"Siverek (Kurdish: S\u00EAwreg\u200E) is a town and district in the south-east of Turkey, in \u015Eanl\u0131urfa Province. Population 107,634 (town); 247,000 (district) (2000 census).Siverek is in \u015Eanl\u0131urfa province but closer geographically to the large city of Diyarbak\u0131r (approx 83 km). In the Ottoman Empire period Siverek was within Diyarbekir Vilayet, and the people of Siverek are said to be reluctant to accept being part of \u015Eanl\u0131urfa even today.In the countryside the people are mostly ethnic Kurd."@en . . "Mayor"@en . "Siverek"@en . "Kaymakam"@en . . . "63600" . .