Çelebi (tribe)

For other uses, see Çelebi (disambiguation).

The Çelebi are a Kurdish tribe that are known for their closeness to the Turkish state.^[1]

They are involved in a long running land dispute with the 1,600-year-old Syriac Orthodox Mor Gabriel Monastery.^[1] They have been accused in participating in the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and they are currently allied to the Turkish government in its fight against the PKK insurgency.^[1]

References

1 2 3 http://www.economist.com/node/17632939

Kurdish tribes

Iraq	Balak Bajalan Barzani Barzanji Berwari Bradost Feyli Gewirk Herki Jaff Khoshnaw Merzanî Mirawdale Muzuri Rekani Sanjâbi Sian Sorani

Iran	Bajalan Bradost Darî Donboli Ferozkohi Feyli Gewirk Herki Jaff Jalali Kalhor Mangur Milan Sanjâbi Shekak Suseni Zafaranlu

Turkey	Çelebi Darî Gewirk Herki Hesenan Jalali Motikan Reşvan

Syria	Reşvan

Azerbaijan	Shaqaqi Sheylanli

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