Mardin, the embracing City

Be ready to be a part of the past, to hug centuries and to sail away into the contemporary cruise of the splendor of the Stone..

While visiting Mardin

The Museum; after being withnessed the living history of Milleniums, be ready to be lost within the infinity of the Mesapotamian assuming that you are looking to the South

Take away a charming Mardin tale for yourself and for your beloved ones.. Something as local tissues colourizing the old souk, the chilled ginger lemonade served in copper bowls, wooden incense boxes, oriental spices or one of the infinite varieties of coloured stones.

Kırklar Kilisesi (the Church of the forty martyrs), Şehidiye Camii (the Şehidiye Mosque) and Medrasahs

When you are in Mardin,

It is a must to visit Kasımıye and Hatuniye..

From psalms of Syriacs to Muslim’s holy call to prayers, mysticism of yezidis, the pagan beauty left by the sun worsiphers.. to the gathering of differences, harmony of the brotherhood…

The indulgence lining amongst Deyrulzeferan Monastery, Zinciriye Merresah and Latifiye Mosque..

Put your direction to the South,  your true north the is Mesapotamian, history is your guide, time is your confident and Mardin is your companion..

Gastromony

Mardin has a wide variety of culinary specialities. Especially;

Stuffed tripes, beefsteak tartare, saffaron pudding, must sausage, varieties of halwas, walnut deserts have to be tried..

Shopping

When you came in Mardin

You can buy Telkari handcrafted products symbol of the elegance of the silver or jewellery made by the best masters working on gold by their ingenious hands…

Ulucami (the Big Mosque) will anyway invite you..