Top Things to do in Mardin Province
The 5 Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Mardin Province, Mardin Province
Discover the best top things to do in Mardin Province, Turkey including Deyrulzafaran Monastery, Mardin Museum, Great Mosque of Mardin, Mor Gabriel Monastery, Sabanci City Museum.
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1. Deyrulzafaran Monastery
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4.5 based on 681 reviews
Reviewed By apricot44 - Turkey, null
Ancient people of Mesopotamia, Syriacs In this article, we will try to explain the history of the Syriac community, whose origins belong to the fertile crescent and Mesopotamian geography. In the last half century, many studies have been done on the origins of the Assyrians, their traditions and customs, their lifestyles; it definitely proves that they are a people of the fertile crescent land. There are generally 2 basic views about the origins of the Assyrians. The first view bases the origins of the Syriacs on the Arameans, one of the ancient peoples of the fertile crescent. Advocates of this view say that the name Syriac comes from an aramean king. In addition, the name tells that the Aramaic people, who adopted Christianity in the 1st AD century, called themselves Syriacs. The reason is that they want to separate from the pagan arameans, who are their descendants. This is the view basically defended by the Jacobian, which are the biggest branch of the Syriacs today. turkey, Jacobians living in Syria and Iraq emigrated to the world in many countries. One of the main evidences of this view is that the language spoken by the Syriacs is the Aramaic language. Another view is the view that traces the origins of the Syriacs to the Assyrians. This view is adopted by Nestorian people living in Iran today. Akkads, Assyrians,Babylonians,Arameans …The languages of all these peoples are of sami origin and they could easily live together. According to the Nasturis, the Syriacs are a common nation formed by all races. The most evident evidence of this view is that the Assyrians established many cities in the regions where Syriacs live today and they were very influential in Mesopotamia geography. Before Christ, many archaeological inscriptions and evidence show that the origin of the Syriacs may be Assyrians. it is written in the sources that the lineage of the Syriacs went to 2500 BC to sam, Son of Noah, and Aram, son of Sam. after Rome accepted Christianity as an official religion in the 4th AD century.on the basic principles and belief systems of Christianity, consuls began to gather to determine decisions and principles..The first believers in Jesus were forced into various tortures, massacres and migrations by the Roman during the period of nearly 3 centuries until the Roman acceptance of Christianity as the official religion.The desire of Rome to control Christians through the councils may be considered as a cause of divergence of opinion for the churches(Nikea ,Istanbul, Ephesus).However, the Kalkedon Council is known as the consul, which caused the greatest division in the history of Christianity by the Roman, who wanted to control and use eastern Christianity and its churches.The main issues of separation were the principles of faith and the organization((Monothelitism -.Dyothelitism ) of the churches.In addition, the control of the eastern churches to the Istanbul church is another reason for the great differences.Eastern Churches; possession of worldly riches and the official who wants to base his love of earthly life he opposed the church's theses.There were Syriacs, Copts, Ethiopians and Syrians among these eastern churches that were separated in the first place.the Council of kadıköy was a harbinger of great separation among the Syriacs.Syriacs who opposed the council were pressured by the Roman and Western churches, and some of them were exiled and called nesturis.the reason they are called nesturis is because of bishop Nestorius.the Syriacs, oppressed by the Western churches and Rome, began to stand closer to the Parthians and Sassanids, where they lived in the same geography.but it was not easy for Syriacs to live their religion in this kingdom, where Zoroastrianism and Mithraism were adopted.in its simplest form, this separation was due to nesturios ' claims and views on diophysicity.the Jacobins , today called the ancient Orthodox Church and located in Turkey, Syria and Iraq, were at the beginning of the 6th AD century during the time of Emperor Anastasius and Queen Theodora, Jacobins acquired an official status and many churches and monasteries were established in mardin and around the region called tur abdin(Monothelitism ).the jacobins took these names from Jacob Baradaeus (Baradei), who lived in the 5th century.During the 5th,6th and 7th centuries, some of the Syriacs were supported by the Sassanids(nesturis-diophysite), and the other part was supported by Rome(jacobins-Monophysite).currently, nesturis call themselves Assyrians and usually live in the geography of iran.the jacobins, on the other hand, call themselves ancient Orthodox Syriacs and usually live in Turkey and Syria.some Syriacs who accepted the terms of the Chalcedonian consul and feared the Roman Emperor Marcianus are called the Melkite Church (malkoye melkit).the word malkoye melkit means adherents of the King. these Syriacs(malkoye melkit), now called Greek Orthodox, have translated their language from Syriac to Arabic.the Melkites, on the other hand, later experienced another division within themselves in the 8th century and established a Patriarchate in Lebanon called the Marunis.. again, the ancient people of Mesopotamia, called Chaldeans today, separated from the nesturis in the 15th century and formed the Catholic Syriacs.both the Crusades and the missionary activities that intensified in the later centuries brought 2 more divisions to the Syriacs.especially after the 17th century, the Syriac Catholic patriarchy was first established, and in the 19th century, Protestant Syriac Catholicism was established...
2. Mardin Museum
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4.5 based on 159 reviews
3. Great Mosque of Mardin
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4.5 based on 233 reviews
Reviewed By Chom914 - Istanbul, Turkey
Mardin is a magical city still preserving its thousand year heritage where many religions and people live harmoniously together. Beautiful architecture of the mosque where each stone tells a story and many more is visibly engraved to the amazing minaret. Amazing to find out the builders were Armenians which shows how peaceful and respectful the whole city is...
4. Mor Gabriel Monastery
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4.5 based on 244 reviews
Reviewed By F1936NUjohnk - Palm Beach Gardens, United States
While visiting Midyat we were given a free tour of some of the hidden areas and asked about a taxi to see the monastery. He walked us to the main street and got us a taxi driver to and from the monastery for 100 TL. 20 minutes to the Monastery. 5 TL per person and they provide a guide for a 30 minute tour. Guide was very informative, friendly and spoke some English.
5. Sabanci City Museum
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4.0 based on 145 reviews
Reviewed By umran2015 - Istanbul, Turkey
This museum makes very good summary about Mardin and it’s enviroment. When you come to Mardin its better to visit here first to understand where should you go and see. Also museum gives you many ideas about culture and history. Very rich culture and many monuments here so this museum created very profecional look and its a big gift for us.
