Savur Explained

Type:	metro district
Savur
Coordinates:	37.5375°N 40.8892°W
Province:	Mardin
Area Total Km2:	962
Population Total:	24821
Population As Of:	2022
Area Code:	0482

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

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 a Syriac 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! 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
• Armutalan
• Bağyaka
• Başağaç
• Başkavak
• Bengisu
• Çınarönü
• Dereiçi
• Durusu
• Evkuran
• Gölbaşı
• Harmantepe
• Hisarkaya
• İçören
• İşgören
• Kaplan
• Karaköy
• Kayacıklar
• Kayatepe
• Kırbalı
• Kırkdirek
• Kocahüyük
• Köprülü
• Koşuyolu
• Ormancık
• Pınardere
• Safa
• Sancaklı
• Şenocak
• Serenli
• Seydin
• Soylu
• Sürgücü
• Taşlık
• Tokluca
• Üçerli
• Üçkavak
• Yaylayanı
• Yazır
• Yenilmez
• Yeşilalan

Notable people

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022-04-30 . The Mhalmoyto city of Sawro ܨܰܘܪܐ . 2022-05-12 . SyriacPress . en-US.
2. Book: al-Hamawi . Yaqut . Yaqut al-Hamawi . Kitāb Mu'jam al-Buldān . 1220.
3. Book: Avcıkıran, Adem . 2009 . 55 . ku, tr.
4. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
5. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 19 September 2023.
6. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 19 September 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
7. Web site: Kaza Savur / Sur / ܨܘܪܐ - Ṣawro . 2023-09-18 . Virtual Genocide Memorial . en-US.
8. https://www.sosyalarastirmalar.com/articles/mardin-population-census-republic-of-turkey-by-first-results.pdf
9. Book: Tan, Altan . Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler . . 2011 . 271 . tr.
10. Book: Özdem, Filiz . Taşın belleği Mardin . Yapı Kredi Yayınları . 2005 . 297 . tr.
11. Web site: Mardin Savur Seçim Sonuçları – Savur Yerel Seçim Sonuçları. Şafak. Yeni. 2019-11-16. Yeni Şafak. tr-TR. 2019-11-16.
12. Web site: 4 HDP mayors in southeastern Turkey dismissed on terror charges. DailySabah. 2019-11-16.
13. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle
14. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015. NobelPrize.org. en-US. 2019-11-16.