Savur
{{Infobox Turkey place
| type = metro district
| name = Savur
| image_skyline = Savur crop-fm.jpg
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| image_map = Mardin location Savur.PNG
| map_caption = Map showing Savur District in Mardin Province
| coordinates = {{coord|37|32|15|N|40|53|21|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| province = Mardin
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| area_total_km2 = 962
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| population_total = 24821
| population_as_of = 2022
| postal_code =
| area_code = 0482
| website = {{url|http://www.savur.bel.tr/}}
}}
Savur ({{Langx|syr|ܨܰܘܪܳܐ|Ṣawro}};{{Cite web |date=2022-04-30 |title=The Mhalmoyto city of Sawro ܨܰܘܪܐ |url=https://syriacpress.com/blog/2022/04/30/the-mhalmoyto-city-of-sawro-ܨܰܘܪܐ/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=SyriacPress |language=en-US}} {{langx|ar|صور|Ṣawr}};{{cite book |last1=al-Hamawi |first1=Yaqut |author-link=Yaqut al-Hamawi |title=Kitāb Mu'jam al-Buldān |date=1220}} {{langx|ku-Latn|Stewr}}),{{Cite book |last=Avcıkıran |first=Adem |url= |title=Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî |year=2009 |page=55 |language=ku, tr}} formerly known as Savor, is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its area is 962 km2,{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=19 September 2023}} and its population is 24,821 (2022).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=19 September 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Kaza Savur / Sur / ܨܘܪܐ - Ṣawro |url=https://virtual-genocide-memorial.de/region/the-six-provinces/diyarbakir-vilayet/sancak-mardin/kaza-savur-sawro-sur/ |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=Virtual Genocide Memorial |language=en-US}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ Religion, Savur District, 1927 Turkish census ! Muslim !! Christian !! Jewish !! Unknown or other religion | |||
| 27,203 | 48 | – | 335 |
Today, the town is populated by Arabs, Assyrians and Kurds.{{Cite book |last=Tan |first=Altan |title=Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler |publisher=Nûbihar |year=2011 |pages=271 |language=tr}}{{Cite book |last=Özdem |first=Filiz |title=Taşın belleği Mardin |publisher=Yapı Kredi Yayınları |year=2005 |pages=297 |language=tr}}
File:Mor Yuhanun Church in Savur.jpg of Mor Yuhanun]]
Politics
In the local elections of March 2019, Gülistan Öncü of the pro-minority HDP was elected mayor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yenisafak.com/yerel-secim-2019/mardin-savur-ilcesi-secim-sonuclari|title=Mardin Savur Seçim Sonuçları – Savur Yerel Seçim Sonuçları|last=Şafak|first=Yeni|date=2019-11-16|website=Yeni Şafak|language=tr-TR|access-date=2019-11-16}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/war-on-terror/2019/11/16/4-hdp-mayors-in-southeastern-turkey-dismissed-on-terror-charges|title=4 HDP mayors in southeastern Turkey dismissed on terror charges|website=DailySabah|date=16 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-16}}
Composition
There are 41 neighbourhoods in Savur District:[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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- Akyürek ({{Lang|ku|Menda}})
- Armutalan ({{Lang|ku|Zivinga Menda}})
- Bağyaka ({{Lang|ku|Bakustan}})
- Başağaç ({{Lang|ku|Siçwan}})
- Başkavak ({{Lang|ku|Ehmedî}})
- Bengisu
- Çınarönü ({{Lang|ku|Cilîn}})
- Dereiçi ({{Lang|syr|Qeleth}})
- Durusu ({{Lang|ku|Kunifir}})
- Evkuran ({{Lang|ku|Dêrslav}})
- Gölbaşı
- Harmantepe ({{Lang|ku|Xerab Memo}})
- Hisarkaya ({{Lang|ku|Kela Pozreş}})
- İçören
- İşgören ({{Lang|ku|Qewsan}})
- Kaplan
- Karaköy ({{Lang|ku|Xerabreş}})
- Kayacıklar ({{Lang|ku|Bazikê}})
- Kayatepe (Mineyzil)
- Kırbalı ({{Lang|ku|Qerbe}})
- Kırkdirek ({{Lang|ku|Çilstûn, Kirdilek}})
- Kocahüyük ({{Lang|ku|Sêgira, Qosê}})
- Köprülü ({{Lang|ku|Bakaysê}})
- Koşuyolu
- Ormancık ({{Lang|ku|Askêla}})
- Pınardere ({{Lang|ku|Elfan}})
- Safa
- Sancaklı ({{Lang|ku|Birîva}})
- Şenocak ({{Lang|ku|Şutê}})
- Serenli ({{Lang|ku|Dengizan}})
- Seydin
- Soylu ({{Lang|ku|Dêrîş}})
- Sürgücü ({{Lang|ku|Ewîna}})
- Taşlık ({{Lang|ku|Cirzê}})
- Tokluca
- Üçerli ({{Lang|ku|Dêrteyar}})
- Üçkavak
- Yaylayanı ({{Lang|ku|Memika}})
- Yazır ({{Lang|ku|Qunzêrîp}})
- Yenilmez
- Yeşilalan ({{Lang|ku|Barman}})
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Notable people
- Aziz Sancar, Turkish scientist of Arab origin and second Turkish nobel laureate{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2015/sancar/facts/|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015|website=NobelPrize.org|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-16}}
References
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{{Districts of Turkey|provname=Mardin|}}
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Category:Populated places in Mardin Province
Category:Districts of Mardin Province
Category:Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Category:Assyrian communities in Turkey
Category:Kurdish settlements in Mardin Province
Category:Arab settlements in Mardin Province
Category:Former Armenian communities in Mardin Province
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