mosque was further developed by the Ottoman Empire. The mosque was restored in 1965. Trivia Siirt was Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's constituency from 2003 to 2007. His wife, Mrs. Emine Erdoğan, is from Siirt and the PM had been elected to the Turkish Grand National Assembly in a by-election held in Siirt in 2003. Although Siirt remains one of the poorer cities in Turkey, some neighbourhoods have fine and modern housing including new shops, banks and hotels. Climate Siirt has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa, Trewartha: Cs) with very hot, dry summers and chilly, wet winters. During winter months there is frequent frost and occasional snowfall. Notable people Addai Sher, Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Siirt in Upper Mesopotamia was martyred in Siirt in 1915 during the 1915 Assyrian genocide Mehmet Güney (1936*), Diplomat and judge Coşkun Aral (1956*), correspondent, photo journalist, television journalist and documentary film producer. Ethem Sancak (1958*), Businessmen Yasin Aktay (1966*), Chairman of Justice and Development Party in Turkey Hasan Özer (1974*), footballer and manager Kerem Gürgen (1983*), boxer Evin Demirhan (1995*), freestyle wrestler Gallery References External links George_Grigore: Les principales caracteristiques de l'arabe parle a Siirt Cities in Turkey Populated places in Siirt Province Kurdish settlements in Siirt Province Historic Assyrian communities in Turkey Arab settlements in Siirt Province