Çerçili is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

İslahiye İslahiye is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey. Its area is 865 km2, and its population is 67,650 (2022). It is a railway border crossing into Syria. Near İslahiye is the site of ancient Nicopolis. The railway stat ...

Gaziantep Province Gaziantep Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in south-central Turkey. It is located in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its population is 295 (2022). The village is inhabited by

Tahtacı Tahtacı () are a subgroup of ethnic Turkish people living mainly in the forested areas of Aegean Region, Aegean and Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean regions of Turkey. Historically engaged in woodworking since Ottoman Empire, the Ot ...

, a subgroup of

Alevi Alevism (; ; ) is a syncretic heterodox Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Islamic teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, who taught the teachings of the Twelve Imams, whilst incorporating some traditions from shamanism. Differing ...

Turkomans, who belong to the Hacı Emirli

ocak Ocak may refer to: People * Ocak (name) Places * Ocak, Aziziye * Ocak, Kemaliye * Ocak, Pazar Others * Adana 5 Ocak Stadium, multi-purpose stadium in Adana, Turkey * Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium, multi-purpose stadium in Gaziantep, Turkey ...

. The

türbe ''Türbe'' refers to a Muslim mausoleum, tomb or grave often in the Turkish-speaking areas and for the mausolea of Ottoman sultans, nobles and notables. A typical türbe is located in the grounds of a mosque or complex, often endowed by the ...

of the founder of this ocak, İbrahim Sani, is located in Çerçili. The village was known as Tut Alanı ( 'mulberry field') in the 16th century and was inhabited by

dervish Dervish, Darvesh, or Darwīsh (from ) in Islam can refer broadly to members of a Sufi fraternity (''tariqah''), or more narrowly to a religious mendicant, who chose or accepted material poverty. The latter usage is found particularly in Persi ...

es of İbrahim Baba and

Ayrums Ayrums (, in Persian often as ''Âyromlū'') are a Turkic tribe, considered to be a sub-ethnic group of Azerbaijanis after the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They have been historically associated with the area nearby the city of Gyumri (in ...

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Neighbourhoods in İslahiye District Turkoman settlements in Gaziantep Province {{Gaziantep-geo-stub