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Pray for the people of Turkey to rediscover their biblical heritage and encounter the living Christ.
Join believers around the world asking God to reach Diyarbakir with the Gospel.
I live in Diyarbakir, a city built of black basalt stone along the banks of the Tigris River — a place as ancient as it is enduring. This region holds deep history; prophets once walked these lands, and nearly 60% of the places mentioned in Scripture lie within the borders of modern-day Turkey. From the ruins of Ephesus to the hills of Antioch, this nation has been a stage for God’s unfolding story.
Yet today, mosques fill our skylines, and the Turks remain one of the largest unreached people groups on earth. Our nation stands as a bridge between Europe and the Middle East, carrying both Western ideas and Islamic tradition — a crossroads of cultures, but still a land waiting to rediscover the Way of Christ.
Here in Diyarbakir, many of my neighbors are Kurds, a people known for resilience and hospitality, but few have ever heard the Gospel in their own language. Still, I believe the same Spirit that moved across Asia Minor in the days of Paul is moving again. This land, once a cradle of faith, will not remain silent forever. I long for the day when it can once more be said: “All who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord.”
5 focused prayers for Diyarbakir, grounded in Scripture.
Lift up the 3 unreached and frontier people groups of Diyarbakir by name.
Walk Diyarbakir street by street on an interactive map, pausing to pray at each stop.
Pray for the people of Turkey to rediscover their biblical heritage and encounter the living Christ.
Pray for boldness and unity among believers as they share the Gospel across cultural and religious divides.
Pray for the Kurdish people in Diyarbakir to hear and receive the Good News in their heart language.
Pray for the Spirit of God to move powerfully in this land, reviving ancient faith and transforming hearts.
Pray for Turkey — that the nation bridging continents would become a bridge of the Gospel to the nations.
These people groups in Diyarbakir have little or no access to the Gospel. Pray for them by name: for laborers to be sent, doors to open, and hearts to know Jesus.
Move through the city one landmark at a time. At each stop the map pins the place, and Street View lets you look down the street. Pause and pray for the people who live, work and study there.
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A short prayer each day for Diyarbakir and the world's most unreached cities.
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