In the courtyard of the Babudarp Camii in Siirt's Algül (Babudarp) Mahallesi, spring water flows into a carved stone pool, and on hot days people sit with their feet in it to cool off; when Ramazan falls in summer, some spend the hours before iftar here. The spring runs beneath old Siirt, and its water is described as the coldest in the city.
The mosque is said to have been built in the 1700s. Its name is understood to mean 'mouth of the road', because it stood on the route of caravans coming from Cizre and continuing through Siirt to other regions. A restoration by the regional foundations directorate returned the building to its original form, and there is also a well in the courtyard.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Siirt as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 2.8 °C in January to 30.7 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May and October; rainfall is heaviest in March (112 mm) and lightest in August (2 mm). Long-term means for 1939-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
