You are here:
  1. Homepage
  2. »
  3. Turkey
  4. »
  5. Mardin
  6. » Tandir
Turkey Flag Icon

Tandir Destination Guide

Explore Tandir in Turkey

Tandir in the region of Mardin is a town in Turkey - some 483 mi or ( 778 km ) South-East of Ankara , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Tandir

Current time in Tandir is now 09:19 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Baghdad, Mosul, Shamurlu, Aleppo, and Ad Darbasiyah. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Baghdad . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Tandir ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Food Stalls and Restaurants in Mardin, Southeastern Turkey

3:02 min by travelswithsheila
Views: 909 Rating: 0.00

www.TravelsWithSheila.com Travels With Sheila could spend hours watching the locals bake flat breads ("pide"), big, round sesame bagels known as "senit," walking in and out of restaurants, watching gy ..

Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners.


Interesting facts about this location

Urkesh

Urkesh or Urkish is a tell, or settlement mound, located in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It was founded during the fourth millennium BC possibly by the Hurrians on a site which appears to have been inhabited previously for a few centuries.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.06 41.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Akkadian Empire, Archaeological sites in al-Hasakah Governorate, Bronze Age sites in Syria, Former populated places in Syria, Hurrian cities, Neolithic sites in Syria, Tur Abdin, Urkesh

Amuda

Amuda is a town in Al Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria. Amuda has a mostly Kurdish population with a significant Assyrian population. On November 13, 1960, the village was the site of a tragedy in which 152 children were killed in a fire at a movie theatre. As of 20th July 2012, the area has come under the control of the Popular Protection Units (commonly known as YPG).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.10 40.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Populated places in al-Qamishli District, Towns in Syria

School of Nisibis

The School of Nisibis, for a time absorbed into the School of Edessa, was an educational establishment in Nisibis, modern-day Turkey. It was an important spiritual center of the early Church of the East, and like Gundeshapur, is sometimes referred to as the world's first university. The School had three primary departments teaching, Theology, Philosophy, and Medicine. The most famous of the School's teachers was Narsai who was previously heading the School of Edessa.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.07 41.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Christian terms, Christianity in Turkey, Church of the East, Educational institutions established in the 4th century, Nestorianism, Osroene

Nusaybin railway station

Nusaybin Railway Station is a railway station in the town of Nusaybin, Turkey next to the Turkey/Syria border. The station is the easternmost station in Turkey on the Baghdad Railway. The station was opened on October 25, 1918 by the Baghdad Railway. As of now, the station has no passenger service.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.08 41.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Mardin, Railway stations in Turkey, Railway stations opened in 1918

Qamishli

Qamishli is a city in north eastern Syria on the border with Turkey, adjoining the Turkish city of Nusaybin, and close to Iraq. It is part of the Al-Hasakah Governorate, and is the administrative capital of the Qamishli District within the governorate.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 37.05 41.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Al-Qamishli, Cities in Syria