Mardin (Heritage City)

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Top content creator and pilot jesus_tr used a DJI Spark drone to create this stunning aerial video of Mardin, a city in southeastern Turkey. Mardin is the capital of the province of the same name, in Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia region. The city lies just a short distance north of the Syrian border. The city has been inhabited since the Bronze Age, and was part of two different Assyrian empires. Most of its prominent architecture dates to its time under a Turkmen dynasty in the 11th-12th centuries.

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(Shot with Spark) The city is located on the slope of a hill looking down south to the Mesopotamian plains. Mardin is on the rail and highway routes connecting Turkey to Syria and Iraq. According to a hearsay, the history of the city dates as far back as the Flood. The city lived under the rule of the Hurri-Mitani, Hittites, Surs, Babylonians, Persians, Romans, Arabs and the Seljuk Turks. Later, the Mardin branch of the Artuklu Kingdom called "Tabaka Ilgaziyye" was established and the city flourished during this time. The city used to be known as "Marde" by the Persians, "Mardia" by the Byzantine, "Maridin" by the Arabs and "Merde-Merdo-Merdi" by the Syriac. These were transformed into "Mardin" after the area was occupied by the Turks.