Kısas, Haliliye

Kısas
Kısas
Village
	Kısas Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 37.10581°N 38.93152°E[1]
Country	Turkey
Province	Şanlıurfa
District	Haliliye
Population (2021)[2]	3,611
Time zone	TRT (UTC+3)

Kısas is a village, mahalle, and former municipality (belde) in the Haliliye district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.[3]^: 39 It had a population of 3,611 in 2021.[2] It is built on top of an old archaeological mound (höyük) which has not been excavated because it lies completely under the town.[3]^: 26 Kısas is distinct because it has a predominantly Alevi Turkmen population, whereas most of the surrounding villages are populated by Arabs.[4]^: 149 It is one of only three villages in the area with a predominantly Alevi Turkmen population (the other two are Akarpınar and Sırrın).[5]^: 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.[4]^: 22

Kısas maintains strong Turkmen cultural traditions such as âşık folk poetry set to bağlama music.[4]^: 149–50 The âşık tradition is particularly associated with the village, and it is known as "land of the âşıks".[5]^: 30 Âşıks in Kısas stay in one place, unlike the tradition in regions further east where they tend to be itinerant.[5]^: 31 Instead, the Kısas âşıks mostly earn a living through farming or "doing practical jobs locally".[5]^: 31 Their main role is performing at Alevi cem rituals, as well as at the muhabbet, or informal conversation preceding a cem.[5]^: 31 They also perform at wedding ceremonies.[5]^: 31

References

"Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.
"Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
Çelik, Bahattin (2008). Arkeoloji'de Urfa (PDF). Istanbul: Fsf Printing House. ISBN 978-975-585-992-7. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
Saraç, Mehmet Adil (2018). Tanıklarıyla Urfalı Urfalıca (PDF). Istanbul: Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality. ISBN 978-975-8165-40-7. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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.

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[GeoNames-1] "Geonames Search". Do a radial search using these coordinates here.

[tuik-2] "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[Çelik_2008-3] Çelik, Bahattin (2008). Arkeoloji'de Urfa (PDF). Istanbul: Fsf Printing House. ISBN 978-975-585-992-7. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

[Saraç_2018-4] Saraç, Mehmet Adil (2018). Tanıklarıyla Urfalı Urfalıca (PDF). Istanbul: Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality. ISBN 978-975-8165-40-7. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

[Birkalan-Gedik_2018-5] 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.