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Mardin
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The old city in the mountains

Mardin, Turkey 37°19′0″N 40°44′16″E

The old city of Mardin, Turkey looks amazing. Most tourists say that the pictures and the atmosphere of the city is more similar to fantasy movie than to reality. This ancient city had been part of the Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian and Ottoman Empires.

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