Savur

Savur (Syriac: ܨܰܘܪܳܐ;[2] Arabic: صور, romanized: Ṣawr;[3] Kurdish: Stewr[4]) is a town and seat of the Savur District in the Mardin Province of Turkey.[5]

Savur
Municipality
Savur
Savur
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°32′15″N 40°53′21″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMardin
DistrictSavur
Government
 • Elected MayorGulistan Öncü (HDP)
Population
 (2021)[1]
5,621
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Websitewww.savur.bel.tr
Savur

The town is populated by Arabs, Assyrians and Kurds and had a population of 5,621 in 2021.[1][6]

Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Yuhanun

Politics

In the local elections of March 2019, Gülistan Öncü of the pro-minority HDP was elected mayor.[7] 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.[8]

Notable people

References
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  1. Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler (in Turkish). Nûbihar. p. 271.
  2. "The Mhalmoyto city of Sawro ܨܰܘܪܐ". SyriacPress. 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  3. al-Hamawi, Yaqut (1220). Kitāb Mu'jam al-Buldān.
  4. Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 55.
  5. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. Özdem, Filiz (2005). Taşın belleği Mardin (in Turkish). Yapı Kredi Yayınları. p. 297.
  7. Şafak, Yeni (2019-11-16). "Mardin Savur Seçim Sonuçları – Savur Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  8. "4 HDP mayors in southeastern Turkey dismissed on terror charges". DailySabah. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  9. "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2019-11-16.


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