Tillo

Tillo or Aydınlar (Arabic: تلو‎) is a district of Siirt Province of Turkey. The name of the town is derived from Arabic "Tall" Arabic: تل‎ (Hill).[3] The name of the district was Aydınlar until 7 November 2013, when it recovered its original Arabic name.

Tillo
İbrahim Hakkı shrine in Tillo, Siirt
Tillo
Coordinates: 37°57′03″N 42°00′48″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSiirt
Government
 • MayorMehmet Mesut Memduhoğlu (AKP)
 • KaymakamMehmet Şirin Yaşar
Area
 • District69.20 km2 (26.72 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
1,832
 • District
3,876
 • District density56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Post code
56870
Websitewww.aydinlar.bel.tr

Syriac language Tillo means holy spirits, and appropriately it is the home of many tombs. In the 1514 reign of Yavuz Sultan Selim, Tillo was taken by the Ottoman Empire by the Çaldıran Victory. After Tillo became a district of Siirt, it was named Aydınlar. It has an ancient cultural and social history. Many visitors come to visit the mausoleums of holy persons such İsmail Fakirullah Hz., İbrahim Hakkı Hz., Şeyh Hamza El Kebir Hz., Şeyh Mücahit Hz., Gavsul Memduh Hz., Zemzemul Hassa Hz.(Kadın Evliya).

Name of the district was changed on 30 October 2013 by Turkish Parliament after change of constitutional law, which forbids languages other than Turkish to be used for city names, on 30 September 2013.

This town is inhabited by Arabs, in addition to six other villages in the province and the city of Siirt.[3]


  • Tillo Clocktower
  • Tillo Cobbled Street
  • Tillo Street scene
  • Tillo Old house
  • Tillo Old house
  • Tillo Old house detail
  • Tillo Restored mosque
  • Tillo Restored mosque entrance
  • Tillo Unidentified monument
  • Tillo Mausoleum Ismail Fakirullah and Ibrahim Hakki
  • Tillo Mausoleum Ismail Fakirullah and Ibrahim Hakki
  • Tillo Mausoleum Ismail Fakirullah and Ibrahim Hakki
  • Tillo mausoleum of Gavsul Memduh
  • Tillo mausoleum of Gavsul Memduh
  • Tillo mausoleum of Gavsul Memduh
  • Tillo Mausoleum of Sheyh Hasan El-Fatir
  • Tillo Mausoleum of Sheyh Hasan El-Fatir
  • Tillo Four Mollas grave

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. "Lahdo, 2009. The Arabic Dialect of Tillo in the Region of Siirt: (South-eastern Turkey)" (PDF). Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studia Semitica Upsaliensia 26. 283 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-554-7385-3. 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2020.


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