Siirt during the Democratic Party era

The city of Siirt that is located at the southeast of Turkey, is prominent With its'rich history and cultural heritaga. During the history Siirt was home for many Nations and civilisations hence it was a centre Where different ethnik and religious groups lived together. Kemalist republic founded on the remants of the empire, pursued secular and nationalist policies in Siirt, just as in the entire country of Turkey, to build a new nation and nation –state. With the aforementioned policies, which are heavily enforced during the One- party era, Siirt started turning into a homogeneous city, moving away from its previous heterogeneous and cosmopolite structure that was present during the Empire period. During the elektions that took place once the One-party era ( that lasted guarter of a century) was over, Siirt's political preference was the Democraty Party. Within this limited work, the intention is to capture a general photograph to reflect the ten years of Siirt from the Democrat Party period. From total of four sections,the first section of this work will cover.CHP and DP party's organization in Siirt, both party's activity within Siirt and a detailed list of all the individuals that had a role in either party's orginazations. Within the second section of this Work the political life of Siirt is discussed. The transition to multi – party life in this way, the reflections of this process in Siirt and the political attitude of Siirt during the general elections of 1950-1954 and 1957 is laid out in detail. The third section of this thesis concentrates on the social and cultural life in Siirt. İn this contexs: Siirt's population & population/ migration movements, Siirt's demographic structure, education in Siirt, the community home of Siirt and its activity with puplic Works and zoning is present. On the fourth and final section of the thesis, the economic life of Siirt during the DP ruling is discussed. İn a nutshell, this section transfers,information,onagricultere,farming,weaving,mining, Siirtnut,investments&improvements in industrialization and trade In summary, this thesis work concentrates on Siirt's years during the Demokrat Party and the political, social, economical and public Works have been written with reference to pirmary sources. Key Words: Siirt, Democrat Party (DP), Republican People's Party (CHP), Political, Cultural and Economical Life in Siirt.