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Nine people killed in Kurdistan by an avalanche
Diyarbakir,
Kurdistan-Turkey: At least nine people were killed
today when an avalanche crashed down a mountain onto
a road, burying a passenger bus, the Anatolia news
agency reported. Seventeen other passengers were
injured, the report said.
The avalanche happened on a road linking the city of
Diyarbakir, in North-Kurdistan (Eastern Turkey) , to
the snow-covered city of Bitlis, some 120 miles to
the north-west, the agency said.
The passenger bus was traveling from Bitlis to Siirt.
It was swapped of the road and fell of a height of
20 meters, crashing on a streambed.
Six more people transferred to hospital in
Kurdistan-Turkey with suspected bird flu
Agri, Six more
were transferred to Igdir hospital with suspected
bird flu Six members of the Ozcan family living in
the Dogubayazit district of the Kurdish province of
Agri near the border. They were transferred on
Friday to Igdir State Hospital with suspected bird
flu reported Cihan News Agency
Six members of the Ozcan family, related to Fatma
Ozcan who died of bird flu last Sunday, applied to
hospital complaining of sickness. Father Mehmet
Özcan said that they had paid a condolence visit to
Fatma's family. He went on to say that two days ago
he and his children ate chicken, which his wife had
killed and put into the deep freezer a month ago.
Mother Fatma and children Hazal, Serhat, Semra,
Cemile and 10-month-old Ilknur were transferred to
Igdir hospital after preliminary tests at
Dogubeyazit State Hospital.
The number of people who sent from Agri province to
neighboring city hospitals suspected of bird flu has
now risen to 20.
New modern art facility in Kurdish city Amed
The Kurdish province of Diyarbakır is readying to
embrace contemporary art with a museum housed in the
old provincial Education Directorate buildings,
which will be restored and converted into a modern
arts facility by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture
and Arts (İKSV) reported Turkish daily news.
Provincial Culture and Tourism Director Songül Göksu
told the Anatolia news agency that the two
historical buildings exemplifying the architecture
of Amed could now be utilized for other purposes as
the directorate had moved to another location.
Noting that the foundation had utilized one of these
historical buildings as a branch of the Istanbul
Modern Art Museum, Göksu said: "One of these
buildings, which has a view of the Tigris River
valley, will be transformed into a museum.
Foundation representatives Bülent and Oya Eczacıbaşı
visited the buildings last year and liked what they
saw. They also said it is quite meaningful for
Istanbul Modern to have a Bosporus view and the
Diyarbakır Modern Art Museum to overlook the
Tigris."
He said the project plans had been finalized and
that the foundation would soon initiate the
restoration process.
"We know the foundation restores buildings by
remaining faithful to their original design, and it
is important for Diyarbakir to have such an arts
building in terms of the development of arts and
culture in the province. Many valuable works of art
exhibited at the museum in Istanbul could also be
displayed here. I believe the museum will contribute
to the cultural and art life of Diyarbakır," he
said.
He also noted that the museum would also serve as a
culture center.
Amed also spelled as Diyarbakir, historically Amida,
is known as the capital of Kurdistan, on the right
bank of the Tigris River. The city is, an ancient
town predating Roman colonization in the 3rd century
AD.
The city is known for it's triple walls, an
outstanding example of Middle Eastern medieval
military art, which were greatly expanded and
restored during the Arab and Turkish occupation.
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