Mardin
Mosque, church complex in Mardin eyes UNESCO world heritage list
The Zeynel Abidin Mosque Complex and Mor Yakup (Saint Jacob) Church in Turkey's southeastern Mardin province are expected to be added to the UNESCO's World Heritage list in late 2019.
Turkish female chef makes it to finals at Basque Culinary World Prize
Ebru Baybara Demir, a chef and social entrepreneur from the southeastern province of Mardin, was selected as one of the 10 finalists of the 2018 Basque Culinary World Prize.
Turkey's returns legal ownership of property to Syriac minority
Turkey's has returned the legal ownership of cemetery land and properties to the minority Syriac community in the southeastern province of Mardin, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on May 23.
Turkey marks Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day
Turkey celebrates Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day on May 19, with various events planned in the capital Ankara and around the country.
At least two PKK militants 'neutralized' in Turkey's southeast
At least two militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were "neutralized" in the southeastern Mardin province, the Turkish military said in a statement on May 10.
Freerunning and Parkour competition kicks off in Mardin
The southeastern Turkish province of Mardin will host the Freerunning and Parkour World Cup Series on May 12-13 under the auspices of the Turkish Gymnastics Federation.
Easter celebrated in south, southeast Turkey
A Protestant church in southeastern Turkey's Mardin province celebrated Easter on April 8.
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Prosecutor objects to acquittal of police officer suspected of rape in Turkey’s Mardin
The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in the southeastern province of Mardin has objected to the acquittal of a police officer accused of raping a 21-year-old woman, with one of the grounds for his acquittal being that “the woman had phone numbers of multiple men among the contacts on her mobile phone.”
Turkey’s Syriac community welcomes Mor Gabriel Monastery’s return
A number of properties belonging to Turkey’s Syriac minority that were controversially handed to the state in recent years will be returned as part of a planned new omnibus bill, daily Hürriyet reported on Feb. 7.
World’s tallest man meets with world’s shortest woman in Egypt
The world’s tallest man Sultan Kösen from the southeastern province of Mardin met the world’s shortest woman Jyoti Amge from India on Jan. 27 in Egypt for an event organized by the Egyptian Culture Ministry.