Savur

Savur (صور; Stewr ), formerly known as Savor, is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey. Its area is 962 km2, and its population is 24,821 (2022).

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.

Today, the town is populated by Arabs, Assyrians and Kurds.



Politics
In the local elections of March 2019, Gülistan Öncü of the pro-minority HDP was elected mayor. 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.

Composition
There are 41 neighbourhoods in Savur District:


 * 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
 * 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