Kızıltepe
| Kızıltepe Qoser |
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 Kızıltepe
Qoser |
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| Coordinates: 37°11′38″N 40°35′10″E / 37.19389°N 40.58611°ECoordinates: 37°11′38″N 40°35′10″E / 37.19389°N 40.58611°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | İsmail Ası (BDP) |
| • Kaymakam | Erkan Yırık |
| Area | |
| • District | 1,416.37 km2 (546.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 498 m (1,634 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Urban | 147,585 |
| • District | 228,356 |
| • District density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Post code | 47440 |
| Website | www |
Kızıltepe (Kurdish: Qoser, Ottoman Turkish: Koçhisar or Tell-Ermen (meaning "Armenian hill"),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.
Kızıltepe, with +48.8 °C (119.84 °F) on August 14, 1993, holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Turkey.
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