Siverek

Siverek (from Armenian: Սեւավերակ, romanized: Sevaverag, lit. 'black ruins',[2] Kurdish: Sêwreg)[3] is a city and district in the south-east of Turkey, in Şanlıurfa Province. The population of the city was 160,122 at the end of 2021, while the district had a population of 267,842.[4] Siverek is in Şanlıurfa province but closer geographically to the large city of Diyarbakır (approx 83 km).

Siverek
Siverek is located in Turkey
Siverek
Siverek
Coordinates: 37°45′00″N 39°19′00″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceŞanlıurfa
Government
 • MayorŞehmus Aydın (AKP)
 • KaymakamMustafa Çiftçiler
Area
[1]
 • District4,366.84 km2 (1,686.05 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2021)National Statistics Institute (TurkStats) - web.
 • Urban
160,122
 • District
267,942
 • District density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Post code
63600
Websitewww.siverek.bel.tr

History

Siverek was historically known in medieval Arabic as Hisn ar-Ran, which was corrupted into Greek Chasanara (Greek: Χασαναρᾶ) as found in the Escorial Taktikon.[5] The town came under Byzantine control sometime after 956 and by the early 970s had become the seat of a strategos.[5]

In the Ottoman Empire period Siverek was within the Diyarbekir vilayet, and it had several Christian settlements.[6]

Climate

Siverek has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa).

Climate data for Siverek
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 7.1
(44.8)		 8.7
(47.7)		 13.6
(56.5)		 19.6
(67.3)		 25.7
(78.3)		 31.9
(89.4)		 36.8
(98.2)		 36.5
(97.7)		 32.2
(90.0)		 24.4
(75.9)		 16.3
(61.3)		 9.7
(49.5)		 21.9
(71.4)
Average low °C (°F) 1.0
(33.8)		 −0.1
(31.8)		 4.4
(39.9)		 8.8
(47.8)		 13.4
(56.1)		 18.6
(65.5)		 23.0
(73.4)		 22.7
(72.9)		 18.7
(65.7)		 12.9
(55.2)		 6.6
(43.9)		 2.0
(35.6)		 11.0
(51.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 82
(3.2)		 78
(3.1)		 81
(3.2)		 67
(2.6)		 45
(1.8)		 7
(0.3)		 2
(0.1)		 2
(0.1)		 3
(0.1)		 43
(1.7)		 61
(2.4)		 92
(3.6)		 563
(22.2)
Source: Climate-data.org

Politics

In common with other districts of Şanlıurfa, business and politics in Siverek are strongly influenced, even controlled, by a powerful clan. Siverek is the home town of Sedat Bucak, the former DYP member of parliament who survived the car crash in the Susurluk scandal. He is the leader of the Bucak tribe, one of whom has represented the area in the Turkish Parliament since its foundation. Sedat Bucak remains a friend of former DYP leader Mehmet Ağar.[7] In the local elections in March 2019, Şehmus Aydın was elected mayor.[8] The current kaymakam is Mustafa Çiftçiler.[9]

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "KAZA SIVEREK / ՍԵՎԵՐԵԿ – SEVEREK / SIVERAK". Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  3. Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. According to TurkStats, as at 31 December 2021.
  5. McGeer, Eric; Nesbitt, John; Oikonomides, Nicolas, eds. (2001). Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 4: The East. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. p. 174. ISBN 0-88402-282-X.
  6. Jorngerden, Joost; Verheij, Jelle, eds. (2012). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Brill. pp. 304–310. ISBN 9789004225183.
  7. "Ağar'ın Bucak sevgisi". Sabah (in Turkish). 2006-09-04. Archived from the original on 2007-05-03. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  8. "Şanlıurfa Siverek Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  9. "Siverek Kaymakamlığı". www.siverek.gov.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
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