Kızıltepe

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Kızıltepe
Kızıltepe is located in Turkey
Kızıltepe
Kızıltepe
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Country Turkey
Province Mardin
Government
 • Mayor İsmail Ası (BDP)
 • Kaymakam Erkan Yırık
Area[1]
 • District 1,416.37 km2 (546.86 sq mi)
Population (2012)[2]
 • Urban 147,585
 • District 228,356
 • District density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Post code 47440
Website www.kiziltepe-bld.gov.tr

Kızıltepe (Kurdish: Qoser‎, Ottoman Turkish: Koçhisar‎ or Tell-Ermen (meaning "Armenian hill"),[3] Arabic: دنيصر‎‎) is a town in, and a district of Mardin Province of Turkey. As of 2014, the town had a population of 225,888. Most of the people are Kurds but there are some Arabs, Turks (who came here for government business) and Christians.

The town has a historic 13th century great Friday mosque built by the Artukids. It was also the scene of clashes between protesting Kurds and Turkish riot police in 2006.[4]

Kızıltepe, with +48.8 °C (119.84 °F) on August 14, 1993, holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Turkey.[5]

References

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  3. ↑ Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 4 (1200-1350), David Thomas, Alexander Mallett, page 331, 2012
  4. ↑ [1]
  5. ↑ http://www.mgm.gov.tr/genel/sss.aspx?s=sicaklikenleri2


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