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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Province TR<br />
| name = Mardin<br />
| map = Mardin in Turkey.svg<br />
| region = Southeast Anatolia<br />
| subregion = Mardin<br />
| area = 8,891<br />
| total population = 744606<br />
| tpop_as_of = 2010<br />
| licence = 47<br />
| area_code = 482<br />
| turkname= Mardin ili<br />
| electdistrict = Mardin<br />
| income = 22,798 TL (5th;<br />
}}<br />
'''Mardin Province''' ({{lang-tr|Mardin ili}}, {{lang-ku|Parêzgeha Mêrdînê}}, {{lang-ar|محافظة ماردين}}) is a province of [[Turkey]] with a population of 744,606. The population was 835,173 in 2000. The capital of the Mardin Province is [[Mardin]] ({{lang-syc|ܡܶܪܕܺܝܢ}} "Mardin" in related Semitic language [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: ماردين, ''Mardīn''). Located near the traditional boundary of [[Anatolia]] and [[Mesopotamia]], it has a diverse population, composed of [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]], [[Arabic people|Arab]] and [[Assyrian people]] (who once made up the majority), with Kurds forming the majority of the province's population.<ref>{{cite book|last=Watts|first=Nicole F.|title=Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity)|date=2010|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|isbn=978-0-295-99050-7|page=[http://books.google.com/books?id=yXWl40KJfKEC&pg=PA167&dq=Kars+(about+20+percent+Kurdish)&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DY5DU7jKJ4qc2QXYhYCACQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Kars%20(about%2020%20percent%20Kurdish)&f=false 167]}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Mardin comes from the [[Syriac language|Syriac]] word (ܡܪܕܐ) and means "fortresses".<ref>{{cite book|last=Lipiński|first=Edward|title=The Aramaeans: their ancient history, culture, religion|year=2000|publisher=Peeters Publishers|isbn=978-90-429-0859-8|page=146|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rrMKKtiBBI4C&pg=PA146}}</ref><ref>[http://dukhrana.com/lexicon/PayneSmith/page.php?p=299 Payne Smith's A Compendious Syriac Ditcionary], Dukhrana.com</ref><br />
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The local [[Assyrian people|Assyrians/Syriacs]], while very reduced due to the massacres of the [[Assyrian Genocide]], hold on to two of the oldest monasteries in the world,{{cn|date=June 2013}} [[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.<br />
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Politically, the area in the early 2000s has witnessed competition between the governing [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] and the mainly Kurdish-based [[Democratic People's Party (Turkey)|Democratic People's Party]], later revamped as [[Peace and Democracy Party]].<br />
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Unemployment and poverty are serious problems, and there has been considerable out migration to western and southern Turkey, although the reduction in political violence (mainly related to the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|PKK]]-led insurgency), 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.<br />
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== Districts ==<br />
[[File:Mardin districts.png|thumb|Mardin districts]]<br />
[[File:View from Mardin to the Mesopotamian plains.jpg|thumb|View from Mardin to the Mesopotamian plains.]]<br />
Mardin province is divided into 10 [[Districts of Turkey|districts]] (capital district in ''''bold'''):<br />
* '''[[Mardin]]''' (Central district, after 2014 it will be named [[Artuklu, Mardin|Artuklu]])<br />
* [[Dargeçit]]<br />
* [[Derik]]<br />
* [[Kızıltepe]]<br />
* [[Mazıdağı]]<br />
* [[Midyat]]<br />
* [[Nusaybin]]<br />
* [[Ömerli, Mardin|Ömerli]]<br />
* [[Savur]]<br />
* [[Yeşilli]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [http://www.turkeyforecast.com/weather/mardin/ Mardin Weather Forecast Information]<br />
* [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/mardin Pictures of the capital of this province]<br />
* [http://www.midyatcity.com Articles about the Syriacs and photos of Midyat]<br />
* [http://www.sonbaski.com/mardin.html Mardin photos]<br />
* [http://www.guneydogumirasi.org/eng/ Tourism information is available in English at the Southeastern Anatolian Promotion Project site.]<br />
* [http://www.mardintravel.com Mardin Travel Guide]<br />
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{{Districts of Turkey<br />
| provname = Mardin<br />
| image = Mardin<br />
|}}<br />
{{Provinces of Turkey}}<br />
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