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'''Mardin Province''' ({{lang-tr|Mardin ili}}, {{lang-ku|Parêzgeha Mêrdînê}},<ref>{{cite news |title=Karsazekî Kurd ê ji Mêrdînê bi koronayê jiyana xwe ji dest da |url=https://www.rudaw.net/kurmanci/kurdistan/030420207 |accessdate=27 April 2020 |agency=Rûdaw |date=3 April 2020 |language=ku}}</ref> {{lang-syc|ܡܪܕܐ}}{{citation needed|date=April 2020|reason=We need the word for 'Province' as well}}, {{lang-ar|محافظة ماردين}}<ref>{{cite news |author1=المستدرك على تتمة الأعلام |title=المستدرك على تتمة الأعلام |page=138 |language=ar}}</ref>), is a province of [[Turkey |
'''Mardin Province''' ({{lang-tr|Mardin ili}}, {{lang-ku|Parêzgeha Mêrdînê}},<ref>{{cite news |title=Karsazekî Kurd ê ji Mêrdînê bi koronayê jiyana xwe ji dest da |url=https://www.rudaw.net/kurmanci/kurdistan/030420207 |accessdate=27 April 2020 |agency=Rûdaw |date=3 April 2020 |language=ku}}</ref> {{lang-syc|ܡܪܕܐ}}{{citation needed|date=April 2020|reason=We need the word for 'Province' as well}}, {{lang-ar|محافظة ماردين}}<ref>{{cite news |author1=المستدرك على تتمة الأعلام |title=المستدرك على تتمة الأعلام |page=138 |language=ar}}</ref>), is a province of [[Turkey]] with a population of 809,719 in 2017. The population was 835,173 in 2000. The capital of the Mardin Province is [[Mardin]] ({{lang-syc|ܡܶܪܕܺܝܢ}} "Mardin" Arabic: ماردين, ''Mardīn''). Located in southeastern Turkey near the traditional geographical boundary of [[Anatolia]] and [[Mesopotamia]], it has a diverse population, composed of [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]], [[Arabic people|Arab]] and [[Assyrian people]], with Kurds forming the majority of the province's population.<ref>{{cite book|last=Watts|first=Nicole F.|title=Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity)|date=2010|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|isbn=978-0-295-99050-7|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=yXWl40KJfKEC&pg=PA167&dq=Kars+(about+20+percent+Kurdish)&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DY5DU7jKJ4qc2QXYhYCACQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Kars%20(about%2020%20percent%20Kurdish)&f=false 167]}}</ref> A recent study from 2013 has shown that 40% of Mardin Province's population identify as Arabs, and this proportion increases to 49% in [[Mardin]] and 48% in [[Midyat]], where Arabs form the majority.<ref>Ayse Guc Isik, 2013.[https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b001/14c7e07d423e96887d94a4aacff344a553cf.pdf The Intercultural Engagement in Mardin]. Australian Catholic University. pp. 46-48. </ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
Revision as of 03:06, 21 December 2020
Mardin Province
Mardin ili | |
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![]() Location of Mardin Province in Turkey | |
Country | Turkey |
Region | Southeast Anatolia |
Subregion | Mardin |
Government | |
• Electoral district | Mardin |
• Governor | Mahmut Demirtaş |
• Metropolitan Mayor | Ahmet Turk (HDP) |
Area | |
• Total | 8,891 km2 (3,433 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 829,195 |
• Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Area code | 0482 |
Vehicle registration | 47 |
Mardin Province (Turkish: Mardin ili, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Mêrdînê,[2] Classical Syriac: ܡܪܕܐ[citation needed], Arabic: محافظة ماردين[3]), is a province of Turkey with a population of 809,719 in 2017. The population was 835,173 in 2000. The capital of the Mardin Province is Mardin (Classical Syriac: ܡܶܪܕܺܝܢ "Mardin" Arabic: ماردين, Mardīn). Located in southeastern Turkey near the traditional geographical boundary of Anatolia and Mesopotamia, it has a diverse population, composed of Kurdish, Arab and Assyrian people, with Kurds forming the majority of the province's population.[4] A recent study from 2013 has shown that 40% of Mardin Province's population identify as Arabs, and this proportion increases to 49% in Mardin and 48% in Midyat, where Arabs form the majority.[5]
History
Mardin comes from the Syriac word (ܡܪܕܐ) and means "fortresses".[6][7]
The first known civilization were the Subarian-Hurrians who were then succeeded in 3000 BCE by the Hurrians. The Elamites gained control around 2230 BCE and were followed by the Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians, Romans and Byzantines.[8]
