Kiziltepe
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Kızıltepe is a town in, and a district of Mardin Province
Mardin Province
Mardin Province is a province of Turkey with a population of 744,606. The population was 835,173 in 2000. The capital of the Mardin Province is Mardin...

 of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. (Population 129 745 in 2009) Kızıltepe was the scene of clashes between protesting Kurds
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...

and Turkish riot police in 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4867934.stm
Turks, Circassians, Kurds, Arabs make up the population.
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