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Diyarbakır Prison (Turkish: Diyarbakır Cezaevi; Kurdish: Girtîgeha Amedê) is a prison located in Diyarbakır southeastern Turkey. It was built in 1980 as an E-type prison by the Ministry of Justice. After the September 12 1980 Turkish coup d’état the facility was transferred to military administration and became a Martial Law Military Prison (Turkish: Sıkıyönetim Askeri Cezaevi).