Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum (İçkale)

Diyarbakır Arkeoloji Müzesi

The archaeology museum in the restored Inner Castle (İçkale) of Diyarbakır, part of a museum complex of Ottoman public buildings around the old citadel mound.

Open now Closes 19:00 · last entry 18:30

Ticket €3

Visit ~1–1.5 h

Museum Pass

Build a day-by-day plan with closing-day warnings and ticket totals.

What to see

The chronological exhibition is in a former government house of 1889 and runs through sites of the region such as Körtik Tepe, Çayönü and Ziyaret Tepe. Around it, inside the citadel, are the Amida mound where the city began, a church used as an art gallery, an Atatürk museum and a city museum in other restored buildings.

One to one and a half hours for the museum and the citadel grounds.

Closed on Mondays. The Ministry page notes that the thematic exhibition hall is temporarily closed.

Getting there

In the Inner Castle at the north-east corner of the walled old city (Sur), a walk from Gazi Caddesi.

Transport lines are general directions, not checked against the operator's timetable.

Open in OpenStreetMap See it on the Diyarbakır map

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Where to stay nearby

Sur (old Diyarbakır) has 20 places to stay licensed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Ministry list, counted on ilçemde on 30 Sep 2026).

Hotels and guesthouses in Sur ↗

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Pharmacies on duty tonight in Sur ↗ The list changes every day; on-duty pharmacies stay open when the others are closed.

About this page

Location: OpenStreetMap — Diyarbakır Arkeoloji Müzesi (node/8836322687; Nominatim, 01.10.2026). Ticket, hours and closing days: only from the operator's own pages; anything we could not confirm there is marked “Not verified”. Last checked 30 Sep 2026.