Mardin City of the UNESCO

Mardin city is located in the south-eastern part of Anatolia. It is characterized by extreme cold in the winter and moderation in the summer. It also has a diversity of religions and a variety of languages such as Arabic, Turkish, Syriac and Aramaic. Minorities speak other languages. And cultures.

Mardin city has an ancient history, and it shows the ruins of the ancient ruins of the tourists, where there are many arched shops in the rock, and there is a castle in the center of the city, and a wall with three doors, and there are two schools which was built by the Seljuks and was distinguished by the high level of teaching which is equivalent to the teaching of universities and colleges. The city was affiliated with the northern Syrian provinces before its annexation to the Turkish state in 1923 under the Treaty of Lausanne, which was held between Britain and France on the one hand, and Turkey on the other. Dinah in the Turkish era of being the scene of great battles his army and the PKK, in particular between 1970 and 1980. The city was mentioned in history for the first time in the Assyrian period, where studies indicate that it was known by that name in the pre-1000 years.

Mardin city is an archaeological site that is universally protected according to the reports of UNESCO (1979). It is in addition to Jerusalem city and the Italian city of Venice, one of three cities whose architectural remains are still well preserved.

- Deir Al-Zaafran: A huge historic Syriac monastery containing a school, a temple, a place for monks, students and guests, and a medical school. It is said to be the first medical school to be opened to formal education throughout history. Inside the monastery there are many religious books written in the Syriac language, which is headed by the Bible. Visitors to Deir al-Zaafran see how fascinating the ancient architecture is.

- The Great Mosque of Mardin After the arrival of the Seljuk Turks in the Anatolian lands and their opening to Mardin in the ninth century AD, they built some Islamic monuments and monuments in Mardin to give the Islamic spirit to the city. The Mardin Brounq Mosque has a beautiful and ancient architecture at the same time. It is worth visiting and enjoying its beauty which proves the Seljuks' skill in architecture.
According to the discovered archaeological writings, the date of the mosque dates back to the year 1176 AD, on the order of the king of Diyarbakir II "Kutbuddin Ghazi". The walls of the inner courtyard of the mosque were found on the grounds that the mosque was built by one of the kings of the kingdom of Artuclian King Hossamuddin Yaflak Arslan.
In 1400 AD, the mosque was vandalized after the takeover of the city by Tamerlane, but it was restored in the Mamluk period and was especially restored in the Ottoman era and finally in 2010.

- Water dams and Sumerian prisons: Sumerian civilization is the first systematic civilization to have emerged throughout history. The idea of establishing water dams to collect and use rainwater in the summer is based on the Sumerian civilization, which has a patent in this field, and the Sumerians are the first to establish prisons to punish those who oppose the payment of tax to the state.
These and many other cultural and cultural information can be learned by visiting the water dams and Sumerian prisons in its infancy in Mardin, through the meticulous architectural and engineering splendor of dams and prisons, which fascinates the eyes and is particularly intriguing, since these dams were established thousands of years before Christ.

- Al-Qasimiya School: It was established in the era of the Islamic Artuklian civilization, which descends from mixed Turkish Arab races. The school was established with the aim of teaching religion and some world sciences to the children and youth of Mardin. The school has several classrooms, a student dormitory and a kitchen.

- The Sabanci Museum: The converted building dates back to a museum of the Syriac and Armenian civilizations that inhabited Mardin in one of the historical periods. After the establishment of the Turkish Republic, this palace was transformed into a historical museum that contains many historical monuments, Mardin.

- Zingirli School: An Artuclian school established by King Artemokli King Najmuddin Isa ibn al-Muzaffar in 1385, equipped with all that students need to study. It was one of the modern and distinctive schools of the era. Its architectural buildings are unique and distinctive throughout history.

- Mardin Museum: A palace built in 3500 BC by the Mesopotamian civilizations. In 1942, the government of the Republic of Turkey turned it into a historical museum and added many remains of ancient historical monuments.

- Mardin Castle: It is one of the oldest fortifications fortified by the Sumerians and used by Babylonians, Assyrians, Persians, Romans, Umayyad, Abbasids, Seljuks and Artoclians. It is a huge castle built in a strategically placed place that protects Mardin from all sides.

It was built by the governor of Egypt Zia Tayyar Pasha in 1371 under the reign of King Salih Al-Malik, one of the kings of the Islamic Artuklian civilization. The military commander at that time played a great role in its construction, Attributed to him.

It is fair to talk about Mardin, even if the water from the Tigris river is in the area of Nisibin, east of Mardin, where white water is clean and sunny and has many cafes overlooking the Tigris River.