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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Savur | |
Savur | |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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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