Siirt

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Siirt is a predominantly Kurdish-inhabited city in southeastern Turkey known for its historic mosques, traditional copper craftsmanship, and distinctive local cuisine.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Siirt canonical 5
Siirt Municipality 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
areaCode +90 484
capitalOf Siirt Province
climate continental climate
country Turkey
countrySubdivision Eastern Anatolia (broad geographic region)
linked to: Eastern Anatolia
economySector agriculture
animal husbandry
small-scale industry
elevation approximately 2936 feet
approximately 895 metres
governingBody Siirt Municipality
linked to: Siirt
hasAirport Siirt Airport
hasMinorityCommunity Arabs
Armenians (historically)
linked to: Armenians

Assyrians (historically)
linked to: Assyrians

Turks
hasReligiousBuilding Hızır Bey Mosque
Ulu Mosque of Siirt
Veysel Karani Mosque
hasUniversity Siirt University
historicalName Sert
Siʿird
Siʿirt
historicalRegion Upper Mesopotamia
isPartOf Siirt Province
knownFor Pervari honey
Siirt blanket
bıttım soap
copperware
distinctive local cuisine
historic mosques
religious architecture
traditional copper craftsmanship
languageMajority Kurdish
locatedIn Southeastern Anatolia Region
southeastern Turkey
locatedOn Botan River valley
majorEthnicGroup Kurds
officialLanguage Turkish
populationMajority Kurdish
postalCode 56000
religionMajority Islam
timeZone TRT
traditionalCraft coppersmithing
weaving
traditionalFood büryan kebab
perde pilavı
utcOffset +3

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Turkey containsCity Siirt
subject linked to: eastern Turkey
Siirt governingBody Siirt Municipality
linked to: Siirt
Siirt Province capital Siirt
Siirt Province hasMunicipality Siirt Municipality
linked to: Siirt