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'''Siirt''' ({{lang-ar|سِعِرْد}} ''Siʿird'', {{lang-hy|Սղերդ}} ''Sġerd'', {{lang-syr|ܣܥܪܬ}} ''siʿreth'', {{lang-ku|Sêrt}},<ref>{{cite book |author1=Adem Avcıkıran |title=Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî |date=2009 |page=57 |url=http://tirsik.net/danegeh/pirtuk/ismail%20bulbul/anamneza%20bi%20kurmanc%C3%AE.pdf |accessdate=17 December 2019 |language=tr, ku}}</ref> {{lang-ota|سعرد}} {{lang-el|Σύρτη}}) is a city in southeastern [[Turkey]] and the seat of [[Siirt Province]]). The population of the city according to the 2009 census was 129,188.<ref>[http://report.tuik.gov.tr/reports/rwservlet?adnksdb2=&report=idari_yapi_09sonrasi.RDF&p_il1=56&p_yil=2009&p_dil=1&desformat=html&ENVID=nufus2000db2Env Şehir, belde ve köy nüfusları – 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004071723/http://report.tuik.gov.tr/reports/rwservlet?adnksdb2=&report=idari_yapi_09sonrasi.RDF&p_il1=56&p_yil=2009&p_dil=1&desformat=html&ENVID=nufus2000db2Env |date=October 4, 2011 }}, Tuskish Institute of Statistics</ref> The majority of the city's population is [[Kurds|Kurdish]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Watts|first=Nicole F.|title=Activists in Office: Arabic and Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity)|date=2010|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|isbn=978-0-295-99050-7|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=yXWl40KJfKEC&pg=PA167 167]}}</ref>
'''Siirt''' ({{lang-ar|سِعِرْد}} ''Siʿird'', {{lang-hy|Սղերդ}} ''Sġerd'', {{lang-syr|ܣܥܪܬ|Siirt}}<ref>Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Siirt — ܣܥܪܬ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/188.</ref>, {{lang-ku|Sêrt}},<ref>{{cite book |author1=Adem Avcıkıran |title=Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî |date=2009 |page=57 |url=http://tirsik.net/danegeh/pirtuk/ismail%20bulbul/anamneza%20bi%20kurmanc%C3%AE.pdf |accessdate=17 December 2019 |language=tr, ku}}</ref> {{lang-ota|سعرد}} {{lang-el|Σύρτη}}) is a city in southeastern [[Turkey]] and the seat of [[Siirt Province]]). The population of the city according to the 2009 census was 129,188.<ref>[http://report.tuik.gov.tr/reports/rwservlet?adnksdb2=&report=idari_yapi_09sonrasi.RDF&p_il1=56&p_yil=2009&p_dil=1&desformat=html&ENVID=nufus2000db2Env Şehir, belde ve köy nüfusları – 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004071723/http://report.tuik.gov.tr/reports/rwservlet?adnksdb2=&report=idari_yapi_09sonrasi.RDF&p_il1=56&p_yil=2009&p_dil=1&desformat=html&ENVID=nufus2000db2Env |date=October 4, 2011 }}, Tuskish Institute of Statistics</ref> The majority of the city's population is [[Kurds|Kurdish]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Watts|first=Nicole F.|title=Activists in Office: Arabic and Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity)|date=2010|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|isbn=978-0-295-99050-7|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=yXWl40KJfKEC&pg=PA167 167]}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 20:32, 24 May 2020

Not to be confused with Sirte.
Siirt
Municipality
City center
City center
Siirt is located in Turkey
Siirt
Siirt
Coordinates: 37°55′30″N 41°56′45″E / 37.92500°N 41.94583°E / 37.92500; 41.94583
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSiirt
Government
 • Elected MayorBerivan Helen Işık (HDP)
 • State appointed trusteeAli Fuat Atik
Area
[1]
 • District283.87 km2 (109.60 sq mi)
Population
 (Template:Turkey district populations)Template:Turkey district populations
 • Urban
Template:Turkey district populations
 • District
Template:Turkey district populations
Websitewww.siirt.bel.tr

Siirt (Template:Lang-ar Siʿird, Template:Lang-hy Sġerd, Template:Lang-syr[2], Template:Lang-ku,[3] Template:Lang-ota Template:Lang-el) is a city in southeastern Turkey and the seat of Siirt Province). The population of the city according to the 2009 census was 129,188.[4] The majority of the city's population is Kurdish.[5]

History

Previously known as Saird, in pre-Islamic times Siirt was a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church (Sirte, Σίρτη in Byzantine Greek). An illuminated manuscript known as the Syriac Bible of Paris may have originated from the Bishop of Siirt's library, Siirt's Christians would worshipped in Syriac, a liturgical language descended from Aramaic still in use by the Chaldean Rite, other Eastern Christians in India, and the Nestorians along the Silk Road as far as China. The Chronicle of Seert was preserved in the city; it describes the ecclesiastical history of the Persian realm through the middle of the seventh century. From 1858 to 1915 the city was the seat of a bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Most of the city's Assyrians, including Addai Scher their archbishop were killed during the Assyrian Genocide along with the loss of the Syriac manuscript of Theodore of Mopsuestia's De Incarnatione.[6]

Government

In the municipal elections of March 2019 Berivan Helen Işık of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor.[7] She was dismissed from her post on 15 May 2020 and detained over terror charges. Ali Fuat Atik, the Governor of the Siirt province was appointed trustee by the Ministry of the Interior.[8]

Landmarks

The city's landmark is the Great Mosque (Ulu Cami) built in 1129 by the Great Seljuk Sultan Mahmut II who belonged to the main branch of the dynasty that ruled from Baghdad after this Turkish Empire had split into several branches. The mosque was restored in 1965.

