Atma (tribe)
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Turkey:Kahramanmaraş, Malatya | |
| Languages | |
| Kurdish | |
| Religion | |
| Majority Kurdish Alevism, minority Sunni Islam[1] |
Atma (Local Kurdish: Otmî; Kurdish: Atmî)[2] is a Kurdish tribe mainly inhabiting parts of Kahramanmaraş and Malatya provinces in Turkey.[1]
History[edit]
Atma tribesmen believe that they descend from the Kalhor tribe in modern-day Iraq but later migrated to Nusaybin then to Malatya, and a portion of the tribe further settled near Pazarcık. In 16th-century Ottoman records, Atma tribe consisted of 7 people near Malatya. Atma villages in Arguvan were formed after early 18th century.[1] In mid-18th century, Atma inhabited the region to the north of Aintab with 1000 tents,[3] corresponding to modern-day Pazarcık.
Sub-tribes[edit]
Atma is made up of 12 sub-tribes:[4]
- Rîvon (lit. the foxes; Turkish: Tilkiler)
- Kizîron (lit. the shorts; Turkish: Kizirler)
- Haydarlı
- Ketiler
- Sadakalar
- Kızkapanlı (lit. with girl-catchers)
- Karahasanlar
- Karalar (lit. blacks)
- Oxcon (Turkish: Ağcalar, lit. whites)
- Turûşon (Turkish: Turuçlu)
- Kabalar (lit. the rudes)
- Mahkânlı
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Aksüt, Hamza (2009). Aleviler Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan: araştırma-inceleme (3 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. pp. 208–210. ISBN 9789759025618.
- ^ "Pazarcık'ın Kürd Köyleri". alevinet. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Niebuhr, Carsten (1778). C. Niebuhrs Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern. Copenhagen: Nicolaus Müller. p. 418. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ Çay, M. Abdulhalûk (1993). Her yönüyle Kürt dosyası. Boğaziçi Yayınları. p. 305. ISBN 9789754510782. Retrieved 7 January 2023.