Regions with significant populations | |
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![]() 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]
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.
Atma is made up of 12 sub-tribes: [4]
Regions with significant populations | |
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![]() 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]
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.
Atma is made up of 12 sub-tribes: [4]