Siirt (Arabic: سِعِرْد Siʿird, Armenian: Սղերդ Sġerd, Syriac: ܣܥܪܬ, romanized: Siirt[3], Kurdish: Sêrt,[4] Ottoman Turkish: سعرد Greek: Σύρτη) is a city in southeastern Turkey and the seat of Siirt Province. The population of the city according to the 2009 census was 129,188.[5] The majority of the city’s population is Kurdish[6] although a significant Arab population lives in the town.[7]