Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Mardin

The southern province of Mardin, renowned for its rich cultural allure and historical sites, saw a surge in both local and foreign tourists during the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

With over 60 hotels boasting 22,000 beds reaching a 90 percent occupancy rate, and Midyat district welcoming 10,000 daily visitors, the region hosted a bustling atmosphere.

Returning to her hometown after 36 years abroad, a Syriac nun, who speaks 14 languages and has written 22 books, started farming in the southeastern province of Mardin.

Hatune Doğan, who emigrated from Mardin's Midyat district with her family in 1985 and settled in Germany, is now engaged in agriculture in her hometown.

Most Orthodox Christians in Turkey celebrated Easter at home this year due to the 17-day pandemic lockdown, but limited number of faithful were able to attend the church services under strict rules.

More than 260 million Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter Sunday, including the Orthodox community in Turkey, with church leaders urging worshippers to stay at home to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus.

While many watched services online or on television, some sidestepped virus fears to attend churches on the most important date in the Orthodox calendar.

A stray puppy brought from the southeastern province of Mardin to Istanbul early July for an emergency medical operation after its two legs were injured with a shotgun is now recovering. 

Three Syrian migrant children were killed and six others were injured after a fire broke out at a tent city in the Derik district of Turkey's southeastern Mardin province. The fire was the second reported in one week, after 21 tents burned down on March 25. 

Six people have been detained and their weapons seized in the southeastern province of Mardin after police raided two separate homes in the K?z?ltepe district, upon intelligence that they were planning to assassinate a number of public officials including judges, prosecutors and the local district governor.