Siverek
Siverek is a city and district in the south-east of Turkey, in Şanlıurfa Province. Population 107,634 ; 247,000 .
Siverek is in Şanlıurfa province but closer geographically to the large city of Diyarbakır. In the Ottoman Empire period Siverek was within the Diyarbekir Vilayet, and it had several christian settlements.Climate
Siverek has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate.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 tribe, one of whom has represented the area in the Turkish Parliament since its foundation. Sedat Bucak remains a friend of former DYP leader Mehmet Ağar. In the local elections in March 2019, Şehmus Aydın was elected Mayor. The current Kaymakam is Mustafa Çiftçiler.
