September 24th
To start our SE Turkey tour diary, our first 24 hours are spent in and around Mardin, the most captivating city in Turkey’s southeast region. Dara is an ancient city founded by an Eastern Roman Empire as a fortress town.
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Then there’s the 6th century Roman Kilise sarniç or ‘church cistern’ that was discovered under a barn in a little village with more sheep and people. It’s more than 60 feet deep.
And to top it off, we have wine with a view over the Mesopotamia plain stretching out in front of us.
September 25th
Day four of our SE Turkey tour diary takes us to the city of Midyat with a large Syriac (Arab Christian) population for some jewelery and wine shopping, not to mention some gorgeous architecture.
We stopped by an Orthodox monastery, Deyrüzzaferân, and a riverside restaurant for grilled fish and kebabs. We even managed to get a few colourful headscarves.
