AREA: 12.760 km²

POPULATION: 1.154.418 (1990)

TRAFFIC CODE: 47

DISTRICTS: Mardin (center), Dargeçit, Derik, Kızıltepe, Mazıdağı, Midyat, Nusaybin, Ömerli, Savur, Yeşilli.

SITES OF INTERESTS: Germiab hot springs, Mardin and Hasankeyf castles, Deyrü’z- Zafaran, Mar Behnam and Mar Mihail monasteries, Hatuniye, Marufiye, Şehidiye, Melik Mansur, Altunboğa, Zinciriye, Kasımiye, Şah Sultan Hatun, Savurkapı and Harzem Taceddin Mesud old theological schools (medrese), Firdevs Mansion, Hasankeyf Palace, Mardin, Hasankeyf and Kızıltepe Grand Mosques, Eminüddin and Necmeddin mosque complexes, Kale, Hızır (Akkoyunlu), Babü’s-Sur (Melik Mahmud), Abdüllatif (Latifiye), Molla Hari (Süleyman Pasha), Şeyh Çabuk, Hamid, Şeyh Mahmud Türki (Şeyh Ali), Pamuk, Kıseyri, Reyhaniye, Arap (Azap), Zairi, Hacı Ömer (Halife), Camiü’r-Rızk and Koç mosques, Kayseriyye Shops and Revaklı shops, Kervansaray, Hasankeyf İmam Abdullah Dervish lodge, Zeynel Bey vault tomb, Hasankeyf and Kızıltepe bridges, Mardin Museum.

Provincial Cultural Directorate

Tel: (482) 212 18 52
Fax: (482) 212 18 52

Museum

Mardin Museum
Address: Halk Kütüphanesi Binası Meydanbaşı - Mardin
Tel: (482) 212 16 64

Historical Sites and Ruins

Dera Ruins - Center / Oğuz Village
Girnavas Tumulus- Çağlar Village

Significant Days

Local Days of Celebration:

Nusaybin Gırnavas Commemoration Night
Mardin
2nd week of October (Tuesday Night)

Spring Awakening Mardin
First week of May

Local Weddings
Mardin
June, July, August, September

Freedom from Occupation Days:

Freedom Day - Mardin
Mardin-Center
21 November

Festivities

Festivities, Picnics, Excursions
Each Week on Wednesday in April and May

Picture: Zinciriye Theological School (Medrese) (1385)

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