{"id":3930,"date":"2024-12-13T13:10:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T13:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/italian-village-in-diyarbakir-the-story-of-the-ghost-village-abandoned-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T06:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:28:16","slug":"italian-village-in-diyarbakir-the-story-of-the-ghost-village-abandoned-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/italian-village-in-diyarbakir-the-story-of-the-ghost-village-abandoned-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Village in Diyarbak\u0131r: The Story of the Ghost Village Abandoned Years Ago!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>In 1976, the construction of the Karakaya Dam started in \u00c7\u00fcng\u00fc\u015f district of Diyarbak\u0131r. A modern village was built for foreign engineers and workers who will work in the dam construction. This village was specifically designed to accommodate Italian and Polish engineers with their families. The settlement, known as the \u201cItalian Village\u201d, was used as an active living space for 11 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Diyarbakirda-Italyan-Koyu1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15514\" style=\"width:820px;height:auto\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Settlement Above the Standards of the Region<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Village of 350 households,<\/strong> It had a structure that exceeded the regional standards of the period. inside <strong>three helipads<\/strong>, <strong>cinema halls, concert venues, schools, hospitals and various social facilities <\/strong>was located. Italian engineers and workers were socializing and resting here outside of work. However, when the dam construction was completed in 1987, the Italians left the village.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15515\" style=\"width:820px;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Diyarbakirda-Italyan-Koyu2.jpeg\" data-lazy- title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Diyarbakirda-Italyan-Koyu2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15515\" style=\"width:820px;height:auto\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>They took their jackets and left<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Italians<\/strong>When they left the village, they left their house and all its belongings as they were and handed over the village to the municipality. A municipal official said that the first television set in their home was given to them as a gift from an Italian family who emigrated from there in the 80s. However, due to indifference and lack of ownership, this modern village was plundered over time and took on a ghostly appearance. Today, the village, which was once a lively settlement, attracts attention with its abandoned state.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15516\" style=\"width:820px;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Diyarbakirda-Italyan-Koyu3.jpeg\" data-lazy- title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Diyarbakirda-Italyan-Koyu3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15516\" style=\"width:820px;height:auto\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Memories from Karakaya Village Residents<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Sharing his memories about the village, Ramazan Arslancan states that he was only 12 years old during the construction of the dam. \u201cIt was known as Yapsan Italian Houses. Approximately 8 thousand people were working, nearly 3 thousand of them were Italian. There were Germans too. Italians were very friendly and everyone got along well with them. \u201cTheir lifestyle was different from ours, but they were very friendly,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15517\" style=\"width:820px;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Diyarbakirda-Italyan-Koyu4.jpeg\" data-lazy- title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Diyarbakirda-Italyan-Koyu4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15517\" style=\"width:820px;height:auto\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Villas with Gardens and Houses with Pools<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Photographer Cengiz Kudat says that he noticed this village while exploring the region and was impressed by its architecture. <strong>\u201cEvery house had a garden, some also had a pool. The village is designed like a completely modern living space. But it has deteriorated over the years.&#8221; <\/strong>he explains.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15518\" style=\"width:820px;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Diyarbakirda-Italyan-Koyu5.jpeg\" data-lazy- title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Diyarbakirda-Italyan-Koyu5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15518\" style=\"width:820px;height:auto\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>An Abandoned Legacy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Located on the mountain slope of \u00c7\u00fcng\u00fc\u015f district, this <strong>italian village<\/strong>is buried in silence today. The village, which was once a lively settlement, is now remembered only with memories. Abandoned structures continue to bear the traces and forgotten story of an era.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time, the &#8220;Italian Village&#8221;, where people from different cultures came together, worked shoulder to shoulder and formed friendships, is now a <strong>\u201cghost village\u201d <\/strong>It is referred to as. Despite all the years that have passed, the story of this interesting village still lives on in memories.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15520\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Diyarbakirda-Italyan-Koyu-1024x683.jpeg\" data-lazy- title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Diyarbakirda-Italyan-Koyu-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15520\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><strong>To join our WhatsApp group <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/GcUb561wzz44AcjKoMQHY6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h5>Share<\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1976, the construction of the Karakaya Dam started in \u00c7\u00fcng\u00fc\u015f district of Diyarbak\u0131r. A modern village was built for foreign engineers and workers who will work in the dam construction. This village was specifically designed to accommodate Italian and Polish engineers with their families. The settlement, known as the \u201cItalian Village\u201d, was used as &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[4391,3719,3687,4390,1330,2141,1520],"class_list":["post-3930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-what","tag-abandoned","tag-diyarbakir","tag-ghost","tag-italian","tag-story","tag-village","tag-years"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}