The sign with Armenian and Assyrian inscription, and which was placed by Kurdish former Mayor Abdullah Demirbaş of Sur district of Turkey’s primarily Kurdish-populated Diyarbakır city, has been removed from the Sur municipality building.

At the order of Sur law administrator Bilal Özkan, who was appointed in place of Demirbaş who had been arrested, the sign reading “Sur Municipality,” which was written also in Armenian and Assyrian at the entrance of the municipality building, was taken down, according to Demokrathaber website of Turkey.

And the Turkish national flag was hung at the place were this sign was placed.

At the initiative of then Mayor Abdullah Demirbaş of Sur, “Sur Municipality” was written in Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian, and Assyrian on the sign placed at the entrance of the municipality building. Demirbaş has also published several Armenian tales in Armenian and in Turkish. In addition, and at his initiative, the Diyarbakır travel guide was published in Armenian. Furthermore, “Welcome” was written in Armenian on the signs that were placed on the roads entering Diyarbakır. In September 2013, and again at Demirbaş’s initiative, a memorial devoted to the Armenians, Kurds, Assyrians, Jews, and Yezidis, who were massacred in Turkey, was placed in Diyarbakır. Abdullah Demirbaş has also assisted in the restoration and ensuing maintenance of St. Giragos (Surp Giragos) Armenian Church in Sur district.