The local Assyrians/Syriacs, while reduced due to the Assyrian Massacres and conflicts between the Kurds and Turks, hold on to two of the oldest monasteries in the world, Dayro d-Mor Hananyo (Turkish Deyrülzafaran, English Saffron Monastery) and Deyrulumur Monastery. The Christian community is concentrated on the Tur Abdin plateau and in the town of Midyat, with a smaller community (approximately 200) in the provincial capital. After the foundation of Turkey, the province has been a target of a Turkification policy, removing most traces of a non-turkish heritage.[9]
Inspectorate General
In 1927 the office of the Inspector General was created, which governed with martial law.[10] The province was included in the First Inspectorate-General (Turkish: Birinci Umumi Müfettişlik) over which the Inspector General ruled. The Inspectorate-General span over the provinces of Hakkâri, Siirt, Van, Mardin, Bitlis, Sanlıurfa, Elaziğ and Diyarbakır.[11] The Inspectorate General were dissolved in 1952 during the Government of the Democrat Party.[12] The Mardin province was also included in a wider military zone in 1928, in which the entrance to the zone was forbidden for foreigners until 1965.[13]
State of Emergency
In 1987 the province was included in the OHAL region governed in a state of emergency.[14] In November 1996 the state of emergency regulation was removed.[15]
Districts
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Mardin_districts.png/300px-Mardin_districts.png)
Mardin province is divided into 10 districts (capital district in bold):
- Mardin (Central district, after 2014 it will be named Artuklu)
- Dargeçit
- Derik
- Kızıltepe
- Mazıdağı
- Midyat
- Nusaybin
- Ömerli
- Savur
- Yeşilli
Gallery
- Islamic monuments in Mardin Province
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Minaret of the Grand Mosque of Mardin (12th century) and the view of the Mesopotamian plains.
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Kasimiye Madrasa (14th century)
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Zinciriye Madrasa (14th century)
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View of Savur and the grand mosque in the center
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Abdullatif Mosque (14th century)
- Christian monuments in Mardin Province
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Dayro d-Mor Hananyo monastery
References
- ^ "Population of provinces by years - 2000-2018". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Karsazekî Kurd ê ji Mêrdînê bi koronayê jiyana xwe ji dest da" (in Kurdish). Rûdaw. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ المستدرك على تتمة الأعلام. "المستدرك على تتمة الأعلام" (in Arabic). p. 138.
- ^ Watts, Nicole F. (2010). Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity). Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-295-99050-7.
- ^ Ayse Guc Isik, 2013.The Intercultural Engagement in Mardin. Australian Catholic University. pp. 46-48.
- ^ Lipiński, Edward (2000). The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion. Peeters Publishers. p. 146. ISBN 978-90-429-0859-8.
- ^ Payne Smith's A Compendious Syriac Dictionary, Dukhrana.com
- ^ "- Antik Tatlıdede Konağı - Mardin". www.tatlidede.com.tr. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ Üngör, Uğur (2011), The Making of Modern Turkey: Nation and State in Eastern Anatolia, 1913–1950. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 245. ISBN 0-19-960360-X.
- ^ Jongerden, Joost (2007-01-01). The Settlement Issue in Turkey and the Kurds: An Analysis of Spatical Policies, Modernity and War. BRILL. p. 53. ISBN 978-90-04-15557-2.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Bayir, Derya (2016-04-22). Minorities and Nationalism in Turkish Law. Routledge. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-317-09579-8.
- ^ Fleet, Kate; Kunt, I. Metin; Kasaba, Reşat; Faroqhi, Suraiya (2008-04-17). The Cambridge History of Turkey. Cambridge University Press. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-521-62096-3.
- ^ Jongerden, Joost (2007-05-28). The Settlement Issue in Turkey and the Kurds: An Analysis of Spatial Policies, Modernity and War. BRILL. p. 303. ISBN 978-90-474-2011-8.
- ^ Biner, Zerrin Ozlem (2019-11-08). States of Dispossession: Violence and Precarious Coexistence in Southeast Turkey. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-9659-4.
- ^ "Turkey, Country Assessment, November 2002" (PDF). Ecoi. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
External links
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