Çelebi is a

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prominent family inhabiting the

Mardin Province Mardin Province ( tr, Mardin ili; ku, Parêzgeha Mêrdînê; ar, محافظة ماردين) is a province of Turkey with a population of 809,719 in 2017, slightly down from the population of 835,173 in 2000. Kurds form the majority of the popu ...

of southeastern

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. They were involved in a long running land dispute with the 1,600-year-old

Syriac Orthodox , native_name_lang = syc , image = St_George_Syriac_orthodox_church_in_Damascus.jpg , imagewidth = 250 , alt = Cathedral of Saint George , caption = Cathedral of Saint George, Damascu ...

Mor Gabriel Monastery Dayro d-Mor Gabriel ( syc, ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܓܒܪܐܝܠ; the ''Monastery of Saint Gabriel''), also known as Deyrulumur, is the oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world. It is located on the Tur Abdin plateau near Midyat in the M ...

. They were involved in the 2009 Mardin engagement ceremony massacre. They are known for their closeness to the Turkish state. They are currently allied to the Turkish government in its fight against the insurgency of the

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(PKK). Tribe member Süleyman Çelebi was a member of the Motherland Party.

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The Making of Modern Turkey ''The Making of Modern Turkey: Nation and State in Eastern Anatolia, 1913–1950'' is a book by Uğur Ümit Üngör, published by Oxford University Press in 2011. The book focuses on population politics in the transition between the late Ottoman ...

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