mardin from turkey Mardin (Kurdish: Mêrdîn;[2] Arabic: ماردين; Syriac: ܡܪܕܝܢ, romanized: Merdīn;[3][4] Armenian: Մարդին) is a city and seat of the Artuklu District of Mardin Province.[5] It is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on a rocky hill near the Tigris River.[6] The old town of the city is under the protection of UNESCO, which forbids new constructions to preserve its façade.[7] The city had a population of 129,864 in 2021