Siirt (Arabic:سِعِرْدSiʿred, Armenian:ՍղերդSġerd, Syriac:ܣܥܪܬsiʿreth, Kurdish:Sêrt, Ottoman Turkish:سعرد) 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. The majority of the city's population is Kurdish.