who was killed in Paris, France, on January 9.
2013-01-17