Çelebi (tribe) explained

Çelebi is a Kurdish prominent family inhabiting the Mardin Province of southeastern Turkey.

Background

They were involved in a long running land dispute with the 1,600-year-old Syriac Orthodox Mor Gabriel Monastery. They were involved in the 2009 Mardin engagement ceremony massacre.

They are known for their closeness to the Turkish state.^[1] They are currently allied to the Turkish government in its fight against the insurgency of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Tribe member Süleyman Çelebi was a member of the Motherland Party.^[2]

Sources

• Book: Markus Dressler. Writing Religion: The Making of Turkish Alevi Islam. 10 April 2015. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-023409-6. 121–.
• Book: Markus K. Tozman. Andrea Tyndall. The Slow Disappearance of the Syriacs from Turkey and of the Grounds of the Mor Gabriel Monastery. 2012. LIT Verlag Münster. 978-3-643-90268-9. 223–.
• Book: Uğur Ümit Üngör

. Uğur Ümit Üngör. Uğur Ümit Üngör. The Making of Modern Turkey: Nation and State in Eastern Anatolia, 1913-1950. 1 March 2012. OUP Oxford. 978-0-19-965522-9. 20–.

• • The Making of Modern Turkey

Notes and References

1. Web site: Economist. Wooing Christians . 2 December 2010 . Diyarbakir . Mardin.
2. Book: The Transformation of Kurdish Political Identity in Turkey: Impact of Modernization, Democratization and Globalization. 2009. 978-1-109-05548-1. 75–.