Mardin - Wikipedia Mardin (Kurdish: مێردین, romanized: Mêrdîn; [2] Arabic: ماردين; romanized: Mārdīn; Syriac: ܡܪܕܝܢ, romanized: Merdīn; [3][4] Armenian: Մարդին) is a city and seat of the Artuklu District of Mardin Province in Turkey [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