Savur
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Savur (Template:Langx;[1] Template:Langx;[2] Template:Langx),[3] meaning “mountain ridge” in Syriac[4] and formerly known as Savor, is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey.[5] Its area is 962 km2,[6] and its population is 24,821 (2022).[7]
Demographics
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 an Assyrian population of 200.[8]
| Turkish | Arabic | Kurdish | Circassian | Armenian | Unknown or other language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 387 | 8,443 | 18,749 | – | – | 7 |
| Muslim | Christian | Jewish | Unknown or other religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27,203 | 48 | – | 335 |
Today, the town is populated by Arabs, Assyrians and Kurds.[10][11]
Politics
In the local elections of March 2019, Gülistan Öncü of the pro-minority HDP was elected mayor.[12] 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.[13]
Composition
There are 41 neighbourhoods in Savur District:[14]
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- Akyürek (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Armutalan (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Bağyaka (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Başağaç (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Başkavak (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Bengisu
- Çınarönü (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Dereiçi (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Durusu (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Evkuran (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Gölbaşı
- Harmantepe (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Hisarkaya (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- İçören
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- Kaplan
- Karaköy (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Kayacıklar (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Kayatepe (Mineyzil)
- Kırbalı (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Kırkdirek (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Kocahüyük (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Köprülü (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Koşuyolu
- Ormancık (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Pınardere (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Safa
- Sancaklı (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Şenocak (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Serenli (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Seydin
- Soylu (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Sürgücü (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
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- Tokluca
- Üçerli (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Üçkavak
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- Yenilmez
- Yeşilalan (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
Notable people
- Aziz Sancar, Turkish scientist and second Turkish Nobel laureate[15]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Mhalmoyto city of Sawro ܨܰܘܪܐ". SyriacPress. 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.al-Hamawi, Yaqut (1220). Kitāb Mu'jam al-Buldān.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in kurdî and Türkçe). p. 55.
- ^ Louis Costaz, S. J., Dictionnaire Syriaque-Français / Syriac-English Dictionary / قاموس سرياني عربي(Beirut: Dar al-Machreq; transcribed into tables by the American Foundation for Syriac Studies, NJ) ܨܘܪܐ [from sedra.bethmardutho.org, accessed on Jul. 01, 2025].
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kaza Savur / Sur / ܨܘܪܐ - Ṣawro". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler (in Türkçe). Nûbihar. p. 271.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Özdem, Filiz (2005). Taşın belleği Mardin (in Türkçe). Yapı Kredi Yayınları. p. 297.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Şafak, Yeni (2019-11-16). "Mardin Savur Seçim Sonuçları – Savur Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Türkçe). Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."4 HDP mayors in southeastern Turkey dismissed on terror charges". DailySabah. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
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