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 Siirt
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| Coordinates: 37°55′30″N 41°56′45″E / 37.925°N 41.94583°ECoordinates: 37°55′30″N 41°56′45″E / 37.925°N 41.94583°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Siirt |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Selim Sadak (DTP) |
| • Kaymakam | |
| Area | |
| • District | 284 km2 (110 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 895 m (2,936 ft) |
| Population (2008)[1][2] | |
| • Urban | 122,463 |
| • District | 132,789 |
| • District Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Website | www.siirt.bel.tr |
Siirt (Arabic: سِعِرْد Siʿred, Armenian: Սղերդ Sġerd, Kurdish: Sêrt, Syriac: ܣܥܪܬ siʿreth, Ottoman Turkish: سعرد) 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.[3]
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History [link]
Previously known as Saird, in pre-Islamic times Siirt was an episcopacy of the Byzantine Church. An illuminated manuscript known as the Syriac Bible of Paris may have originated from the Bishop of Siirt's library, Siirt's Christians would have worshipped in Syriac, a liturgical language related to Arabic 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.
Landmarks [link]
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 [link]
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) 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.[4]
Climate [link]
Siirt has a semi-arid climate 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 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °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) |
21.78 (71.21) |
| Average low °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) |
6.3 (43.3) |
1.9 (35.4) |
11.19 (52.15) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 79.1 (3.114) |
99.0 (3.898) |
106.5 (4.193) |
101.2 (3.984) |
60.9 (2.398) |
11.6 (0.457) |
4.2 (0.165) |
3.3 (0.13) |
5.7 (0.224) |
50.9 (2.004) |
85.9 (3.382) |
92.0 (3.622) |
700.3 (27.571) |
| % humidity | 70 | 70 | 59 | 56 | 52 | 33 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 46 | 61 | 69 | 49.3 |
| Avg. 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 |
| 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 no. 1: Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü [5] | |||||||||||||
| Source no. 2: Weatherbase [6] | |||||||||||||
Image Gallery [link]
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Bridge in siirt.jpg
A bridge in Siirt.
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Ebul vefa mosque.jpg
Ebul Vefa Mosque.
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Eruh belediyesi.jpg
Eruh municipality
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Siirt öğretmenevi.jpg
A residential building in Siirt.
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Ibrahim hakkı shrine in siirt tillo.jpg
Ibrahim hakkı shrine in Siirt Tillo.
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Siirt city hall(mayor).jpg
The city hall
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Siirt Tillo.jpg
Siirt Tillo
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Zorova river.jpg
Zorova river
External links [link]
References [link]
- ^ Türkisches Institut für Statistik, abgerufen 26. November 2009
- ^ Türkisches Institut für Statistik, abgerufen 26. November 2009
- ^ Şehir, belde ve köy nüfusları – 2009, Tuskish Institute of Statistics
- ^ Siirt in South East Turkey Photo Gallery by Dick Osseman at. Pbase.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-16.
- ^ İl ve İlçelerimize Ait İstatistiki Veriler- Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü. Dmi.gov.tr. Retrieved on 2011-04-16.
- ^ https://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weatherall.php3?s=1271&refer=&units=us&cityname=Siirt-Turkey
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Siirt (electoral district)
Siirt is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects three members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a four-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.
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Population reviews of each electoral district are conducted before each general election, which can lead to certain districts being granted a smaller or greater number of parliamentary seats. Siirt's seat allocation has been remained unchanged at three seats since 1991.
Siirt is distinctive as being the site of a by-election, a rarity in Turkish politics, which in 2003 saw Recep Tayyip Erdoğan elected to parliament after a law barring candidates with criminal convictions from standing was amended. Erdoğan subsequently became prime minister.
More recently, Siirt was a district where the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) ran independent candidates in an attempt to overcome the 10 percent national electoral threshold. One independent candidate was elected here in 2011 and has since joined the BDP.
