Mardin Province

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Mardin Province
Location of Mardin Province
Location of Mardin Province in Turkey
Overview
Region: Southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
Area: 8,891 (km²)
Total Population 779,850 TUIK 2006 (est)
Licence plate code: 47
Area code: 0482
Governor Website http://www.Mardin.gov.tr

Mardin Province is a province of Turkey with a population of 779,850. The population was 835,173 in 2000[1]. The capital of the Mardin Province is Mardin. Located near the traditional boundary of Anatolia and Mesopotamia, it has a diverse population with a Kurdish majority[2] and significant minorities of Arabs, Syriacs and Turks.

View from Mardin to the Mesopotamian plains
View from Mardin to the Mesopotamian plains

The local Syriac Christian community, while much reduced, supports two of the oldest monasteries in the world, Dayro d-Mor Hananyo (Turkish Deyrülzafaran, English Saffron Monastery) and Deyrulumur Monastery. The Christian community is concentrated on the Tur Abdin plateau and in the town of Midyat, with a smaller community (approximately 100) in the provincial capital.

Politically the area is competitive between the governing moderate-Islamist Justice and Development Party and Kurdish nationalist Democratic People's Party, and the True Path Party has some strength, especially in rural parts of the province.[3] The area was the scene of bitter fighting between the Turkish Army and the Kurdistan Workers' Party for much of the 1970s and 1980s.

The old town of Midyat, second city of the province
The old town of Midyat, second city of the province

Unemployment and poverty are serious problems, and there has been considerable out migration to western and southern Turkey, although the reduction in political violence, coupled with infrastructure improvements such as a new civil airport at the provincial capital and improvements to the Ankara-Baghdad highway are helping ameliorate matters.

Mardin is an Aramaic word (ܡܶܪܕܺܝܢ) and means "fortresses".

Mardin province is divided into 10 districts (capital district in 'bold):

  1. ^ Population of Mardin province
  2. ^ Distribution of Kurdish People — GlobalSecurity.org
  3. ^ Local election results, 2004

Coordinates: 37°21′47″N, 40°54′31″E

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