The Department of History offers undergraduate, master's and doctoral programmes in Turkish and Arabic languages. The faculty members conduct research mainly on the Ottoman and Middle Eastern geography from the Middle Ages to the Republican period in different time periods and in different geographies. Students, researchers and history lovers interested in the history of the region are guided in writing socio-economic, political, administrative and cultural history. The programme offers a wide range of courses ranging from local history to world history, aiming to help students and researchers become experts in the subject they wish to specialise in.

The Department of History, nourished by the rich cultural values of the city of Mardin and the region, aims to strengthen the awareness of objective historiography.