A scientific meeting on the topic of the “Social and Economic History of Diyarbakir and the Region” will be held from November 11-13 at Sumerpark Reception Hall, Yenisehir, Diyarbakir

The conference is being jointly sponsored by International Hrant Dink Foundation, the Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality Directorate for Cultural Affairs, the Diyarbakir Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Diyarbakir Institute for Political and Social Research.

Esteemed academics such as David Gaunt, Herve Georgelin, Raymond Kevorkian, Hans Lukas Kieser, Janet Klein, Barbara J. Merguerian, Vahe Tachjian and Jelle Verheij, along with academics from Turkey will present papers at the meeting, organised to understand and analyze the social and economic transformations in the Diyarbakir province between 1838 and1938 and to enlighten the social and economic history of the area.

 The event will be broadcasted live on www.hrantdink.org.