Trivia

Siirt is famous in Turkey for its hand-made blankets (Siirt battaniyesi). Many visitors find themselves departing with one offered as a present. The traditional kilims produced by the Jirikan clan (aşiret Template:Lang-ar) and revived since 1996 through joint efforts involving official instances and citizens are also much prized. Another product of interest is the Bıttım soaps proper to the region. Siirt also has an extremely rich culinary and spa culture. Depending district centers of Aydınlar (former Assyrian-rooted name was Tillo) with its historical medrese is renowned as a religious center and Pervari for its honey based on the particularly rich flora.

Siirt was Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's constituency from 2003 to 2007. His wife, Mrs. Emine Erdoğan, is from Siirt and the PM had been elected to the Turkish Grand National Assembly in a by-election held in Siirt in 2003.

Although Siirt remains one of the poorer cities in Turkey, some neighborhoods have fine and modern housing including new shops, banks and hotels.[9]

Climate

Siirt has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa) with very hot and dry summers and cold and wet winters. During winter months there is frequent frost and occasional snowfall.

Climate data for Siirt
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 6.7
(44.1) 		8.9
(48.0) 		13.7
(56.7) 		19.4
(66.9) 		25.3
(77.5) 		32.3
(90.1) 		37.2
(99.0) 		37.0
(98.6) 		32.3
(90.1) 		24.4
(75.9) 		15.4
(59.7) 		8.8
(47.8) 		21.8
(71.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 3
(37) 		4.2
(39.6) 		8.5
(47.3) 		14.1
(57.4) 		19.6
(67.3) 		26.2
(79.2) 		30.6
(87.1) 		30
(86) 		25.1
(77.2) 		18.1
(64.6) 		10.2
(50.4) 		4.9
(40.8) 		16.2
(61.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −0.2
(31.6) 		0.8
(33.4) 		4.4
(39.9) 		9.3
(48.7) 		13.8
(56.8) 		19.3
(66.7) 		23.6
(74.5) 		23.3
(73.9) 		18.9
(66.0) 		12.9
(55.2) 		6.5
(43.7) 		2
(36) 		11.2
(52.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 83.2
(3.28) 		98.0
(3.86) 		104.7
(4.12) 		109.4
(4.31) 		60.2
(2.37) 		8.7
(0.34) 		1.9
(0.07) 		1.0
(0.04) 		4.7
(0.19) 		47.7
(1.88) 		79.6
(3.13) 		92.9
(3.66) 		692
(27.25)
Average rainy days 11.5 12.0 13.8 13.5 10.3 3.4 0.8 0.6 1.7 8.1 9.1 11.7 96.5
Average relative humidity (%) 70 70 59 56 52 33 25 23 28 46 61 69 49
Mean monthly sunshine hours 111.6 123.2 173.6 201 285.2 354 384.4 359.6 306 226.3 156 108.5 2,789.4
Source 1: Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü[10]
Source 2: Weatherbase[11]
  • A bridge in Siirt
    A bridge in Siirt
  • Ebul Vefa Mosque
    Ebul Vefa Mosque
  • Eruh municipality
    Eruh municipality
  • A residential building in Siirt
    A residential building in Siirt
  • Ibrahim hakkı shrine in Siirt Tillo
    Ibrahim hakkı shrine in Siirt Tillo
  • The city hall
    The city hall
  • Siirt Tillo
    Siirt Tillo
  • Zorova river
    Zorova river
  • Siirt Street scene
    Siirt Street scene
  • Siirt Street scene
    Siirt Street scene
  • Siirt Street scene
    Siirt Street scene
  • Siirt Street scene
    Siirt Street scene
  • Siirt Saat Kulesi
    Siirt Saat Kulesi
  • Siirt Market area
    Siirt Market area
  • Siirt Market area
    Siirt Market area
  • Siirt Market area
    Siirt Market area
  • Siirt tiftik battaniye
    Siirt tiftik battaniye
  • Siirt House
    Siirt House
  • Siirt House
    Siirt House
  • Siirt Ulu Camii
    Siirt Ulu Camii
  • Siirt Ulu Camii Minaret
    Siirt Ulu Camii Minaret
  • Hacı Abdulhakim Sancak Carşı Camii
    Hacı Abdulhakim Sancak Carşı Camii
  • Hacı Abdulhakim Sancak Carşı Camii
    Hacı Abdulhakim Sancak Carşı Camii
  • Hacı Abdulhakim Sancak Carşı Camii
    Hacı Abdulhakim Sancak Carşı Camii
  • Hacı Abdulhakim Sancak Carşı Camii Minber
    Hacı Abdulhakim Sancak Carşı Camii Minber
  • Siirt mosque
    Siirt mosque

References

  1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Siirt — ܣܥܪܬ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/188.
  3. ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. ^ Şehir, belde ve köy nüfusları – 2009 Archived October 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Tuskish Institute of Statistics
  5. ^ Watts, Nicole F. (2010). Activists in Office: Arabic and Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity). Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-295-99050-7.
  6. ^ Gaunt, David; Beṯ-Şawoce, Jan (2006), Massacres, resistance, protectors: Muslim-Christian relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I, Gorgias Press LLC, pp. 251–253, ISBN 978-1593333010 {{citation}}: External link in |title= (help)
  7. ^ "Siirt Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  8. ^ "Four mayors detained over alleged terror links - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  9. ^ Siirt in South East Turkey Photo Gallery by Dick Osseman at. Pbase.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-16.
  10. ^ İl ve İlçelerimize Ait İstatistiki Veriler- Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü Archived January 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Dmi.gov.tr. Retrieved on 2011-04-16.
  11. ^ http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weatherall.php3?s=1271&refer=&units=us&cityname=Siirt-Turkey
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