Akdam () is a village in the Kurtalan District of Siirt Province in Turkey. The village had a population of 310 in 2021.
The hamlet of Akdoğan is attached to the village.
History Mār Mārūnā (today called Akdam) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians. In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 3 households, who paid 9 dues, and did not have a church or a priest. Quryāqus, son of Ḥabbī, was ordained as diyāqūs (servant of the church) for the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin at Mār Mārūnā by Metropolitan Jirjis in 1325 AH (1907 AD).
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