Located in the Sur district of Diyarbakır, the structure consists of two parts; the inner castle and the outer castle. The castle, which is considered to be the second largest long and wide defence wall in the world after the Great Wall of China, is estimated to be approximately 9 thousand years old. The castle, which has 82 towers, has a length of 5.5 km, a height of 10-12 meters and a wall thickness ranging from 4 to 5 meters and was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015.
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