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Mardin

Area: 12.760 km²

Population: 1.154.418 (1990)

Traffic Code: 47

Districts: Mardin (center), Dargecit, Derik, Kiziltepe, Mazidagi, Midyat, Nusaybin, Omerli, Savur, Yesilli.

Sites of Interest:

  • Germiab hot springs
  • Mardin and Hasankeyf castles
  • Deyru'z- Zafaran, Mar Behnam and Mar Mihail monasteries
  • Hatuniye, Marufiye, Sehidiye, Melik Mansur, Altunboga, Zinciriye, Kasimiye, Sah Sultan Hatun, Savurkapi and Harzem Taceddin Mesud old theological schools (medrese)
  • Firdevs Mansion
  • Hasankeyf Palace
  • Mardin, Hasankeyf and Kiziltepe Grand Mosques
  • Eminuddin and Necmeddin mosque complexes
  • Kale, Hizir (Akkoyunlu), Babu's-Sur (Melik Mahmud), Abdullatif (Latifiye), Molla Hari (Suleyman Pasha), Seyh Cabuk, Hamid, Seyh Mahmud Turki (Seyh Ali), Pamuk, Kiseyri, Reyhaniye, Arap (Azap), Zairi, Haci Omer (Halife), Camiu'r-Rizk and Koc mosques
  • Kayseriyye Shops and Revakli shops
  • Kervansaray, Hasankeyf Imam Abdullah Dervish lodge
  • Zeynel Bey vault tomb
  • Hasankeyf and Kiziltepe bridges
  • Mardin Museum

Cultural Resources and Organizations

  • Provincial Cultural Directorate, Telephone: (482) 212 18 52, Fax: (482) 212 18 52
  • Mardin Museum, Halk Kutuphanesi Binasi Meydanbasi, Mardin; Telephone: (482) 212 16 64

Historical Sites and Ruins

  • Dera Ruins - Center / Oguz Village
  • Girnavas Tumulus- Caglar Village

Local Days of Celebration

  • First week of May: Spring Awakening, Mardin
  • 2nd week of October (Tuesday Night): Nusaybin Girnavas Commemoration Night, Mardin

Freedom from Occupation Days

  • 21 November: Freedom Day for Mardin, Mardin-Center