Culture and Art

                                                 Culture and Art

Mardin has narrow streets and ornate stone mansions. Because of narrow streets the garbage is collected by dustmen whit donkey. Streets uneven and hilly, houses stone and flat-roofed. Mardin has madrasas, dargah and tunnel. Byzantine emperor did a Mardin Castle. Mardin Castle of Mardin had 100 m in height.

Climate and Vegetation

                                    Climate and Vegetation

 Winters are cold and rainy, summers are very hot and dry in Mardin. Climate is continental climate in Mardin. In most places have steppes in Mardin. Mardin has oak forests and thickets. Mardin have also a little bit of olive trees.

General Information

                                 General Information:

 Mardin was taken by the Arabs from Byzantium in the 7th century. Mardin have been the Ottoman Empire through Çaldıran War. Mardin has 12 thousand years of history. Mardin in Turkey in The Southeast Region. Management is governor. Mardin governor is Turhan Ayaz. 31 municipalities and 579 villages in Mardin. Mardin is the second largest province after Kızıltepe province. Plate code is 47. Mardin has different religions and beliefs. Mardin has also artistic works. Mardin's name means "City of Castles" in the Syriac language. Most of the folk says "Merdin" in mardin.

Harzem Taceddin Masood Madrasah (Kızıltepe)

             Harzem Taceddin Masood Madrasah (Kızıltepe)

Mardin Kızıltepe 8 km. Located on the banks of the Water northeast of Zerkani this madrasa and according to the inscription on the inner door; Malik al-Mansur did Nasired of Artukoğulları Artuk Arslan's freed slave, was built by Abdullah bin Masud Taceddin.  
XIII century, this structure works with the amendments in the next period of major changes have occurred in the layout plan. Therefore it was not possible to remove a complete plan of the madrasa. Nowadays only used as a tomb and mosque mosque space can be separated from each other.

Savuran Door Madrasah (Central)

                 Savuran Door Madrasah (Central)

İn Mardin Bab es Sur Mosque nearby narrow streets found in this madrasa inscription because there is no history in the making and who are not known. In the literature, there is not enough information about these madrasas. Madrasa today has become a dilapidated state. This structure Artukoğulları period is thought to be between XIII.-of XIV. The remains of the madrasa courtyard and it is understood that the two-storey. On the ground floor shops and stables are given. Reserved space on the second floor, and two of them side by side over two cross vaults were covered. Transitions between them with each other in between these spaces were built later.