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Diyarbakir is located in an area with one of the most suitable climates and natural structure for viticulture. Other than the wild variety of grapes, these are the lands where the grape vine was first cultivated in human history. Viticulture has been a part of life since the earliest periods of human settlement. Among the over seventy varieties of grape, there are table grapes, grapes suitable for drying into raisins, grapes to be made into grape juice and wine grapes.

In this section, Gultekin Ozdemir, academic at the Faculty of Agriculture at Dicle University, introduces the grape varieties that grow in Diyarbakir and their qualities, providing information about the products grapes are used in and the stages of traditional production.

Gastronome and oenologist Levon Bagis tells the story of Bogazkere, one of the most famous wine grapes of the region, that goes back to Herodotus.