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Siverek (Template:Lang-ku)[2] is a city and district in the south-east of Turkey, in Şanlıurfa Province. Population 107,634 (city); 247,000 (district) (2000 census).
Siverek | |
|---|---|
  Siverek | |
| Coordinates: 37°45′00″N 39°19′00″E / 37.75000°N 39.31667°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Şanlıurfa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Resul Yılmaz (AKP) |
| • Kaymakam | Hamsa Erkal |
| Area | |
| • District | 4,366.84 km2 (1,686.05 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Urban | Template:Turkey district populations |
| • District | Template:Turkey district populations |
| Post code | 63600 |
| Website | www.siverek.bel.tr |
Siverek is in Şanlıurfa province but closer geographically to the large city of Diyarbakır (approx 83 km). In the Ottoman Empire period Siverek was within Diyarbekir Vilayet, and the people of Siverek are said to be reluctant to accept being part of Şanlıurfa even today.[citation needed]
In the countryside, the people are mostly ethnically Zazas with a small number of Arabs and Turks. The people are poor and live by working in the fields here and as sharecroppers in the villages of neighbouring Diyarbakır.
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 |
| Mean daily maximum °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) |
| Mean daily minimum °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 clan, one of whom has represented the area in the Turkish Parliament since its foundation. Sedat Bucak remains a friend of current DYP leader Mehmet Ağar.[3]
References
- ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Ağar'ın Bucak sevgisi". Sabah (in Turkish). 2006-09-04. Archived from the original on 2007-05-03. Retrieved 2008-10-10.