‘The Deconstruction of Diyarbakır’s old centre: Violating international law and disregarding the interests of local populations’ was drafted by Zekeriyya Yahya Karapinar, consultant with the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC), and edited by Gunnar M. Ekelove-Slydal, NHC Head of policies. Parts of this briefing are based on a mission to South East Turkey that included the Director of the NHC supported by Freedom of Belief Initiative in Turkey, Mine Yıldırım.