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Children’s rights event held
20 November 2025Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality organised an activity for children to mark 20 November, World Children’s Rights Day. An event was held in the nurseries and playrooms operating under the Children's Branch Directorate of the Department of Social Services to mark 20 November, World Chil...
Co-Mayors meet university students: ‘We will build democratic life...
19 November 2025Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayors Serra Bucak and Doğan Hatun met with university students at a youth gathering, where they answered questions on local government, transport, ecology, language initiatives and democratic participation. The Department of Press, Publications and...
Jîn performed for women
19 November 2025Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality City Theatre staged the play “Jîn” as part of events marking 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Activities organised by the Department of Women and Family Services for 25 November are continuing. Within th...
Gender equality project launched
19 November 2025Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality and the Youth Organisations Forum (GoFor) have launched the project “Youth for Equality: Building Civil Spaces Based on Gender Equality”. The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the Government of Norway...
Co-Mayor Hatun attends declaration on Kurdish-language demands
18 November 2025Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayor Doğan Hatun took part in a public statement on the Kurdish language, issued by 750 institutions including civil society organisations and political parties. Under the leadership of the Social Initiative for the Kurdish Language, 750 institutio...
Women’s experiences of resisting violence discussed
18 November 2025In awareness sessions held at Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality’s women’s life centres, different forms of violence and women’s experiences of resisting violence were discussed. The Department of Women and Family Services aims, through activities organised as part of the 25 November In...
Co-Mayors meet residents: ‘We thank our people – we...
17 November 2025At a Public Meeting where they listened to residents’ demands and suggestions, Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayors Serra Bucak and Doğan Hatun thanked the public for their strong participation and underlined that the city would continue to be governed and rebuilt together with i...
DBB Council adopts Position Paper on Combating Gender-Based Violence...
17 November 2025Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipal Council has unanimously adopted a Position Paper on Combating Gender-Based Violence, designed to identify risks that may give rise to gender-based violence within the municipality or in its fields of activity, and to eliminate such violence by taking preve...
Co-Mayor Bucak: ‘We want to establish mechanisms in which...
17 November 2025Speaking at a Women’s Meeting organised by Sur Municipality, Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayor Serra Bucak said: “We want to establish a mechanism in which women have a say, are equally represented and are more visible.” Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayor Serra Buca...
Public transport route to Zerzevan Castle
16 November 2025Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality is introducing a new bus service to the historic Zerzevan Castle. The Department of Transport continues to revise public transport routes in order to meet residents’ mobility needs and to support the tourism potential of the region. In this context, Ze...
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