What is Sason?
{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Sason | image_skyline = Sason 2012.JPG | image_caption = | image_shield = | pushpin_map = Turkey |coordinates = {{coord|38|22|49|N|41|23|43|E||display=title,inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{Flag|Turkey}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Turkey|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Batman Province|Batman]] | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | leader_party = [[Felicity Party|SP]] | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Cuma Uçar | leader_title1 = [[Kaymakam]] | leader_name1 = Yusuf İzzet Karaman | area_footnotes = | area_blank1_title = District | area_blank1_km2 = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_urban = | population_as_of = | population_blank1_title = District | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = auto | postal_code_type = Post code | postal_code = 72500 | website = {{URL| www.sason.bel.tr | www.sason.bel.tr }} }} [[File:LocatonSasonDistrict.png|thumb|200px|The District of Sason highlighted within the [[Batman Province]].]] '''Sason''' ({{lang-hy|Սասուն}} ''Sasun''; {{lang-ku|Qabilcewz}} from {{lang-ar|قبل جوز}}; formerly known as '''Sasun''' or '''Sassoun''') is a [[district]] in the [[Batman Province]] of [[Turkey]]. It was formerly part of the sanjak of [[Siirt]], which was in Diyarbakır vilayet until 1880. It was in [[Bitlis Vilayet]] in 1892. Later it became part of [[Muş]] sanjak in Bitlis vilayet. Sason remained part of Muş until 1927. It was one of the districts of Siirt province until 1993. The boundaries of the district varied considerably in time. The current borders are not the same as in the [[19th century]]. This is when the district of Sasun was situated more to