Derik, Turkey

For the given name, see Derek.

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Country	Turkey
Province	Mardin
Government
• Mayor	Sebahat Çetinkaya (Template:Polparty)
• Kaymakam	Hüseyin Avcı
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Post code	47800
Website	www.derik.bel.tr

Derik (Syriac: ܖܪܝܟܐ Dêrike, Kurdish: Dêrika Çiyayê Mazî) is a district of the Mardin Province in the southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It has borders with Mazıdağı, Viranşehir and Kızıltepe.

The town is first mentioned in the late 14th century, however a Roman fort indicates that the area has been inhabited for longer. Prior to the Assyrian and Armenian genocide, Syriacs and Armenians formed the majority in the district.^[1] The Armenian population of the county continued to form the majority even up until the 1930s, when systematic state persecution forced many to emigrate, A community still exists in the city regardless, one church remains to serve them.

Geographically the town includes areas from Mazıdağı foot descending towards Ceylanpınar plains. Town area descends from the north to the south. The city center is surrounded by mountains from 3 sides and has a temperate climate with some mediterranean climate effects.

In the 1990s, the nearby forests were cleared as they offered PKK shelter from the Turkish authorities. Currently there is a campaign to reforest the mountains .

Agriculture is the main industry in the city center and in the lowlands. Agricultural products include cereals, grapes, fruit, and olives. Mountain villagers and those around Xalîkan (Karacadağ) province deal in livestock. The recent drilling of water wells and construction of irrigation ponds has allowed more industrial scale agriculture to blossom here as well.

• http://www.derik.bel.tr

v t e Derik, Turkey in Mardin Province of Turkey
Districts	Artuklu Dargeçit Derik Kızıltepe Mazıdağı Midyat Nusaybin Ömerli Savur Yeşilli
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1. ↑ Gaunt, David; Bet̲-Şawoce, Jan (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia During World War I. Gorgias Press LLC. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-59333-301-0. Retrieved 30 January 2013.