Atma (tribe)

Atma (Local Kurdish: Otmî; Kurdish: Atmî)^[2] is a Kurdish tribe mainly inhabiting parts of Kahramanmaraş and Malatya provinces in Turkey.^[1]

Atma

Regions with significant populations
Turkey: Kahramanmaraş, Malatya
Languages
Kurdish
Religion
Majority Kurdish Alevism, minority Sunni Islam[1]

History

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.

Sub-tribes

Atma is made up of 12 sub-tribes:^[4]

• Rîvon (lit. the foxes; Turkish: Tilkiler)
• Kizîron (lit. the shorts; Turkish: Kizirler)
• Haydarlı
• Ketiler
• Sadakalar
• Kızkapanlı (lit. with girl-catchers)
• Karahasanlar
• Karalar (lit. blacks)
• Oxcon (Turkish: Ağcalar, lit. whites)
• Turûşon (Turkish: Turuçlu)
• Kabalar (lit. the rudes)
• Mahkânlı

See also

• Maraş massacre