MARDIN

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Introduction:

Mardin 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.

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Mardin's honey-coloured collage of old buildings and markets is still definitely worth a look though, and for somewhere extra special, detour to Dara or Savur.

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Get in:

The airport of Mardin is located southwest of the city, close to Kızıltepe. From the main road in front of the exit you can easily flag down a dolmuş  coming from Kızıltepe going to Mardin . At the time of writing, a new airport building was about to open soon. Mardin airport is well connected to Istanbul by Turkish Airlines and Pegasus Airlines.


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