Ottoman period, Armenians referred to the city of Diyarbekir (ancient Amida) as Dikranagerd (the Western Armenian pronunciation of Tigranakert). This reflects the transfer of the historic name to a different location. The region remained a center of Armenian culture and settlement up until the Armenian Genocide in the late 19th - early 20th centuries, when the local Armenian population was exterminated, assimilated, or driven out by Kurds and Turks.

Legacy and modern identification

The precise location of Tigranocerta is still

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