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Parev,
I think that the information Sevan provided is not the whole story. Diarbekir and Diyarbekir are the same place; they are diffrerent transliterations into English of the Turkish name for the city.I've seen both forms of the name in current use. You can find a web site for the town sponsored by the Turkish tourism authority. It is a very ancient city, founded by the Arameans (not to be confused with the Armenians) and originally called Amida.Sometimes, you still run across references to the city by that name. Much later (19th Century for sure, maybe earlier) the Armenians who lived in the city begand to call it Dikranagerd or Tigranocerta, "the City of Dikran." However, there was a DIFFERENT Dikranagerd or Tigranocerta founded in the late B.C.s (about the time of Julius Caesar) by an important King of Armenia named (no surprise) Dikran (Tigranes, to the Greeks) ... that city probably was near Diarbekir and often the two cities are confused.Exactly how Amida/Diyarbekir got to be called Dikranagerd, I've never heard. My family came from Diyarbekir/Dikranagerd and refered to themselves as Dikranagerdtsi which might be translated into English as "people from Dikranagerd." Hope this helps. Ned
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