Koçlu () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Kızıltepe Kızıltepe (; ; ) is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,236 km2, and its population is 267,151 (2022). It is mainly populated by Kurds of the Kîkan Kurdish tribe. Government In the local elections of M ...

Mardin Province Mardin Province (; ; ; ) is a province and metropolitan municipality in Turkey. Its area is 8,780 km2, and its population is 870,374 (2022). The largest city in the province is Kızıltepe, while the capital Mardin is the second largest ci ...

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. The village is predominantly populated by

Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...

of the Xalecan tribe and had a population of 91 in 2021. Besides Kurds of the Xalecan tribe, the village is also home to Kurds from the Erbanî and Omerkan tribes and has moreover

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residents. It is formerly populated by

Assyrians Assyrians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to Mesopotamia, a geographical region in West Asia. Modern Assyrians share descent directly from the ancient Assyrians, one of the key civilizations of Mesopotamia. While they are distinct from ot ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koclu, Kiziltepe Neighbourhoods in Kızıltepe District Kurdish settlements in Mardin Province Historic Assyrian communities in Mardin Province