MARDIN
AREA: 12.760 km?
POPULATION: 1.154.418 (1990)
TRAFFIC CODE: 47
DISTRICTS: Mardin (center), Dargecit, Derik, K?z?ltepe, Maz?dag?, Midyat, Nusaybin, Omerli, Savur, Yesilli.
SITES OF INTERESTS: Germiab hot springs, Mardin and Hasankeyf castles, Deyru'z- Zafaran, Mar Behnam and Mar Mihail monasteries, Hatuniye, Marufiye, Sehidiye, Melik Mansur, Altunboga, Zinciriye, Kas?miye, Sah Sultan Hatun, Savurkap? and Harzem Taceddin Mesud old theological schools (medrese), Firdevs Mansion, Hasankeyf Palace, Mardin, Hasankeyf and K?z?ltepe Grand Mosques, Eminuddin and Necmeddin mosque complexes, Kale, H?z?r (Akkoyunlu), Babu's-Sur (Melik Mahmud), Abdullatif (Latifiye), Molla Hari (Suleyman Pasha), Seyh Cabuk, Hamid, Seyh Mahmud Turki (Seyh Ali), Pamuk, K?seyri, Reyhaniye, Arap (Azap), Zairi, Hac? Omer (Halife), Camiu'r-R?zk and Koc mosques, Kayseriyye Shops and Revakl? shops, Kervansaray, Hasankeyf Imam Abdullah Dervish lodge, Zeynel Bey vault tomb, Hasankeyf and K?z?ltepe bridges, Mardin Museum.
Provincial Cultural Directorate
Tel: (482) 212 18 52
Fax: (482) 212 18 52
Museum
Mardin Museum Detailed Information
Address: Halk Kutuphanesi Binas? Meydanbas? - Mardin
Tel: (482) 212 16 64
Historical Sites and Ruins
Dera Ruins - Center / Oguz Village
Girnavas Tumulus- Caglar 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 G?rnavas 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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