Tillo

Tillo or Aydınlar (Kurdish: Tillo),[3] is a district of Siirt Province of Turkey. Name of the district was Aydınlar until 7 November 2013.

Tillo
İbrahim Hakkı shrine in Tillo, Siirt
Tillo
Coordinates: 37°57′03″N 42°00′48″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSiirt
Government
  MayorMehmet Mesut Memduhoğlu (AKP)
  KaymakamMehmet Şirin Yaşar
Area
  District69.20 km2 (26.72 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
  Urban
1,832
  District
3,876
  District density56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Post code
56870
Websitewww.aydinlar.bel.tr

Syriac language Tillo means holy spirits, and appropriately it is the home of many tombs. In the 1514 reign of Yavuz Sultan Selim, Tillo was taken by the Ottoman Empire by the Çaldıran Victory. After Tillo became a district of Siirt, it was named Aydınlar. It has an ancient cultural and social history. Many visitors come to visit the mausoleums of holy persons such İsmail Fakirullah Hz., İbrahim Hakkı Hz., Şeyh Hamza El Kebir Hz., Şeyh Mücahit Hz., Gavsul Memduh Hz., Zemzemul Hassa Hz.(Kadın Evliya).

Name of the district was changed on 30 October 2013 by Turkish Parliament after change of constitutional law, which forbids languages other than Turkish to be used for city names, on 30 September 2013.

References

  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.


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