Mardin

Mardin
Mardin
Metropolitan municipality
	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 (DEM Party) (elect-mayor) (deposed); Tuncay Akkoyun (trustee)
Population (2021)
• Total	129,864
Time zone	UTC+3:00 (Time in Turkey)
Website	www.mardin.gov.tr;

Mardin (Kurdish: مێردین, romanized: Mêrdîn;^[2] Arabic: ماردين; romanized: Mārdīn; 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 Assyrians.

^ ^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