History and belief geography af Mardin in the 20th

In the introduction of the study called "History and Belief Geography of Mardm in the 20th Century " that I have done, a short knowledge about the origin of the name "Mardin" and the In the first section of the study; sfy The history -of &e city starting from &e early ages has beea studied. b) A short history of the towns such as the central town, Derik, Mazıdağı, Midyat, Dargeçit, Nusaybin, KıaJtepe, Ömerli, Savur and YeşiMi tow in Mardin wich was a state belonged to Diyarbakır adrninistratively in Ottoman period has been looked over. At the end of that section, important historic sights such as towers, mosques, churchs, rnoslem theological schools and monasteries have been studied under the subtitles. In the second section; While studying the belief geography of mardin, religions and believes in their historical context from 16* century till 20th centoy have been identified and appreciated. We have taken adventages of the population statistics generally and of the works of the native and foreign travellers in order to determine the belief geography of the 20th century. From the data in these sources, the number of the ones belonged to various religions has been determined. To identify the present belief geography, field research has been carried out According to that research, ît has been found that some religious supporters present in former years were absent in the city- When the religious situation of Mardin is studied; 1 ) The Jewish : At the present, no Jewish lives in Mardin. 2) The Armenians : There are about 45 persons in the city. 3) The KeWanians : They are a groupof 40 people. 4) The Syrian Christians : Mardin has been one of the important centres of the Syriac History, ft has beea determined that approximately 2200 Syric people live in a seperate suburb m Mardin. 5) Vile fellows : Totally 5 bribes of Remove at 3 villages in Nusaybin at present. NoAlawi ( partisans of Ali ) has been encountered in Mardin. Most of the Moslem population are Shaffite. According to 1990 population, census, general population of the city is 557.727. Uğur ÖZTÜRK