MARDİN

In the southeast Antolia providence of Mardin, the city of the same name gives the impression of time having stopped. Famous for its old stone houses, the city is also home to mosques, mausoleums, churches, monasteries, representing a variety of religious beliefs, and all filled with both historic and artistic value. The province of Mardin is located along the historical Silk Road, and there are 5 inns and caravansaries in the city.

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.


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