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Kısas, Haliliye

Village in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey

Neighbourhood in Haliliye, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

37°06′21″N 38°55′53″E / 37.1058°N 38.9315°E / 37.1058; 38.9315CountryTurkeyProvinceŞanlıurfaDistrictHaliliyePopulation

(2022)^[1]

3,555Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Kısas is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Haliliye, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.^[2] Its population is 3,555 (2022).^[1] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).^[3]^[4]

It is built on top of an old archaeological mound (höyük) which has not been excavated because it lies completely under the town.^[5]^: 26 Kısas is distinct because it has a predominantly Alevi Turkmen population, whereas most of the surrounding villages are populated by Arabs.^[6]^: 149 It is one of only three villages in the area with a predominantly Alevi Turkmen population (the other two are Akarpınar and Sırrın).^[7]^: 30 According to Mehmet Adil Saraç, the Alevi Turkmen community here has its origins in people fleeing from the Mongol invasions during the Middle Ages.^[6]^: 22

Kısas maintains strong Turkmen cultural traditions such as âşık folk poetry set to bağlama music.^[6]^: 149–50 The âşık tradition is particularly associated with the village, and it is known as "land of the âşıks".^[7]^: 30 Âşıks in Kısas stay in one place, unlike the tradition in regions further east where they tend to be itinerant.^[7]^: 31 Instead, the Kısas âşıks mostly earn a living through farming or "doing practical jobs locally".^[7]^: 31 Their main role is performing at Alevi cem rituals, as well as at the muhabbet, or informal conversation preceding a cem.^[7]^: 31 They also perform at wedding ceremonies.^[7]^: 31

References

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
^ "Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units" (DOC). Official Gazette (in Turkish). 12 September 2010.
^ Çelik, Bahattin (2008). Arkeoloji'de Urfa (PDF). Istanbul: Fsf Printing House. ISBN 978-975-585-992-7. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Saraç, Mehmet Adil (2018). Tanıklarıyla Urfalı Urfalıca (PDF). Istanbul: Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality. ISBN 978-975-8165-40-7. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Birkalan-Gedik, Hande (2018). "The Role of Female Minstrels in the Transmission of Alevi Ritual Knowledge: Two Female Âşıks from Kısas-Urfa, Turkey". Transmission Processes of Religious Knowledge and Ritual Practice in Alevism Between Innovation and Reconstruction (PDF). pp. 189–228. Retrieved 20 February 2023.