Nusaybin

Formerly �Nisibin, � town, southeastern Turkey. The town is situated on the G�rgarbonizra River where it passes through a narrow canyon and enters the plain. Nusaybin faces the Syrian town of Al-Qamishli and is 32 miles (51 km) south-southeast of Mardin. Strategically commanding the entrance to the upper Syrian plains from the mountain passes of Asia Minor, Nusaybin - then called Nisibis - was a frontier