Mardin | |
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Clockwise from top: View of the old city and citadel; Sultan Isa Medrese; Kasımiye Medrese; view from the top of the Mesopotamian plain from the city; Mor Behnam Church; houses of the old city; Mor Hananyo Monastery. | |
 Emblem of Mardin Metropolitan Municipality | |
  Location of Mardin within Turkey. | |
| Coordinates: 37°18′47″N 40°44′06″E / 37.31306°N 40.73500°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ahmet Türk (HDP) (elect-mayor) (deposed) Tuncay Akkoyun (trustee) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 129,864 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:00 (Time in Turkey) |
| Website | www |
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Mardin (Kurdish: مێردین, romanized: Mêrdîn;[2] Arabic: ماردين; Syriac: ܡܪܕܝܢ, romanized: Merdīn;[3][4] Armenian: Մարդին) is a city and seat of the Artuklu District of Mardin Province in Turkey.[5] It is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on a rocky hill near the Tigris River.[6]
The old town of the city is under the protection of UNESCO, which forbids new constructions to preserve its façade.[7]
The city had a population of 129,864 in 2021.[1] The population is a mix of Kurds, Arabs, Mhallami, and Syriac Christians.
- ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 55.
- ^ Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901). Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin). Oxford: Clarendon Press. 2219.
- ^ "Mardin". syriaca.org. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Turkey Guide – Rough Guides travel information". Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
- ^ A walk through Mardin, southeastern Turkey’s ancient town Archived 2020-11-17 at the Wayback Machine by Sarah Begum, Geographical, 25 February 2020