Sason

Sason (Armenian: Սասուն, romanized: Sasun; Kurdish: Qabilcewz; Arabic: قبل جوز; alternatively spelled as Sasun or Sassoun), is a town in the Batman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of the Sason District. Its population is 12,696 (2021).

Sasun, as it is called by Armenians, plays a prominent role in Armenian culture and history. It is the setting of Daredevils of Sassoun, Armenia's national epic. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was a major center of the activities of the Armenian fedayi, who staged two uprisings against the Ottoman authorities and Kurdish tribes in 1894 and 1904. In the local elections of March 2019, Muzaffer Arslan was elected Mayor. He was replaced by Mehmet Şafi Yavuz in February 2021.