Diyarbakır City Forest Named after Tahir Elçi

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Diyarbakır City Forest has been named after the deceased Diyarbakır Bar President Tahir Elçi.

Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality has unanimously approved to change the name of the City Forest located on the border of Kayapınar district.

The name of the Terminal Square has also been changed as “June 5 Resistance Square”. On June 5, 2015; two days before general elections, an explosion had occurred on the same square during the Diyarbakır rally of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), five persons had lost their lives and over 400 others injured.

The parliament will submit the decisions to the Governorship in seven days. (ÇT/DG)