Lice (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈlidʒe]; Kurmanji Kurdish: Lîcê;[2] Armenian: Լճե, romanized: Ltche)[3] is a district and town of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.

[9] The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was founded in the village of Fîs in Lice.

[12] The Kurdish Zirki tribe in the Lice district also supported the Sheik Said rebellion and as a reprisal, the tribes villages Çaylarbaşı, Kurlu, Alataş, Mat-bur and Çağlayan have been demolished and the residing population was killed by troops of the Turkish army.

[16] The Lice massacre, during which the Turkish army demolished large parts of the town in reprisal of the death of an Jandarma officer, took place from October 20–23, 1993.

[21] During the Armenian genocide, all males were massacred, women and children were deported and their fate is unknown.