Atma (Local Kurdish: Otmî; ku, Atmî) is a

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tribe mainly inhabiting parts of

Kahramanmaraş Marash (Armenian: Մարաշ), officially Kahramanmaraş () and historically Germanicea (Greek: Γερμανίκεια), is a city in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey and the administrative center of Kahramanmaraş Province. Before 1973, Kahrama ...

and

Malatya Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city ha ...

provinces in

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History

Atma tribesmen believe that they descend from the

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in modern-day

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but later migrated to

Nusaybin Nusaybin (; '; ar, نُصَيْبِيْن, translit=Nuṣaybīn; syr, ܢܨܝܒܝܢ, translit=Nṣībīn), historically known as Nisibis () or Nesbin, is a city in Mardin Province, Turkey. The population of the city is 83,832 as of 2009 and is ...

then to

, and a portion of the tribe further settled near

Pazarcık Pazarcık is a town and district in the southern part of Kahramanmaraş Province in Turkey. The mayor Hayrettin Güngör from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected in the local elections 2019. Kaymakam is Adil Nas. The cement plan ...

. In 16th-century Ottoman records, Atma tribe consisted of 7 people near

. Atma villages in

Arguvan Arguvan ( ku, Erxewan/Arxewan) is a district of Malatya Province of Turkey. The mayor is Mehmet Kızıldaş ( CHP). Demographics The majority of the district is Alevi from both Kurdish and Turkish ethnicity. The Kurdish Atman tribe reside in te ...

were formed after early 18th century. In mid-18th century, Atma inhabited the region to the north of

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with 1000 tents, corresponding to modern-day

Sub-tribes

Atma is made up of 12 sub-tribes: *Rîvon ( ''the foxes''; tr, Tilkiler) *Kizîron ( ''the shorts''; tr, Kizirler) *Haydarlı *Ketiler *Sadakalar *Kızkapanlı ( ''with girl-catchers'') *Karahasanlar *Karalar ( ''blacks'') *Oxcon ( tr, Ağcalar, ''whites'') *Turûşon ( tr, Turuçlu) *Kabalar ( ''the rudes'') *Mahkânlı

References

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