• Mardin is located in the Southeastern Anatolia Region Tigris. It has borders with Syria. Syria south, west Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır and Batman north, northeast and east of Siirt, Sirnak is located. BC. 3000 years starting from Mardin used as a settlement; Artuqid, Aqquyunlu, the next Assyrian Monastery and Church are also a major open-air museum which incorporates many structures related to the Ottoman period. Marie city in Roman sources as cited in the Persian Mare, Bizanlı and Mardie, Assyrians merdo or Mert, Arabs Mardin say. See Remote gold color Mardin houses made ??of stone, you'll see the hills of the city was founded on the rocky nest. A careful thinning, carved stones, decoration of houses and public buildings of the city, is a treasure box reveals the architecture maintenance.