Mardin · Southeastern Anatolia
Artuklu
- History
- Faith tourism
- Food
Artuklu covers old Mardin. Stone houses, narrow lanes and terraces with views across the Mesopotamian plain; the Kasımiye and Zinciriye madrasas, the Great Mosque, the Mardin Museum and the Deyrulzafaran Monastery are its highlights.
Places to see
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Ancient City of Dara
A Roman-Byzantine frontier city with rock tombs and underground cisterns.
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Religious
Deyrulzafaran Monastery
A monastery near Mardin that long served as the seat of the Syriac Patriarchate.
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Kasımiye Madrasa
An Aq Qoyunlu-era madrasa with a courtyard overlooking the plain.
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Religious
Mor Behnam (Kırklar) Church
A 6th-century church that for a long period served as the seat of the Syriac Patriarchate.
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Museum
Mardin Museum
A museum in an 1895 building first built as the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate, with finds spanning the Palaeolithic to the 19th century.
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Religious
Grand Mosque of Mardin
An Artuqid-period mosque whose ribbed dome has become a symbol of Mardin.
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Şehidiye Madrasa
An early-13th-century madrasa built by an Artuqid sultan, with a porticoed courtyard.
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Zinciriye (Sultan İsa) Madrasa
An Artuqid-era madrasa in the upper part of the old city.
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Things to do
- Old city walk
- Filigree workshops
Food and drink
- Stuffed lamb ribsLamb ribs stuffed with rice.
- MırraA strong, bitter coffee.