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Mardin is the one of the two main settings in the popular Turkish television series [[Sıla]].
Mardin is the one of the two main settings in the popular Turkish television series [[Sıla]].
[[File:Mardinnewarea.jpg|thumb|right|220px|New districts of Mardin]]
[[File:Mardinnewarea.jpg|thumb|right|220px|New districts of Mardin]]

==Mosques==

Melikşah Grand Mosque (Ulucami Neighborhood in Central Mardin)
Melik Mahmud Mosque (in Savurkapı Neighborhood)
Abdüllatif Mosque 'in Cumhuriyet Bazaar
Zeynelabidin Mosque (in Nusaybin)
Koçhisar Mosque (in Kızıltepe)
Şehidiye Medresse and Mosque (Mardin)
Selsel Mosque (In Teker Neighborhood)
Necmettin Gazi Mosque (Necmettin Neighborhood)
Kasım Tuğmaner Mosque (on the 1st Avenue)
Reyhaniye Mosque (in Hasan Ayyar Bazaar)
Hamidiye Mosque (on the 1st Avenue)
Süleymanpaşa Mosque (in Şehidiye Neighborhood)
Secaattin and Mehmet Mosque (on Yeniyol at the center)
Hamza-i Kebir Mosque (in Savurkapı Neighborhood)
Şeyh Abdülaziz Mosque (to the west of Cumhuriyet Bazaar)
Melik Eminettin el Emin Mosque (in Eminettin Neighborhood)
Sıtra Zaviye Mosque (Gül Neighborhood)
Şeyh Salih Mosque (on Yeniyol at the center)
Mahmut Türki Mosque (in Diyarbakır Neighborhood)
Sarı Mosque (Necmettin or Maristan)
Şeyh Çabuk Mosque (in Çabuk Neighborhood)
Nizamettin Begaz Mosque (in Diyarbakır Kapı Neighborhood)
Kale Mosque (in Mardin Fortress)
Dinari Mosque (in Jeweler's Bazaar)
Grand Mosque (Ulu Camii in Midyat)

==Churches==

Meryemana (Virgin Mary) Church (Mardin)
Mor Yusuf (Surp Hovsep) Church (Mardin)
Mor Behnam Church (Mardin)
Deyrü'zzafaran Monastery (Mardin)
Hah Virgin Mary Church (Midyat)
Mor Gabriyel Monastery (Midyat)
Mor Yakup Monastery (Nusaybin)
Mor Dimet Monastery
Mor Mihail Church (Center-Big Church)
Mor Semune Church (Mardin)
Mor Dimet Monastery
Mor Petrus and Pavlus Church (Mardin)
Surp Kevork Church (Derik)
Virgin Mary Protestant Church (Midyat)
Red (Surp Kevork) Church (Mardin)
Mor Cercis Church (Eskikale- Mardin)
Mor Efraim Monastery (Mardin)
Mor Abraham Church (Midyat)


==Notable people==
==Notable people==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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*[http://www.mardinimiz.net/ Mardinimiz.net]
* [http://www.mardintourism.net Mardin Photos]
* [http://www.mardintravel.com Mardin Tourism and Travel Guide]
* [http://www.mardinimiz.net/ Mardinimiz.net]
* [http://www.mardin.gov.tr/english.asp Governorship of Mardin]
* [http://www.mardin.gov.tr/english.asp Governorship of Mardin]
* [http://www.tulpart.com/pic.asp?cmd=1&cid=16 Pictures of the city]
* [http://www.tulpart.com/pic.asp?cmd=1&cid=16 Pictures of the city]

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Mardin
Cityscape
Cityscape
Official logo of Mardin
Coat of Arms of Mardin Municipality
Location of Mardin within Turkey.
Location of Mardin within Turkey.
Country Turkey
RegionSoutheastern Anatolia
ProvinceMardin
Government
 • MayorDr.Suleyman YILDIZ
Area
 • City8,806 km2 (3,400 sq mi)
Elevation
1,083 m (3,553 ft)
Population
 (2009)
 • Density80/km2 (200/sq mi)
 • Urban
82.444
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
47x xx
Area code0482
Licence plate47
WebsiteMardinimiz.net

Mardin (Syriac:ܡܶܪܕܺܝܢ; meaning fortresses) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for its Arab-style architecture, and for its strategic location on a rocky mountain overlooking the plains of northern Syria.[1] Mardin has a very mixed population, Kurds, Turks, Assyrian/Syriacs and Arabs all represent large groups.[2] There is also a small Armenian community in the region.

History

Yezidi men in Mardin, late 19th century

Most Syriac Orthodox churches and monasteries in the city, which are still active today, date from the 5th century AD, such as the Deyrülzafarân Monastery.[3] Mardin is likely the Maride and Marida of the Greeks and Romans. Another important church, Kırklar Kilisesi (Church of the 40 Martyrs), originally built in the name of Benham and Saro, the two sons of the Assyrian ruler who executed them because they chose to become Christian, dates from 569 AD.[citation needed] , and even during its use as a capital by the Artukid Turkish dynasty which ruled Eastern Anatolia and Northern Mesopotamia between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries. The 12th century Sitti Radviyye Madrasa, the oldest of its kind in Anatolia, dates from this period.

The lands of the Artukid dynasty fell to the Mongols who took control of the region in 1394, but the Mongols never directly governed the area. Mardin was later controlled by the Turkish Akkoyunlu kingdom. The Kasımiye Madrasa was built by Sultan Kasım, son of the Akkoyunlu Sultan Cihangir, between 1457 and 1502. In 1517 was conquered by Ottoman Turks. 1915-1916 Arab, Aramaic and Armenian Christians of all denominations were massacred or driven away.[4][5] On 15 August 1915 a public auction of Armenian women took place, for the first time.[6]

Mardin is the one of the two main settings in the popular Turkish television series Sıla.

