Tillo or Aydınlar () is a town in the Tillo District of

Siirt Province Siirt Province, (, ; ) is a province of Turkey, located in the southeast. The province borders Bitlis to the north, Batman to the west, Mardin to the southwest, Şırnak to the south, and Van to the east. Its area is 5,717 km2, and its pop ...

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. Its population is 2,022 (2022). The town is inhabited by

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and

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Etymology

The name of the town is derived from the .

Neighborhoods

Tillo is divided into the neighborhoods of Fakirullah, Mücahit and Saydanlar.

Demographics

The Arabs of the town belong to the tribes of Xālidiyya and Abbāsiyya who claim to have migrated to Tillo from

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about 700 and 400 years ago, respectively. Both tribes adhere to

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Islam and assumingly settled in the region as missionaries. The Kurds were followers of Ismail Faqirullah and Şeyh İbrahim El Mücahit and settled in Tillo as they wished to serve them there. Linguistically, the Arab population, more or less, all speak

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beside

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, while few Kurds know Arabic. In recent decades, the Arab population has decreased to due migration to

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, while the Kurdish population has steadily grown.

Population

Historic population figures of the town:

Gallery

File:Ibrahim hakkı shrine in siirt tillo.jpg, İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi shrine in Tillo,

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References

Populated places in Siirt Province Arab settlements in Siirt Province Tillo District District municipalities in Turkey {{Siirt-geo-stub