A four-language sign is posted on the Sur City Hall building of Turkey’s Diyarbakir Province.  

At the initiative of Mayor Abdullah Demirbas of Sur, “Sur City Hall” is written in Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian, and Assyrian on the sign placed at the entrance of the municipality building.  

During an earlier visit to the Sur City Hall, the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter had noticed that the municipality building’s signs were solely in Turkish and Kurdish, and had asked the mayor why there was no inscription in Armenian in the case when “Welcome” is written in Armenian on the signs that are placed on the roads entering Diyarbakir.

In response, Demirbas had promised to mend the error and add Armenian, too.        

Abdullah Demirbas has published several Armenian tales in Armenian and in Turkish. In addition, and at Demirbas’ initiative, the Diyarbakir travel guide was published in Armenian. Furthermore, “Welcome” is written in Armenian on the signs that are placed on the roads entering Diyarbakir. In September 2013, and again at Demirbas’ initiative, a memorial devoted to the Armenians, Kurds, Assyrians, Jews, and Yezidis, who were massacred in Turkey, was placed in Diyarbakir.