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Siirt Province

Coordinates:37°55′48″N42°16′13″E/ 37.93000°N 42.27028°E/37.93000; 42.27028
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Siirt Province
Province
Botan Valley National Park
Botan Valley National Park
Location of Siirt Province in Turkey
Location of Siirt Province in Turkey
CountryTurkey
SeatSiirt
Government
•GovernorKemal Kızılkaya
Area
5,717 km2(2,207 sq mi)
Population
(2022)
331,311
• Density58/km2(150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3(TRT)
Area code0484
Websitewww.siirt.gov.tr

Siirt Province,(Turkish:Siirt ili,Kurdish:Parêzgeha Sêrtê;[1]Armenian:Սղերդ զավառ) is aprovinceofTurkey,located in the southeast.[2]The province bordersBitlisto the north,Batmanto the west,Mardinto the southwest,Şırnakto the south, andVanto the east. Its area is 5,717 km2,[3]and its population is 331,311 (2022).[4]Its capital isSiirt.[2]It encompasses 12municipalities,280 villages and 214hamlets.[2]

The province is considered part ofTurkish Kurdistanand has aKurdishmajority.[5][6]The currentGovernor of the Siirt provinceis Kemal Kızılkaya.[7]

History

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In order toTurkifytheKurdsof Siirt,[8]Law 1164 was passed in June 1927,[9]which allowed the creation ofInspectorates-General(Umumi Müffetişlik,UM)[10]that governed withmartial lawunder astate of emergency.[11]The Siirt province was included in the so called First Inspectorate General (Umumi Müfettişlik,UM) in which an Inspector General governed with wide-ranging authority of civilian, juridical and military matters.[10]The UM covered the provinces ofHakkâri,Siirt,Van,Mardin,Bitlis,Sanlıurfa,ElaziğandDiyarbakır.[10]The Inspectorate Generals were dissolved in 1952 during the government of theDemocrat Party.[12]Entrance to Siirt province was forbidden to foreigners until 1965.[11]

In July 1987, the Siirt province was included in to the state of emergency regionOHAL,which was declared to counter theKurdistan Workers' Party(PKK), and governed by a supergovernor who was invested with additional powers than a normal governor, including the power to relocate and resettle whole settlements.[13]In December 1990 with the Decree No. 430, the supergovernor and the provincial governors in the OHAL region received immunity against any legal prosecution in connections with actions they made due to the powers they received from Decree No. 430.[14]In November 1999, the state of emergency under which the province was governed was finally ended.[15]

Geology and geomorphology

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There is a national park calledBotan valley national parkin Siirt province.

Districts

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Districts of Siirt Province

Siirt province is divided into 7districts(capital district inbold):

Notes

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  1. ^"Serokê Parêzgeha Sêrtê yê HDPê Çetîn hat girtin"(in Kurdish). Anadolu Agency. 23 July 2017.Retrieved27 April2020.
  2. ^abc"Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri".T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı(in Turkish).Retrieved19 December2022.
  3. ^"İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri".General Directorate of Mapping.Retrieved19 September2023.
  4. ^"Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports"(XLS).TÜİK.Retrieved19 September2023.
  5. ^Watts, Nicole F. (2010).Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity).Seattle: University of Washington Press. p.167.ISBN978-0-295-99050-7.
  6. ^"Kurds, Kurdistān".Encyclopaedia of Islam(2 ed.).BRILL.2002.ISBN9789004161214.
  7. ^"Yöneticilerimiz".Siirt Valiliği.Retrieved22 October2023.
  8. ^Üngör, Umut."Young Turk social engineering: mass violence and the nation state in eastern Turkey, 1913- 1950"(PDF).University of Amsterdam.pp. 244–247.Retrieved8 April2020.
  9. ^Aydogan, Erdal."Üçüncü Umumi Müfettişliği'nin Kurulması ve III. Umumî Müfettiş Tahsin Uzer'in Bazı Önemli Faaliyetleri".Retrieved8 April2020.
  10. ^abcBayir, Derya (2016-04-22).Minorities and Nationalism in Turkish Law.Routledge. p. 139.ISBN978-1-317-09579-8.
  11. ^abJongerden, Joost (2007-01-01).The Settlement Issue in Turkey and the Kurds: An Analysis of Spatical Policies, Modernity and War.BRILL. pp.53.ISBN978-90-04-15557-2.
  12. ^Bozarslan, Hamit (2008-04-17). Fleet, Kate; Faroqhi, Suraiya; Kasaba, Reşat; Kunt, I. Metin (eds.).The Cambridge History of Turkey.Cambridge University Press. p. 343.ISBN978-0-521-62096-3.
  13. ^Jongerden, Joost (2007).The Settlement Issue in Turkey and the Kurds.Brill. pp.141-142.ISBN978-90-47-42011-8.
  14. ^Norwegian Refugee Council/Global IDP Project (4 October 2002)."Profile of internal displacement: Turkey"(PDF).p. 78.
  15. ^"Profile of internal displacement: Turkey"(PDF).ecoi.p. 14.Retrieved8 April2020.
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37°55′48″N42°16′13″E/ 37.93000°N 42.27028°E/37.93000; 42.27028


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