Günyurdu

Günyurdu
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Mardin
District ( ilçe ) :	Nusaybin
Coordinates :	37 ° 8 '  N , 41 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 8 '21 "  N , 41 ° 27' 13"  E
Height :	550  m
Residents :	59 (2013)
Telephone code :	(+90) 482
Postal code :	47 xxx
License plate :	47

Günyurdu ( Turkish for sun house ), Aramaic Marbobo , or Kurdish Merbabê , is a Christian-Aramaic village in the district of Nusaybin in the province of Mardin in southeastern Turkey .

Marbobo is located 25 km east of Nusaybin, not far from the old silk road , at the foot of the Tur Abdin mountain range .

There is an old cave church in the village, the origins of which go back to the 3rd century, making it one of the oldest churches in Tur Abdin.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from January 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed January 2, 2015