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Savur
Savur
District and municipality
	Map showing Savur District in Mardin Province
	Savur Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 37°32′15″N 40°53′21″E / 37.53750°N 40.88917°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Mardin
Area	962 km2 (371 sq mi)
Population (2022)	24,821
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0482
Website	www.savur.bel.tr

Savur (Syriac: ܨܰܘܪܳܐ, romanized: Ṣawro;^[2] Arabic: صور, romanized: Ṣawr;^[3] Kurdish: Stewr),^[4] formerly known as Savor, is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey.^[5] Its area is 962 km²,^[6] and its population is 24,821 (2022).^[1]

Demographics

According to the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, 1,032 lived in Savur on the eve of World War I. They had one church and two schools. They were massacred during the Armenian genocide. The Agha Petros mentions an Assyrian population of 200.^[7]

Mother tongue, Savur District, 1927 Turkish census^[8]
Turkish	Arabic	Kurdish	Circassian	Armenian	Unknown or other language
387	8,443	18,749	–	–	7

Religion, Savur District, 1927 Turkish census^[8]
Muslim	Christian	Jewish	Unknown or other religion
27,203	48	–	335

Today, the town is populated by Arabs, Assyrians and Kurds.^[9]^[10]

Politics

In the local elections of March 2019, Gülistan Öncü of the pro-minority HDP was elected mayor.^[11] 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.^[12]

Composition

There are 41 neighbourhoods in Savur District:^[13]

Akyürek (Menda)
Armutalan (Zivinga Menda)
Bağyaka (Bakustan)
Başağaç (Siçwan)
Başkavak (Ehmedî)
Bengisu
Çınarönü (Cilîn)
Dereiçi (Qeleth)
Durusu (Kunifir)
Evkuran (Dêrslav)
Gölbaşı
Harmantepe (Xerab Memo)
Hisarkaya (Kela Pozreş)
İçören
İşgören (Qewsan)
Kaplan
Karaköy (Xerabreş)
Kayacıklar (Bazikê)
Kayatepe (Mineyzil)
Kırbalı (Qerbe)
Kırkdirek (Çilstûn, Kirdilek)
Kocahüyük (Sêgira, Qosê)
Köprülü (Bakaysê)
Koşuyolu
Ormancık (Askêla)
Pınardere (Elfan)
Safa
Sancaklı (Birîva)
Şenocak (Şutê)
Serenli (Dengizan)
Seydin
Soylu (Dêrîş)
Sürgücü (Ewîna)
Taşlık (Cirzê)
Tokluca
Üçerli (Dêrteyar)
Üçkavak
Yaylayanı (Memika)
Yazır (Qunzêrîp)
Yenilmez
Yeşilalan (Barman)

Notable people

Aziz Sancar, Turkish scientist of Arab origin and second Turkish nobel laureate^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "The Mhalmoyto city of Sawro ܨܰܘܪܐ". SyriacPress. 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
^ al-Hamawi, Yaqut (1220). Kitāb Mu'jam al-Buldān.
^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 55.
^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "Kaza Savur / Sur / ܨܘܪܐ - Ṣawro". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
^ ^a ^b "Mardin population census republic of Turkey by first results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-26.
^ Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler (in Turkish). Nûbihar. p. 271.
^ Özdem, Filiz (2005). Taşın belleği Mardin (in Turkish). Yapı Kredi Yayınları. p. 297.
^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-11-16). "Mardin Savur Seçim Sonuçları – Savur Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-16.
^ "4 HDP mayors in southeastern Turkey dismissed on terror charges". DailySabah. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2019-11-16.