Derik, Turkey
- For the given name, see Derek.
Derik (Syriac: ܖܪܝܟܐ Dêrike), (Dêrika Çiyayê Mazî in Kurdish) is a district of the Mardin Province in the southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It has borders with Mazıdağı, Viranşehir and Kızıltepe. The Assyrian/Syriac People formed once a majority in this district. Geographically the town includes areas from Mazıdağı foot descending towards Ceylanpınar plains. Town area descends from the north to the south. The city center is surrounded by mountains from 3 sides and has a temperate climate with some mediterranean climate effects.
Forests recently are turning out to be increasing and crowding. Here although mostly cereals is being cultivated, in the last years drilling water wells and construction of irrigation ponds lets the industrial plants to be produced as well. Additionally, olive, grape and different kinds of fruit trees/gardens are common.
The following poem was written by poet Qedrican, who was born in Derik.
Dêrika Çiyayê Mazî / Derik of Mazi Forest Welatê bav û kal e / The motherland of fathers Lê sed hawar û gazî / Thousands of sorrow and calls Jê dûr ketim çand sal e / I am far from it so many years Ez li wê hatim dinê / I was born there Wê dergûşê, hejandim / I have been swayed there Heywax hey mala minê / I am full of sorrow Dijminan, jê revandim / Enemies made me flee Perçake ji buhiştê / A part from paradise Besreka Zêrîn welat / Like gold it is a country Îro dest nagehiştê / Today I could not reach her Ax û keser ji dil hat / I am full of sorrow Bax û baxçe bê hejmar / Grapes and gardens, countless Cî bi cî mêrg û zevî / Different kinds of greens Li her derê, avên sar / Everywhere cold water Ji kaniya tê dizî / Stems from the brood Xwezî vê carê jî min / I wished I would again Serê Xabê bidîta / See the source of Xab Bila ruhistîn canê min / Then deathangel may Hingê ji xwe re bistenda / Take my soul as he wish
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Coordinates: 37°21′57″N 40°16′11″E / 37.3658333333°N 40.2697222222°E
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