This is Silvan.

Silvan County is bordered on the west by Diyarbakir Central County and Hazro; on the north by Lice and Kulp Counties; on the east by Batman County, and on the south by Bismil County. It's 82 kilometers from Diyarbakir.

Silvan, which is said to have been founded in the time of the Assyrians, has a common history with Diyarbakir. Known as Tigranokerta, founded by Tigran the Great, Silvan is the largest and most important city of the Hellenistic Era.

It's M. In 410 A.D. by Mar Marutha, ruler of Iran II. The Byzantines named the city Matryropolis (City of Martyrs) because among the Christian soldiers massacred by Shapur, the bones of 40 Christian martyrs, known as the 'Forty', were buried in the arches of the fortress that Shapur had built with a great ceremony.

Atatürk promoted Mirliva (General) to the 16th Corps Headquarters in Silvan on April 14, 1916. He was promoted to Mirliva (General) at the Corps Headquarters on 14 April 1916. On August 7, Mus, and on August 8, Bitlis, were recaptured from the Russians by the attack orders he gave during his tenure here. The letters that Atatürk sent to Sadık Üstün during his stay in Silvan are still preserved by this family.

Silvan has important historical artifacts that are equivalent to its history. It is the only castle-city in the world with a height of more than 25 meters with its walled castle and towers; the legendary Zembilfroş Castle, the subject of legendary love, the Malabadi Bridge, the Bone Bridge, the world's widest stone arched bridge, the Bone Bridge (which remained under the dam); the Selahattin-i Eyyubi Mosque (Great Mosque), the Karabehlül Mosque, the Kejil Church (Municipal Mosque), the Eyyubi Mosque (Kamii Minare), the Boşat Kalidor, the Helda Castle, the remains of the Northern Castle, the Roman Eseri Castle; the Atat Atat Evi, the center of the Ottoman Empire, with its fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains, fountains.

This fortress-city has gained distinctive importance and wealth in all periods of history. In addition, the findings from the Neolithic period at Hallan Çemi Mound, one of the first settlements in Anatolia, located near the Malabadi Bridge, on the borders of Silvan-Kozluk County (on the border of Batman province), also shed light on the historical past of Silvan and the region.