File:Mardinnewarea.jpg
New districts of Mardin

Mosques

Melikşah Grand Mosque (Ulucami Neighborhood in Central Mardin) Melik Mahmud Mosque (in Savurkapı Neighborhood) Abdüllatif Mosque 'in Cumhuriyet Bazaar Zeynelabidin Mosque (in Nusaybin) Koçhisar Mosque (in Kızıltepe) Şehidiye Medresse and Mosque (Mardin) Selsel Mosque (In Teker Neighborhood) Necmettin Gazi Mosque (Necmettin Neighborhood) Kasım Tuğmaner Mosque (on the 1st Avenue) Reyhaniye Mosque (in Hasan Ayyar Bazaar) Hamidiye Mosque (on the 1st Avenue) Süleymanpaşa Mosque (in Şehidiye Neighborhood) Secaattin and Mehmet Mosque (on Yeniyol at the center) Hamza-i Kebir Mosque (in Savurkapı Neighborhood) Şeyh Abdülaziz Mosque (to the west of Cumhuriyet Bazaar) Melik Eminettin el Emin Mosque (in Eminettin Neighborhood) Sıtra Zaviye Mosque (Gül Neighborhood) Şeyh Salih Mosque (on Yeniyol at the center) Mahmut Türki Mosque (in Diyarbakır Neighborhood) Sarı Mosque (Necmettin or Maristan) Şeyh Çabuk Mosque (in Çabuk Neighborhood) Nizamettin Begaz Mosque (in Diyarbakır Kapı Neighborhood) Kale Mosque (in Mardin Fortress) Dinari Mosque (in Jeweler's Bazaar) Grand Mosque (Ulu Camii in Midyat)

Churches

Meryemana (Virgin Mary) Church (Mardin) Mor Yusuf (Surp Hovsep) Church (Mardin) Mor Behnam Church (Mardin) Deyrü'zzafaran Monastery (Mardin) Hah Virgin Mary Church (Midyat) Mor Gabriyel Monastery (Midyat) Mor Yakup Monastery (Nusaybin) Mor Dimet Monastery Mor Mihail Church (Center-Big Church) Mor Semune Church (Mardin) Mor Dimet Monastery Mor Petrus and Pavlus Church (Mardin) Surp Kevork Church (Derik) Virgin Mary Protestant Church (Midyat) Red (Surp Kevork) Church (Mardin) Mor Cercis Church (Eskikale- Mardin) Mor Efraim Monastery (Mardin) Mor Abraham Church (Midyat)

Notable people

The world's tallest living man since 2009, Sultan Kösen, lives nearby.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Mardin, Turkey, from planetware.com
  2. ^ Encyclopaedia of the Orient - Mardin
  3. ^ http://sor.cua.edu/ChMon/MardinDKurkmo/index.html
  4. ^ Jacques Rhétoré: Les chrétiens aux bêtes. Souvenirs de la guerre sainte proclamée par les Turcs contre les chrétiens en 1915, Les éditions du cerf, Paris 2005 ISBN 2-204-07243-5, pp. 13
  5. ^ Yves Ternon: Mardin 1915. Mardin dans le génocide arménien. in: Revue d'Histoire Arménienne Contemporaine, Tome IV - 2002
  6. ^ Raymond Kévorkian: Le Génocide des Arméniens, Odile Jacob, Paris 2006 ISBN 2-7381-1830-5, p. 459
  7. ^ Satter, Raphael (16 Sept 09), 8'1" Turk takes title of world's tallest man, retrieved 17 Sept 09 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)

See also

References

  • Ayliffe, Rosie, et al.. (2000) The Rough Guide to Turkey. London: Rough Guides.
  • Gaunt, David: Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia During World War I, Gorgias Press, Piscataway (NJ) 2006 I
  • Grigore, George (2007), L'arabe parlé à Mardin. Monographie d'un parler arabe périphérique. Bucharest: Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti, ISBN (13) 978-973-737-249-9 [1]
  • Jastrow, Otto (1969), Arabische Textproben aus Mardin und Asex, in "Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft" (ZDMG) 119 : 29-59.
  • Jastrow, Otto (1992), Lehrbuch der Turoyo-Sprache in "Semitica Viva – Series Didactica", Wiesbaden : Otto Harrassowitz.
  • Makas, Hugo (1926), Kurdische Texte im Kurmanji-Dialekte aus der Gegend von Mardin. Petersburg-Leningrad.
  • Minorsky, V. (1991), Mārdīn, in "The Encyclopaedia of Islam". Leiden: E. J. Brill.
  • Niebuhr, Carsten (1778), Reisebeschreibung, Copenhagen, II:391-8
  • Shumaysani, Hasan (1987), Madinat Mardin min al-fath al-'arabi ila sanat 1515. Bayrūt: 'Ālam al-kutub.
  • Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste (1692), Les six voyages, I:187
  • Sasse, Hans-Jürgen (1971), Linguistische Analyse des Arabischen Dialekts der Mhallamīye in der Provinz Mardin (Südossttürkei), Berlin.
  • Socin, Albert (1904), Der Arabische Dialekt von Mōsul und Märdīn, Leipzig.
  • della Valle, Pietro (1843), Viaggi, Brighton, I: 515
  • Wittich, Michaela (2001), Der arabische Dialekt von Azex, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Turkey

Twin towns — Sister cities

Mardin is twinned with:

Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia, since 2003

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