Siverek

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Siverek

Total population

250,100

Elevation800 m

Land area3936 km²

Coordinates37.75°, 39.32°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Siverek is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 3,936 km2, and its population is 267,942 (2022). Siverek is in the Şanlıurfa province but is geographically closer to the large city of Diyarbakır.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Adlan Canlıka

Turkish association football player (born 1989)

Şivan Perwer

Turkish composer and singer-songwriter of Kurdish ancestry (born 1955)

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Faruk İremet

Turkish-Swedish translator and writer (born 1965)

Hicri İzgören

Turkish poet (born 1950)

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Mehmed Uzun

Turkish writer of Kurdish ancestry (1953–2007)

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Mehmet Tanrıverdi

Turkish entrepreneur (born 1962)

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Muzaffer Ayata

Ruben Zardaryan

Armenian writer

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Sedat Bucak

Turkish statesman of Zaza origin (born 1960)

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Mehmet Sırrı Tayanç

Turkish statesperson (1876–1923)

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Hasan Oral

Turkish statesperson (1906–1985)

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Fikret Karakoyunlu

Turkish statesperson (1905–1958)

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Vasfi Gerger

Turkish statesperson (1904–1995)

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Eyyüp Cenap Gülpınar

Turkish statesperson (1943–2012)

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Necdet Timur

Turkish military officer (born 1937)

S

Sertaç Bucak

Turkish statesperson (born 1951)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Recently spotted species

Yellow-spine Thistle

Picnomon acarna

Seen 2025-08-23

Cionura erecta

Cionura erecta

Seen 2025-07-03

Red-Bellied Racer

Dolichophis schmidti

Seen 2025-06-16

Lemon-yellow Tree Frog

Hyla savignyi

Seen 2020-10-25

Red Chaser

Libellula pontica

Seen 2014-06-21

Astragalus vexillaris

Astragalus vexillaris

Seen 2005-09-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Siverek, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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