Cizre (pronounced [dʒizˈɾe]; Kurdish: Botan or Cizîr, Classical Syriac: ܓܙܝܼܪܵܐ‎ Gzira/Gziro) is a town and district of Şırnak Province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, located at the border to Syria, just to the north-west of the Turkish-Syrian-Iraqi tripoint. It is populated by a majority of Kurds and Assyrian/Syriac people in addition to Arabs.^{[citation needed]} It is surrounded by the Tigris from the North, East and South, which has given it its name, which means island in Arabic.

Cizre is historical Jazīrat ibn ʿUmar (or Jezira ibn Umar or Gazarta) Arabic: جزيرة ابن عمر‎, an important town during the Abbasid period and the Crusades as a gateway connecting Upper Mesopotamia to Armenia. During the Early Iron Age, Cizre was in the kingdom of Kumme, north of Assyria. In classical antiquity, it was located in Corduene (Kardu). In 19th century scholarship, it was often named as the location of Alexander's crossing of the Tigris in 331 BC, further identified with the Roman stronghold of Bezabde although Stein (1942) is sceptical of this.

Şevval Sam (Turkish pronunciation: [ʃevˈvaɫ ˈsam]) is a Turkish singer and actress, daughter of Leman Sam who is also a singer.

She was born on November 11, 1973 in Istanbul.

Şevval Sam went to high school in İsov Yapı Meslek Lisesi and studied Fine Arts in the Graphic Design Department at Marmara University. She was married to footballer Metin Tekin between 1993 and 1999, and has a son from this marriage named Tarık Emir.

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