Yellice () is a village in the
Kurtalan District
Kurtalan District is a district of Siirt Province in Turkey. The town of Kurtalan is the seat and the district had a population of 60,592 in 2021.
The district is populated by Kurds. The current District Governor is Ihsan Emre Aydin.
Settlem ...
of
Siirt Province in
Turkey.
The village is populated by
Kurds and had a population of 313 in 2021.
History
The village formerly adhered to
Yazidism but converted to
Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
in the late 19th century with the guidance of Sheikh Abdulkahhâr from nearby
Zokayd. After the conversion, a mosque was built, commissioned by Sultan
Abdul Hamid II
Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid II ( ota, عبد الحميد ثانی, Abd ül-Hamid-i Sani; tr, II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 10 February 1918) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to ...
. A
madrasa was also built which would educate many scholars.
References
Kurdish settlements in Siirt Province
Villages in Kurtalan District
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Former Yazidi communities in Turkey