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Mardin is a historic city in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. The city is known for its fascinating architecture consisting of heavily decorated stonework cascading from the hilltop, although occasionally pierced by new, ugly construction.
Mardin (Kurdish: Mêrdîn, Arabic: ماردين, Syriac: ܡܪܕܝܢ, romanized: Merdīn) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on a rocky hill near the Tigris River that rises steeply over the flat plains. The old town of the city is under the protection of UNESCO, which forbids new constructions to preserve its façade.