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District and municipality in Mardin, Turkey
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Midyat is a city in Southeastern Anatolia, with a population in 2025 of 70,000. Its main attraction is its compact old town, and collection of outlying monasteries.
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Museum of city life with caves beneath.
Stylish place 2 km east of town.
Slick business hotel 5 km west of town.
Midyat is on Highway D380, 66 km east of Mardin and 87 km west of Cizre. Mardin is the nearest airport, with daily flights from Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir.
Read in the guideYou can easily explore the old town on foot, but you need wheels for the outlying monasteries.
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