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Savur






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Coordinates: 37°32′15″N 40°53′21″E / 37.53750°N 40.88917°E / 37.53750; 40.88917
  
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Savur
District and municipality
Map showing Savur District in Mardin Province
Map showing Savur District in Mardin Province
Savur is located in Turkey
Savur

Savur

Location in Turkey

Coordinates: 37°32′15″N 40°53′21″E / 37.53750°N 40.88917°E / 37.53750; 40.88917
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMardin
Area
962 km2 (371 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
24,821
 • Density26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0482
Websitewww.savur.bel.tr
Savur

Savur (Syriac: ܨܰܘܪܳܐ, romanized: Ṣawro;[2] Arabic: صور, romanized: Ṣawr;[3] Kurdish: Stewr[4]), formerly known as Savor, is a municipality and districtofMardin Province, Turkey.[5] Its area is 962 km2,[6] and its population is 24,821 (2022).[1]

Demographics[edit]

According to the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, 1,032 lived in Savur on the eve of World War I. They had one church and two schools. They were massacred during the Armenian genocide. The Agha Petros mentions a Syriac population of 200.[7]

Mother tongue, Savur District, 1927 Turkish census[8]
Turkish Arabic Kurdish Circassian Armenian Unknown or other language
387 8,443 18,749 – – 7
Religion, Savur District, 1927 Turkish census[8]
Muslim Christian Jewish Unknown or other religion
27,203 48 – 335

Today, the town is populated by Arabs, Assyrians and Kurds.[9][10]

Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Yuhanun

Politics[edit]

In the local elections of March 2019, Gülistan Öncü of the pro-minority HDP was elected mayor.[11] On 15 November 2019, she was detained due to an investigation related to terrorism. She was dismissed the following day, and District Governor Bayram Türker was appointed as a trustee.[12]

Composition[edit]

There are 41 neighbourhoods in Savur District:[13]

  • Armutalan (Zivinga Menda)
  • Bağyaka (Bakustan)
  • Başağaç (Siçwan)
  • Başkavak (Ehmedî)
  • Bengisu
  • Çınarönü (Cilîn)
  • Dereiçi (Qeleth)
  • Durusu (Kunifir)
  • Evkuran (Dêrslav)
  • Gölbaşı
  • Harmantepe (Xerab Memo)
  • Hisarkaya (Kela Pozreş)
  • İçören
  • İşgören (Qewsan)
  • Kaplan
  • Karaköy (Xerabreş)
  • Kayacıklar (Bazikê)
  • Kayatepe
  • Kırbalı (Qerbe)
  • Kırkdirek (Çilstûn, Kirdilek)
  • Kocahüyük (Sêgira, Qosê)
  • Köprülü (Bakaysê)
  • Koşuyolu
  • Ormancık (Askêla)
  • Pınardere (Elfan)
  • Safa
  • Sancaklı (Birîva)
  • Şenocak (Şutê)
  • Serenli (Dengizan)
  • Seydin
  • Soylu (Dêrîş)
  • Sürgücü (Ewîna)
  • Taşlık (Cirzê)
  • Tokluca
  • Üçerli (Dêrteyar)
  • Üçkavak
  • Yaylayanı (Memika)
  • Yazır (Qunzêrîp)
  • Yenilmez
  • Yeşilalan (Barman)

    • Notable people[edit]

    References[edit]

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Savur.
    1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  • ^ "The Mhalmoyto city of Sawro ܨܰܘܪܐ". SyriacPress. 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  • ^ al-Hamawi, Yaqut (1220). Kitāb Mu'jam al-Buldān.
  • ^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 55.
  • ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  • ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  • ^ "Kaza Savur / Sur / ܨܘܪܐ - Ṣawro". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  • ^ a b https://www.sosyalarastirmalar.com/articles/mardin-population-census-republic-of-turkey-by-first-results.pdf
  • ^ Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler (in Turkish). Nûbihar. p. 271.
  • ^ Özdem, Filiz (2005). Taşın belleği Mardin (in Turkish). Yapı Kredi Yayınları. p. 297.
  • ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-11-16). "Mardin Savur Seçim Sonuçları – Savur Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  • ^ "4 HDP mayors in southeastern Turkey dismissed on terror charges". DailySabah. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  • ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  • ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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