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Kızıltepe
Qoser
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMardin
Government
 • Mayorİsmail Ası (BDP)
 • KaymakamErkan Yırık
Area
[1]
 • District1,416.37 km2 (546.86 sq mi)
Elevation
498 m (1,634 ft)
Population
 ( 2012) [2]
 • Urban
 147,585
 • District
 228,356
Post code
47440
Websitewww.kiziltepe-bld.gov.tr

Kızıltepe (Kurdish: Qoser, Ottoman Turkish: Koçhisar or Tell-Ermen (meaning "Armenian hill"),[3] Arabic: دنيصر) is a town in, and a district of Mardin Province of Turkey. As of 2014, the town had a population of 225,888. Most of the people are Kurds but there are some Arabs, Turks (who came here for government business) and Christians.

The town has a historic 13th century great Friday mosque built by the Artukids. It was also the scene of clashes between protesting Kurds and Turkish riot police in 2006.[4]

Kızıltepe, with +48.8 °C (119.84 °F) on August 14, 1993, holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Turkey.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. ^ Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 4 (1200-1350), David Thomas, Alexander Mallett, page 331, 2012
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ http://www.mgm.gov.tr/genel/sss.aspx?s=sicaklikenleri2


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