Seyr-İ-Mardin

Top choice in Mardin


Translating to 'Mardin's Eye', this multi-level cafe, teahouse and restaurant has knock-'em-dead views over the Mesopotamian plains and is always busy. Grab a terrace table and feast on an excellent meze selection or Mardin specialities of kidre (slow-cooked lamb casserole) and tahinli tavuk (chicken and courgettes in a tahini sauce).

There are great choices for vegetarians here.


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1. Ulu Cami

0.04 MILES

This 12th-century Iraqi Seljuk structure suffered badly during the Kurdish rebellion of 1832. Inside it's fairly plain, but the expansive courtyard and…

2. Sultan İsa (Zinciriye) Medresesi

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Dating from 1385, this medrese (seminary) complex's highlight is the imposing recessed doorway, but make sure you wander through the pretty courtyards and…

3. Bazaar

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Mardin's rambling commercial hub parallels 1 Caddesi one block down the hill. It's packed with metalworkers, donkey-saddle repairers, woodworkers, stores…

4. Şahkulubey Mansion

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One of the best examples of Mardin's early-20th-century architecture can still be seen while walking down 1 Caddesi. Built in 1909, the Şahkulubey Mansion…

5. Old Post Office

0.23 MILES

Turkey's most impressive post office was built in 1890 and was originally the home of the Şahtana family before becoming Mardin's post office in the 1950s…

6. Şehidiye Cami

0.25 MILES

Look for the elegant, slender minaret of this 14th-century mosque. Access is down the staircase right beside the side of Atilla Çay Bahçesi.

7. Mardin Museum

0.27 MILES

This superbly restored late-19th-century mansion was once Mardin's Syriac Catholic Patriarchate and sports carved pillars and elegant arcades on the upper…

8. Abdüllatif Cami

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This gracious mosque was built in the 14th century and has been finely restored. Both the external grand gateway, bordered by fine stone carvings, and the…