Siirt

[ see-urt ]

noun

1. a city in SE Turkey, E of Diyarbekir.

Example Sentences

"Our houses are heavily damaged so we have taken shelter here, in a garden in our neighbourhood," said Alswed, who studied nursing at Siirt University in southeast Turkey.

From Reuters

This was the case of Esin Gunes, a young teacher whose body was found at the bottom of a cliff in Siirt province, south-eastern Turkey, in August 2010.

From BBC

"God willing we will stabilise foreign-exchange rates in a short time period," Erdogan told an audience in the eastern city of Siirt.

From Reuters

Geological Survey say a 5.0 magnitude earthquake has struck Siirt in southeastern Turkey.

From Washington Times

Last week, a library named after Kurdish writer Celadet Bedir Khan in the southeastern city of Siirt was demolished and Kurdish-language signage taken down and replaced with Turkish.

From The Guardian