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About Gelinkaya
Gelinkaya (Arabic: کفر خۆار, romanized: Kafarḥuvar; Syriac: Keferhavro, lit. 'white stone village') is a village in the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,542 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). The village is populated by Kurds and Mhallami.
From the Wikipedia article Gelinkaya, Midyat (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Keferhavro (today called Gelinkaya) was historically inhabited by Syriacs. The Eastern Roman Emperor Anastasius I Dicorus (r. 491–518) is said to have donated the village to the Mor Gabriel Monastery. The village's population converted to Islam to escape persecution in 1583. It became the administrative centre for the Mhallami in the 1850s when a beg from nearby Dêrizbin settled at Keferhavro after a conflict with his relatives and seized the village's church to use as his residence. Kurds from the nearby villages of Deywan and Helex and the Sinjar region later also settled at the village.
From the History section of Gelinkaya, Midyat on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Gelinkaya
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Getting there and nearby towns
14. İnsansız Uçak Sistemleri Üs Komutanlığı Askeri Havaalanı (BAL) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 58 km away.
- Düzoba 3 km south, about 3 min by car
- Acırlı 5 km northeast, about 5 min by car
- Midyat 6 km east, about 6 min by car
- Hasankeyf 34 km north, about 34 min by car
- Nusaybin 39 km south, about 39 min by car
- Mardin 48 km west, about 48 min by car
- Batman 54 km north, about 54 min by car
- Kızıltepe 66 km west, about 1 h by car
- Cizre 81 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Siirt 82 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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