Tillo

For the village, see Aydınlar, İznik. For the saint, see Saint Tillo.

Tillo or Aydınlar (Arabic: تل) is a town in the Tillo District of Siirt Province in Turkey.^[2] Its population is 2,022 (2022).^[1] The town is inhabited by Arabs and Kurds.^[3]

Tillo
Municipality
View of Tillo
Tillo Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°57′03″N 42°00′48″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Siirt
District	Tillo
Population  (2022)[1]	2,022
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Website	www.aydinlar.bel.tr

Etymology

The name of the town is derived from the Arabic: تل, romanized: tell, lit. 'hill'.^[4]

Neighborhoods

Tillo is divided into the neighborhoods of Fakirullah, Mücahit and Saydanlar.^[2]

Demographics

The Arabs of the town belong to the tribes of Xālidiyya and Abbāsiyya who claim to have migrated to Tillo from Homs and Saudi Arabia about 700 and 400 years ago, respectively. Both tribes adhere to Shafi'i 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.^[5]

Linguistically, the Arab population, more or less, all speak Kurdish beside Arabic, while few Kurds know Arabic.^[5]

In recent decades, the Arab population has decreased to due migration to Istanbul, while the Kurdish population has steadily grown.^[6]

Population

Historic population figures of the town:^[7][1]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1965	2,953	—
1970	2,507	−15.1%
1980	2,267	−9.6%
1990	2,789	+23.0%
2000	2,981	+6.9%
2010	1,885	−36.8%
2020	2,219	+17.7%
2022	2,022	−8.9%

Gallery

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  İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi shrine in Tillo, Siirt
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  Tillo Clocktower
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  Tillo Cobbled Street
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  Tillo Street scene
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  Tillo Old house
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  Tillo Old house
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  Tillo Old house detail
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  Tillo Restored mosque
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  Tillo Restored mosque entrance
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  Tillo Unidentified monument
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  Tillo Mausoleum Ismail Fakirullah and Ibrahim Hakki
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  Tillo Mausoleum Ismail Fakirullah and Ibrahim Hakki
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  Tillo Mausoleum Ismail Fakirullah and Ibrahim Hakki
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  Tillo mausoleum of Gavsul Memduh
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  Tillo mausoleum of Gavsul Memduh
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  Tillo mausoleum of Gavsul Memduh
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  Tillo Mausoleum of Sheyh Hasan El-Fatir
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  Tillo Mausoleum of Sheyh Hasan El-Fatir
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  Tillo Four Mollas grave

References

1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
2. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 378.
4. Lahdo, Ablahad (2009). "Lahdo, 2009. The Arabic Dialect of Tillo in the Region of Siirt: (South-eastern Turkey)" (PDF). Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studia Semitica Upsaliensia 26. 283 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-554-7385-3. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
5. Lahdo, Ablahad (2009). Csátó, Éva A.; Joakim, Enwall; Isaksson, Bo; Jahani, Carina; Månsson, Anette; Saxena, Anju; Schaefer, Christiane (eds.). "Some Remarks on Language Use and Arabic Dialects in Eastern Turkey". Orientalia Suecana. LVIII: 106–107. ISSN 0078-6578.
6. Lahdo, Ablahad (2009). Csátó, Éva A.; Joakim, Enwall; Isaksson, Bo; Jahani, Carina; Månsson, Anette; Saxena, Anju; Schaefer, Christiane (eds.). "Some Remarks on Language Use and Arabic Dialects in Eastern Turkey". Orientalia Suecana. LVIII: 112. ISSN 0078-6578.
7. "Genel Nüfus Sayımları" (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 March 2023.