Lipanani Dikranagerdi Hayrenaktsagan Mioutioun

10/06/2026

10/06/2026

Veiled Rice (Duvaklı Rice) Diyarbakır Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups of rice
3 cups of water
Liquid oil, butter and salt (I also added boiled chickpeas, not in the original recipe.)
Minced beef up to 300-400 grams
About 2-3 tablespoons of liquid oil.
1 head onion
a few sprigs of thinly ground parsley
1 handful of shells of almonds peeled
Salt, black pepper, new spring.

Preparation:

Wash the rice stored in hot salt water with plenty of water and filter the water.

Put about two tablespoons of butter in a rice cooker with some liquid oil and fry it well.

After that, add hot water, when you start boiling over a high heat, drain the water over the lowest heat and cook until it is smooth and cover it with a clean cloth and leave to boil.

Fry the minced meat in oil and when it turns color, add the onions, then the almonds and continue roasting.

When you drain the minced meat juice, add the last of the salt, spices and ground parsley and cover the bottom.

Serve the minced meat mixture first, then put the rice upside down. I used a tart mold, you can also use a flat pan.

10/06/2026

Տիգրանակերտի ասացուածք

10/06/2026

Saint George Church, Inner Fortress, Diyarbakir.

It is located at the northeast end of the Inner Fortress on a steep cliff overlooking the Tigris Valley, and is an extension of the fortifying city walls.

The exact origin and original function of the building is unclear. Various scholars have put forward different theories about its history.

Joseph Strzygowski claims that this was an Assyrian church built in the 4th century, repaired by Anastasius in 518 and converted into a mosque in the 14th or 15th century.

Orhan Cezmi Tuncer argues that during the Artukid period, the church was converted into a bath of the palace located on Amida mound, not a mosque, and that the western part of the building was added for this purpose at that time.

Gertrude Bell believed that the walls were a mixture of reused materials from different periods, but that the dome was of Muslim construction.

It is estimated to have been built in the 2nd century A.D. by the Romans as a fire temple and later converted into a church. It is built of cut black basalt stone and is also called as the "Black Priest Church". The church consists of an entrane, a central section covered by an elliptical dome and a vaulted apse to the east. In the church was kept with great reverence the arm of St. Peter in a case of silver.

Today, after restoration in 2005, it is used as an art gallery.

10/06/2026

Sukias Torosyan

ԹՈՒԽՆ ՙՀայերենում նշանակում է սերմ, ձու, իսկ Tuxn, Tukhē, «Բախտ», հին հուն. [ty.khe:], նոր հուն. ՙՏայխի [ti.çi]; հռոմեական համարժեք ՝ Ֆորտունա) նախագահող խնամակալ աստված էր, որը ղեկավարում էր բախտը և բարգավաճումը քաղաքի, նրա ճակատագիրը: Հույն պատմաբան Պոլիբիոսը կարծում էր, որ երբ ջրհեղեղի, երաշտի, ցրտահարության կամ նույնիսկ ՔԱՂԱՔԱԿԱՆՈՒԹՅԱՆ մեջ ոչ մի պատճառ չի կարող հայտնաբերվել, ապա այդ իրադարձությունների պատճառը կարող է արդարացիորեն վերագրվել ԹՈՒԽԻՆ։ Կույսի համաստեղությունը երբեմն նույնացվում է որպես ԹՈՒԽԻ /Տայխեի/ երկնային կերպար:Հ.Գ. Տիգրան Մեծի դրամների վրա պատկերված է Tyche of Antioch, աստվածուհին......որի հին ձևը Թուխն է:

09/06/2026

Dikranagerdzi Armenians

Mike Connors-Mannix DeMattei

This is my grandfather, Murachanian and his parents born in Dikranagerd and later established in the United States.

09/06/2026

Diyarbakir
Pasha Lavashi

Ingredients:

5-6 cups of flour
1 cup of oil
1 cup of milk
2 soupspoons of yeast
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of corn cockle seed
1 teaspoon of sea fennel seeds
1 teaspoon of ginger
1 teaspoon of mahleb (an aromatic cherry spice)
Salt
An egg to spread on top

Preparation:

Dissolve the yeast in lukewarm milk and mix in the sugar, then allow the yeast to ferment. Add the other ingredients, knead with water, and put aside for a few hours to allow it to ferment and rise.

Use the rolling pin to make square pieces of the dough, each with a thickness of 1 centimeter. Brush the raw egg onto the top, puncture with a fork, then bake.

https://www.houshamadyan.org/mapottomanempire/vilayetdiyarbekir/cityofdiyarbekir/local -characteristics/cuisine.html

09/06/2026

https://www.yerkir.eu/actualites/diyarbakirs-armenian-community-rises-from-the-ashes-of-genocide/?fbclid=IwdGRzaASVRLljbGNrBJVCQWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHsaHOheVRbt29oLwfw618FImTM-LTdfoB7khuhf3oLHcmyxjiINPaWq3WZL5_aem_YNcbL3dDMLN_2e98eqdJAg

The “new” Armenian community in Diyarbakir is composed of Armenians from Islamized families who have been able to reconnect with their ancestral culture thanks to the restoration and reconsecration of the Surp Giragos Church in 2011.

08/06/2026

Dikranagerdzi Armenians

Տիգրանակերտի հայուհի, 1904