Siverek
Siverek | |
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Coordinates: 37°45′00″N 39°19′00″E / 37.75000°N 39.31667°ECoordinates: 37°45′00″N 39°19′00″E / 37.75000°N 39.31667°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Şanlıurfa |
Government | |
• Mayor | Şehmus Aydın (AKP) |
• Kaymakam | Mustafa Çiftçiler |
Area | |
• District | 4,366.84 km2 (1,686.05 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Urban | 120,556 |
• District | 227,017 |
• District density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Post code | 63600 |
Website | www.siverek.bel.tr |
Siverek (from Armenian: Սեւավերակ, romanized: Sevaverag, lit. 'black ruins',[3] Kurdish: Sêwreg)[4] is a city and district in the south-east of Turkey, in Şanlıurfa Province. Population 107,634 (city); 247,000 (district) (2000 census). Siverek is in Şanlıurfa province but closer geographically to the large city of Diyarbakır (approx 83 km).
History
Siverek was historically known in medieval Arabic as Hisn ar-Ran, which was corrupted into Greek Chasanara (Greek: Χασαναρᾶ) as found in the Escorial Taktikon.[5] The town came under Byzantine control sometime after 956 and by the early 970s had become the seat of a strategos.[5]
In the Ottoman Empire period Siverek was within the Diyarbekir vilayet, and it had several Christian settlements.[6]
Climate
Siverek has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa).
Climate data for Siverek | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
31.9 (89.4) |
36.8 (98.2) |
36.5 (97.7) |
32.2 (90.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
9.7 (49.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
Average low °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
4.4 (39.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
13.4 (56.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
6.6 (43.9) |
2.0 (35.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 82 (3.2) |
78 (3.1) |
81 (3.2) |
67 (2.6) |
45 (1.8) |
7 (0.3) |
2 (0.1) |
2 (0.1) |
3 (0.1) |
43 (1.7) |
61 (2.4) |
92 (3.6) |
563 (22.2) |
Source: Climate-data.org |
Politics
In common with other districts of Şanlıurfa, business and politics in Siverek are strongly influenced, even controlled, by a powerful clan. Siverek is the home town of Sedat Bucak, the former DYP member of parliament who survived the car crash in the Susurluk scandal. He is the leader of the Bucak tribe, one of whom has represented the area in the Turkish Parliament since its foundation. Sedat Bucak remains a friend of former DYP leader Mehmet Ağar.[7] In the local elections in March 2019, Şehmus Aydın was elected mayor.[8] The current kaymakam is Mustafa Çiftçiler.[9]
References
- ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- ^ "KAZA SIVEREK / ՍԵՎԵՐԵԿ – SEVEREK / SIVERAK". Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ a b McGeer, Eric (1991). Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art: The East. Dumbarton Oaks. p. 174. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Jorngerden, Joost; Verheij, Jelle, eds. (2012). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Brill. pp. 304–310. ISBN 9789004225183.
- ^ "Ağar'ın Bucak sevgisi". Sabah (in Turkish). 2006-09-04. Archived from the original on 2007-05-03. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "Şanlıurfa Siverek Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- ^ "Siverek Kaymakamlığı". www.siverek.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
External links
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- CS1 Kurdish-language sources (ku)
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- Populated places in Şanlıurfa Province
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- Kurdish settlements in Turkey