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MARDİN FROM PAST TO PRESENT |
 The
trditional economy of Mardin
relies on agriculture trade,
small-scale hadirafts and
manufacturing ındustries, which
have flahurised recently.
Novadays Mardin is becoming a
center of attraction in
Southeastern Anatolia with its
important position in ındustry
and trade. It is expected that
mardin will furher contribute to
the national economic and give
additional momentum to growth in
the near future with the
completion of Mardin Organized
Industrial District and the free
Trade Zone
Since Mardin is a
border province ıt has an
impotant location transport
lines. Although the province
presently lacks enough
ındustrial products for ınternal
and froign trade, the trend is
positive with emerging new
trades in recent years.
Caravans
taking the route Aleppo-Musul
and Diyarbakır-Musul had to pass
from Mardin and this was a
factor playing an important role
in the trade life of Mardin.
Caravans using these routes used
to bring spices and cloth from
India and Persia to
Mediterreanean ports and return
back with some other goods from
Europe. this trade was subject
to several duties. The rates
applied can be found in the
Legislation of Mardin.
Registers dating
back to the 16th
centuy pointoutthat the area had
many trade establishments. One
of the most developed of these
was weaving.
Prior to the 1st
World War there were abaut
3000 looms in the province.
these looms were working on
silk, cotton and velvet. The
guality of silk products was
eguivalent to those in Aleppo.
However, after the war, the
number of looms declined as a
result of goods brought in from
Irag and Suria. Cloth woven in
Midyat was particularly
preferred by the Ottoman palace
earlier.
According to the
Industrial Census of 1927 there
were 881 ındustrial enterprises
in Mardin emloying 3.611 people.
In 1968 Mardin was given the
status "1st Level
Priority in Development"
Until the 70s industry could not
develop beyond a certain point
mainly because of the
insufficiency of infrastructure
services. Public investments
launched particularly after the
Republic was the main driving
force of industry and industrial
employment. This process was
initially led by industrial
enterprises established by the
Private Administration,
Development Bank and State
Economic Enterprises. The
leading ones among these
enterprises were Mardin Cement
Factory, KİDAŞ Yarn Plant,
Southeastern Anatolia Phosphate
Enterprises, Feed Plant, Pipe
Plant and Lime Factory.
Considering its past in
agricultural activities, the
province has a history of about
10,000 years which manifests
itself in historical, cultural,
archaeological and natural
richness and diversity. In spite
of this large and promising
potential, insufficient
infrastructure and promotion-publicity
hinder the mobilization of this
potential. Filling in what
is missing will most probably
strengthen Mardin in terms of
tourism, trade and industry.
  International
transport sector also has an
important place in the economy
of Mardin. This sector is quite
developed for Mardin’s
proximity to Nusaybin Syria
and Habur (Iraq) border passes.
As a matter of facts, many
incentives centrally accorded to
Mardin in recent years go toward
the sector of transportation. |
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