Siirt Province, (, ) is a
province of
Turkey, located in the southeast. The province borders
Bitlis to the north,
Batman to the west,
Mardin to the southwest,
Sirnak to the south, and
Van to the east. It has an area of 5,406 km² and a total population of 300,695 (as of 2010). The provincial capital is the city of
Siirt. The majority of the province's population is Kurdish. The Assyrian population of Siirt was forcefully relocated and massacred by Turkish and Kurdish forces during the
Assyrian Genocide.