Antiquity and etymology
The city survived into the Syriac Christian period as the name of Mount Izla on which in the early 4th century stood the monastery of 展开

The city is located near the Syrian border and is the center of Mardin province. The old city is built mostly on the southern slope of a long hill topped … 展开

A bishopric of the Assyrian Church of the East was centered on the town when it was part of the Roman province of Assyria. It was a suffragan see of Edessa, the provincial 展开

Mardin has often been considered an open-air museum due to its historical architecture. Most buildings use the beige colored limestone rock which has been mined for centuries in quarries around the area.
Mosques and madrasas 展开

The English traveler Mark Sykes recorded Mardin as a city inhabited by Arabs, Armenians, and Jacobites in the early 20th century. 12,609 Orthodox … 展开

Historically, Mardin produced sesame. Mardin province continues to produce agricultural products including sesame, barley, wheat, corn, cotton, and others. Angora goats are … 展开

In the 2014 local elections, Ahmet Türk of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) was elected mayor of Mardin. However, on 21 November 2016 he was detained on terror charges after being dismissed from his post by Turkish authorities. A trustee was appointed as mayor … 展开