Mardin is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for its Arabic-like architecture, and for its strategic location on a rocky mountain overlooking the plains of northern Syria.
The name of the city is Most Syriac Orthodox churches and monasteries in the city were built on ancient Assyrian-Babylonian temple sites and some are still active today. The Syriac Orthodox Saffron Monastery was founded in 439 AD and is one of the oldest monasteries in the World and the only one that is still functioning in southern Turkey.Mardin has a semi-arid climate with very hot and dry summers and cold, wet, and occasionally snowy winters.Snowfall is quite common between the months of December and March, snowing for a week or two.
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