In my sight, the city has an interesting feature. Other cities around this city has terrorism, but here life is normal as it should be, and you would feel safe your self here. The people who live here don’t let terrorism come in here. I hope terror ends in other cities in Anatolia, such as old people were living in a good culture as it remains.

First thing in my mind about Mardin, just we get off our car children were around us and asking to give them money. When we asked why, what for you want money, give no answer they keep telling just give it. I frankly did not like that in a city that attracts tourists, governor, or municipalities whoever authorized they have to conscious children and their family. The city’s most interesting places are narrow stair streets, unfortunately the garbage all around these streets and smells bad. City has stairs streets because is built on a mountain, municipal cleaning solution for garbage men is to charge donkeys. However, it seems that this did not work much; this dirt is looking very agley in this worthy city.

When you look towards to Mardin, many Artuqid, Akkoyunlu, and Ottoman structures as well as many Assyrians monasteries was built side by side at the outdoor museum you will see. Stone structures on the light shine like gold. Unfortunately, sides of beautiful buildings there were made of ugly concrete buildings, which are not belong to this city and they are like screaming this. City under UNESCO protection, we learned that municipal of Mardin decided to collapse 2500 concrete buildings. Not easy to do stone house in Mardin, but when we sow market we sow that they are not poor people as we thought. Because the market, has many jewelry shops where you can not see any in other cities this much shops side by side. Here, the most famous handicraft is Silver filigree. This work of gold or silver into a wire by melting and then be given the desired shape by bending with the hands and the manual labor that requires a very thin branch of a profession. This was done with rings, necklaces, earrings, as well as aircraft, seat, tea kettle as possible to see very different objects. Some objects that look as beautiful as lace. This art has started 5000 years ago, I thought it might be end one day therefore just bought a ring and two necklaces.

When walking in the bazaar, you see a man with a special headscarf donkey rider right alongside of the cars here is as much a normal scene. Certainly for people like us have come from outside an interesting image. At the bottom of main street a bazaar takes our attention and we wanted to go down the stairs this was Ayyar Bazaar and there was a unbelievable view. Go to the right and left labyrinthine bazaar is curled. Shop for a hierarchy was stacked fruiterer input, then the butcher, the clothing, such as coppersmith. To pass in front of the butcher wants little hearts. Because every where was full with cut pieces of animals on the trays. Coppersmiths Bazaar (Revaklı Bazaar) was the most interesting take place. Craftsmen still produce handmade copper materials. Mostly they produce a figure which is the name Sahmaran, head of it as a women and body of it snake. There was only a man who is the last Coppersmith in the bazaar his name is Hasan Ozcan. Hasan was very friendly and showed us Turkish hospitality. I asked him to take a picture of and he invited us to the shop, we have taken his photos while he was working on the new copper tray. In the old days Sahmaran was producing on to the glass and young bachelor ladies were keeping in their bridal outfit. Believed to be in every household was required, it is that fertility was in the house. But many people doesn’t continuo to this tradition today. Sahraman’s story goes to former period, in the old times a young boy of grand vizier goes to desert with his friends. They trick him and put in to a deep hole. When he opens his eyes he sow a lot of snakes inside, one of them was queen of snakes, as per human body so that the snake was Sahmaran. Sahraman said he would be release under one condition, he wouldn’t tell anyone where Sahmaran’s place. He has promised Sahmaran it was removed from the wells. After while he heard that the king is so ill and the only way to be well is eating the Sahmaran. King also promise that who brings to Sahmaran he will marry with his daughter. Son of the grand vizier forget his promise and shows the place of Sahmaran. After the king eating Sahmaran he becomes well. This story comes until today against to Sahraman trust betrayal of the human. Coppersmith Hasan still produce this on the trays at bazaar. While we chat with him he invited us to his house to drink tea, we learned that he lives in a mansion which is 1000 m2. 5 families had lived in the past, but they remain a single day because of immigration. We saw photos of the mansion are a very beautiful stonework was Mardin home. This big houses you can see everywhere in Mardin with great architecture style. Unfortunately, our friend became sick that night and we could not go to visit him for the evening. While our tour of the bazaar we found our self in front of a beautiful mosque minaret. When we were taking photographs we sow a small tailor shop in a historic building little in the bottom of mosque an old tailor who worked in the old style. We ask for permission to take photos. Mardin people are very friendly and you can ask many things without any hesitate.

While we walking on the street a man came up and wanted to show us a historical bath which he was operating today. The healing waters of bath was coming from Mardin castle, there is a natural way, which is established in 13th century and still used to get water through the bath. When we go to Bath we sow the old stonework 13th century building is being considered (for the lost inscription of the bath structure is dated to approximately 13th century) were compared with a magnificent structure. The bath water is heated with almond shells make this water is soft. If you want to see this Emir Hammam it has narrow entrance in the middle of the market. Hammam was still using for an old tradition, in the age of marriage for men mother came and saw the girls here. If there is a defect that does not appear the girl here was detected.

To see Deyrulzafaran Monastery we go to Nusaybin side. Monastery is 5 km to the city. Inside of the monastery is very sleek and the employees salary donated by a foundation belonging to Mardin also they earn some who visit the monastery. This monastery was the center of Assyrian patriarchate for 639 years. Construction of the ceiling section without stucco and today is still able to stand. Assyrian’s the last Christian Community speakers of Aramaic language which Jesus was speaking. If their bloods ends one day this language also will die. Our guide his name is Kermo was guiding us in the monastery was very friendly to us. To take photos he has taken us to some special sections. We joined a ceremony also in monastery. Women scarf their head during the ceremony as Muslim women. Prayer movements in a similar way like in Muslim religion as in a rug on the carpet were praying.

On our way to come back Mardin, in the valley turn our attention to Kasimiye madrasah. This structure reflects the architecture of Artuklu has a beautiful stone workshop. Madrasah has a big pool at the inner court around the pool some little rooms used at training period as training room. When we go building had a modification in the structure. Therefore we couldn’t see inside much, but outside the tiny little girls and their mothers in the small stalls selling hand-made jewelry. Little girls, sheep together with madrasah was good photo material for us.

For dinner, everyone suggest us to go Cercis Mansion. Of course, this house was a very good sample of great stonework. We had Mehir soup here which we have it in Urfa too. This soup you drink cold. I suggest you to eat Kitel Raha (Mardin special meatball). If you want to know more about this restaurant you can visit http://www.cercismurat.com. About accommodation I suggest you Erdoba Houses Hotel or Artuklu Kervansaray or Grand Mardin Otel. Erdoba Houses consists of 4 separate house all of them has different architectural style. I recommend you to see Even if you do not stay. Detailed information from the web page is invoked http://www.erdoba.com.tr

That is all I could see about Mardin, when you go there maybe you meet with other beautiful people and can listen different stories. Mardin, as always in the bell, ezan (pray to invite Muslim to namaz) , hazzan (person who chant in sinagog) sounds are mixed together for years. Here, Turks, Assyrians and Arabs and Kurds live in peace.