Siirt Province

Siirt Province is a province of Turkey in the southeast of the country, with the town of Siirt as its capital. It borders Bitlis to the north, Batman to the west, Mardin to the southwest, Sirnak to the south and Van to the east. Its area is given as 5,717 square kilometres and its population as 331,311 in 2022, spread over 12 municipalities, 280 villages and 214 hamlets. The province is divided into seven districts: Baykan, Eruh, Kurtalan, Pervari, Siirt, Sirvan and Tillo. It is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority. In the twentieth century it fell within the First Inspectorate General created under a law of 1927, foreigners were barred from entering until 1965, and from 1987 it lay in the state of emergency region that ended in 1999. The province also holds the Botan Valley National Park.