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Duruca, Turkey

Duruca is a town of 3,846 people in Mardin, Turkey.

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Population3,846 GeoNames

RegionMardin

Elevation478 m 1,568 ft

Time zoneEurope/Istanbul

Nearest airportMardin Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar Airport (MQM) 62 km

About Duruca

Duruca (Kurdish: Kertwen; Syriac: Kartwīn) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Nusaybin, Mardin Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,664 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). The village is populated by Kurds of the Kikan and Mizizex tribes.

From the Wikipedia article Duruca, Nusaybin (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Churches and places of worship1

Duruca Camii

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Healthcare1

Gül Eczanesi

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History

Kartwīn (today called Duruca) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians. In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had two households, who did not pay any dues, and it did not have a church or a priest.

From the History section of Duruca, Nusaybin on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting there and nearby towns

Mardin Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar Airport (MQM) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 62 km away.

Yolbilen 3 km east, about 3 min by car
Tepealtı 5 km east, about 5 min by car
Tepeüstü 7 km east, about 7 min by car
Nusaybin 9 km west, about 9 min by car
Midyat 36 km north, about 36 min by car
Mardin 56 km northwest, about 56 min by car
Kızıltepe 66 km west, about 1 h by car
Hasankeyf 69 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
Cizre 82 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
Batman 90 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car

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