Savur (Syriac: ܨܰܘܪܳܐ;[3] Arabic: صور; Kurdish: Stewr[4]) is a town and district in the Mardin Province of Turkey.
Savur | |
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Coordinates: 37°32′15″N 40°53′21″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Mardin |
Government | |
• Elected Mayor | Gulistan Öncü (HDP) |
• Kaymakam and Trustee | Bayram Türker |
Area | |
• District | 1,031.82 km2 (398.39 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Urban | 6,713 |
• District | 30,588 |
• District density | 30/km2 (77/sq mi) |
Post code | 47860 |
Website | www.savur.bel.tr |
In the local elections of March 2019, Gülistan Öncü of the pro-minority HDP was elected mayor.[5] 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.[6]
Nobel laureate Aziz Sancar was born in this town in 1946. He attended primary school in Savur.[7]
Settlement | Ethnicity |
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Savur | Arab, Assyrian and Kurdish[8][9] |
Akürek (Menda) | Kurdish (Dereveri)[10] |
Armutalan (Zivinga Menda) | Kurdish (Dereveri)[10] |
Bağyaka (Bakustan) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[11] |
Başağaç (Sîçîva) | Kurdish (Dereveri)[12] |
Başkavak | Arab[13] |
Bengisu | Arab[14] |
Çınarönü (Cillîn) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[15] |
Dereiçi | Assyrian[10] |
Durusu (Kunnifir) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[15] |
Evkuran (Deyrsilav) | Kurdish (Dereveri)[10] |
Gölbaşı | Arab[14] |
Harmantepe (Xerab Memo) | Kurdish (Dereveri)[10] |
Hisarkaya | Kurdish[16] |
İçören | Arab[16] |
İşgören (Kavsan) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[15] |
Karaköy (Xarabreş) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[15] |
Kayacıklar (Bazikê) | Kurdish (Dereveri)[10] |
Kayatepe | Arab[14] |
Kırbalı | Kurdish[16] |
Kırkdirek (Kirdilek) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[15] |
Kocahüyük (Qoşe) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[17] |
Koşuyolu (Erbil) | Arab[14] |
Köprülü (Bakaysê) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[15] |
Ormancık (Askêla) | Kurdish (Dereveri)[10] |
Pınardere (Elfan) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[15] |
Sancaklı (Bîrîva) | Kurdish (Dereveri)[12] |
Serenli (Dengîzan) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[15] |
Soylu (Deyrrîş) | Kurdish (Barava)[18] |
Sürgüçü (Awîna) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[15] |
Şenocak (Şutê) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[15] |
Taşlık (Cirzê) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[15] |
Tokluca (Cewzê) | Kurdish (Dereveri)[10] |
Üçerli (Deyrtîyal) | Kurdish (Dereveri)[10] |
Üçkavak | Arab[14] |
Yaylayanı (Memmika) | Kurdish (Dereveri)[10] |
Yazır (Kûzerib) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[15] |
Yenilmez | Arab[14] |
Yeşilalan (Barman) | Kurdish (Surgucu)[11] |
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