Artuklu, Mardin
| Artuklu | |
|---|---|
| İlçe (district) | |
  Artuklu Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°19′N 40°43′E / 37.317°N 40.717°ECoordinates: 37°19′N 40°43′E / 37.317°N 40.717°E | |
| Country |
 Turkey |
| Province | Mardin Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mehmet Emin Irmak (BDP) |
| Elevation | 940 m (3,085 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Urban | 86,984 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 47000 |
| Area code(s) | 0482 |
| Licence plate | 47 |
Artuklu is a planned district and second level municipality in Mardin Province, Turkey. According to the 2012 Metropolitan Municipalities Law (law no. 6360), all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750000 will become metropolitan municipalities and the districts within the metropolitan municipalities will be second-level municipalities. The law also creates new districts within the provinces in addition to present districts.[1] These changes will be effective by the local elections in 2014. On 30 March 2014, Mehmet Emin Irmak (BDP) was elected mayor.
Thus after 2014 the present Mardin central district will be named Artuklu and the name Mardin will be reserved for the metropolitan municipality. (Artuklu was the name of a Turkmen dynasty ruled in and around Mardin in the 14th centurt.)
Rural area
There were three towns and 64 villages in Artuklu rural area.[2]Now their official status became "neighborhood of Artuklu".