Mardin Province

Mardin Province () is a province o Turkey wi a population o 744,606.Statistical Institute The population wis 835,173 in 2000. The caipital o the Mardin Province is Mardin (,  "Mardin" in relatit Semitic leid Arabic: ماردين , Mardīn). Locatit near the traditional bundary o Anatolie an Mesopotamie, it haes a diverse population conseest o Kurdish, Turkis, Arabic an Assyrian (Syriacs) fowk.

The local Assyrians (Syriacs), while hintle reduced due tae the results o the Assirie Genocide, supports twa o the auldest monasteries in the warld, Dayro d-Mor Hananyo (Turkis Deyrülzafaran, Inglis Saffron Monastery) an Deyrulumur Monastery. The Christian community is concentratit on the Tur Abdin plateau an in the toun o Midyat, wi a smawer community (approximately 100) in the provincial caipital.

Poleetically, the aurie is competitive atween the govrenin Juistice an Development Pairty an Kurdish  Democratic Fowkpairty, an the True Path Pairty haes some strength, especially in rural pairts o the province.

Unemployment an poverty are serious problems, an thare haes been considerable oot migration tae wastren an soothren Turkey, awtho the reduction in poleetical violence, coupled wi infrastructur impruivements sic as a new ceevil airport at the provincial caipital an improvements tae the Ankara-Baghdad heich-gate are helpin ameliorate matters.

Mardin comes frae the Syriac wird (ܡܪܕܐ) an means "fortresses".Payne Smith's A Compendious Syriac Ditcionary, Dukhrana.com

 Destricts 

Mardin province is dividit intae 10 destricts (caipital destrict in 'bauld):
 Dargeçit
 Derik
 Kızıltepe
 Mardin
 Mazıdağı
 Midyat
 Nusaybin
 Ömerli Ma'asarte
 Savur
 Yeşilli

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
 Mardin Weather Forecast Information 
  Picturs o the caipital o this province
 Airticles aboot the Syriacs an photos o Midyat
 Mardin photos 
 Tourism information is available in Inglis at the Southeastern Anatolian Promotion Project steid. 
 Mardin Travel Guide 

Category:Provinces o Turkey

Category:Sootheastren Anatolie Region
Category:Syriac settlements
Category:Kurdistan
Category:Tur Abdin