Mardin
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
Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages
in Mardin
Sites
Archaeological Sites: 12
Urban Sites: 4
Natural Sites: -
Historical Sites: -
Other Sites
Total: 16
Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural Heritages: 647
TOTAL: 663
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
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