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Başur Höyük
Başur Höyük (pronounced as Bashur) in Turkey's south-eastern Siirt Province is a 5,000-year-old Bronze Age burial site. It is located just outside the city of Siirt near the village of Aktaş in a valley of the upper Tigris River, adjacent to the Başur River. The 820-foot by 492-foot burial mound was excavated in the years up to 2018, by Brenna Hassett of the Natural History Museum in London, and Haluk Sağlamtimur of Ege University in Turkey. Archaeology The site of Başur Höyük consists of a 150 meter by 250 meter mound with 15 meters of occupation remains. It was excavated from 2007 to 2019 by a team led by Haluk Sağlamtimur as part of the rescue archaeology associated with the construction of the Ilısu Dam. Pottery shards date back to the 7th millennium BC with three occupation layers dating from 4th millennium BC Late Chalcolithic 5 Late Uruk period, 2nd millennium BC Middle Bronze period, and the Medieval period. A Uruk period settlement on the south part of the mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siirt Province
Siirt Province, (, ; ) is a province of Turkey, located in the southeast. The province borders Bitlis to the north, Batman to the west, Mardin to the southwest, Şırnak to the south, and Van to the east. Its area is 5,717 km2, and its population is 331,311 (2022). Its capital is Siirt. It encompasses 12 municipalities, 280 villages and 214 hamlets. The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority. The current Governor of the Siirt province is Kemal Kızılkaya. History In order to Turkify the Kurds of Siirt, Law 1164 was passed in June 1927, which allowed the creation of Inspectorates-General (''Umumi Müffetişlik,'' UM) that governed with martial law under a state of emergency. The Siirt province was included in the so called First Inspectorate General (''Umumi Müfettişlik,'' UM) in which an Inspector General governed with wide-ranging authority of civilian, juridical and military matters. The UM covered the provinces of Hakkâri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
