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Women´s World Team Championship is taking place in Mardin. During the rest day of important events, it is customary to organize activities to entertain the players as well as show off the region´s interesting options. The Turkish Federation organized a great program showing sites and ancient ruins of Mesopotamia.

To top it all, the weather was warm and sunny – the perfect free day!

Souvenir photo in front of the historical Governor´s Building 

The players then visited Sabanci Museum

The Turks showed the players a great time, with many interesting cultural choices

Tablets with ancient writing

The museum illustrated how deep the region´s history goes

A group picture of everyone who went

A stroll through the old city

A fountain used to wash (or drink water)

The geological layout belies the numerous periods of civilizations that have lived there

A Madrasah is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether
secular or religious.

The entrance to the ruins of Dara

The Turkish team is proud of their heritage

The ancient city was an important strategic point, as it lay five kilometers from the
actual border of ancient Persia. It was fought over and conquered more than once
by the Romans and Persians.

For the Romans, it was their "dux Mesopotamiae". After the city lost its military
significance, it fell into decline and was eventually abandoned

A final tour of the Deyrulzafaran Monastery was in the program