Midyat : the city of languages and religions! Amazing city walking tour !

📆 This video was filmed on 21 September 2022 at 09:00
(temprature is about 30 C degree)

📍 Started from the bus terminal and finished at Hivroj Mansion

🎥Video was recorded by Iphone 13

ℹ️ Let's talk about Midyat briefly ;

🇹🇷Midyat is a town in the
Midyat District of Mardin Province in Türkiye.

✈️🚌 It is possible to arrive in a few hours
by road transport from Mardin Airport.

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Spring and autumn are the best times to travel.
Summers are too hot and winters are cold.

🏛️Midyat, which is one of the oldest settlements in the history of civilization,
has become the common point of different languages ​​and religions.
👑Many different empires had ruled over Midyat including the
Mitannians, Assyrians, Arameans, Armenians, Medes, Persians,
Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Abbasids, Seljuks and Ottomans.
🤲🗣️ In Midyat, which has hosted many civilizations throughout history, people from all languages ​​and sects live today friendly.
This is why it is called the city of religions and languages.
🫂In the modern era, the town is populated by Assyrians,Kurds and Mhallami people.
⛪️There are many old churches in the city, and most of all Syriac.
🌇All streets in Midyat, where the historical
Silk Road is located, look like a natural museum.
🏡Midyat is reminiscent of medieval cities with its stone mansions, arched passages and Syriac churches.
☀️Historical buildings and mansions draw attention with their colors under the sun and their unique decorations.
Midyat, where history is felt with all its details…

🪨Midyat stone buildings were built
using the local natural stone named Katori.
Katori stone features; It is very suitable for a
cool environment in summer and warm in winter, its white color darkens over time with the effect of the sun, pattern models can be made as desired with the art of stone processing.

💍More specific to the city is its Syriac silver crafts called telkari, which are handcrafted filigreed ornaments.

🍷To the east of the city there is a winery that makes traditional Syriac wine: a wine native to the region.

🥘Meat, bulgur and yoghurt dishes come to the fore in Midyat, which stands out with its food culture.

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