Diarbekr
Americannoun
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Under the leadership of Sheik Said, the Kurds attacked Diarbekr in southern Turkish Kurdistan, entered the town, were driven out by the Turks.
From Time Magazine Archive
On April 19, 1916, progress was reported to the south of Bitlis toward Sert, although the Turks fought hard to hold up this advance toward Diarbekr.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
We never travel more than eight hours, and shall not do the regular stages to Diarbekr.
From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa
Both had as their objective Diarbekr, an important trading center on the Tigris and a future station on the unfinished part of the Bagdad railroad.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
The Anatolian Railway had preferential rights for what is called the southern or loop line, which I have mentioned as passing through Konia, and rejoining the main or northern line at Diarbekr.
From Persia Revisited by Gordon, Thomas Edward
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