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Oyalı, Turkey

Oyalı is a town of 2,267 people in Mardin, Turkey.

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Population2,267 GeoNames
RegionMardin
Elevation681 m 2,234 ft
Time zoneEurope/Istanbul
Nearest airportŞırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT) 33 km

About Oyalı

Oyalı (Kurdish: Delavê Qesrê) is a village in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Hemikan tribe and had a population of 2,319 in 2021.

From the Wikipedia article Oyalı, İdil (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

History

Delavê Qesrê (today called Oyalı) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians. In 1914, it was populated by 100 Syriacs, as per the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation. It was located in the kaza of Nusaybin.

From the History section of Oyalı, İdil on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting there and nearby towns

Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 33 km away.

  • Uğrak 3 km southeast, about 3 min by car
  • Yazman 4 km northeast, about 4 min by car
  • Aksoy 6 km west, about 6 min by car
  • Özbek 6 km southwest, about 6 min by car
  • Cizre 41 km east, about 41 min by car
  • Midyat 42 km northwest, about 42 min by car
  • Nusaybin 49 km west, about 49 min by car
  • Silopi 64 km east, about 1 h by car
  • Siirt 81 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
  • Mardin 89 km west, about 1 h 30 min by car

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