In order toTurkify theKurds of Siirt,[8] Law 1164 was passed in June 1927,[9] which allowed the creation ofInspectorates-General (Umumi Müffetişlik, UM)[10] that governed withmartial law under astate of emergency.[11] 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.[10] The UM covered the provinces ofHakkâri, Siirt,Van,Mardin,Bitlis,Sanlıurfa,Elaziğ andDiyarbakır.[10] The Inspectorate Generals were dissolved in 1952 during the government of theDemocrat Party.[12] Entrance to Siirt province was forbidden to foreigners until 1965.[11]
In July 1987, the Siirt province was included in to the state of emergency regionOHAL, which was declared to counter theKurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and governed by a supergovernor who was invested with additional powers than a normal governor, including the power to relocate and resettle whole settlements.[13] In December 1990 with the Decree No. 430, the supergovernor and the provincial governors in the OHAL region received immunity against any legal prosecution in connections with actions they made due to the powers they received from Decree No. 430.[14] In November 1999, the state of emergency under which the province was governed was finally ended.[15]
^Watts, Nicole F. (2010).Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity). Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 167.ISBN978-0-295-99050-7.
^Bozarslan, Hamit (2008-04-17). Fleet, Kate; Faroqhi, Suraiya; Kasaba, Reşat; Kunt, I. Metin (eds.).The Cambridge History of Turkey. Cambridge University Press. p. 343.ISBN978-0-521-62096-3.
