Modan (tribe)
{{Short description|Kurdish tribe of Turkey and Iran}}
Modan ({{Langx|ku|Modan}}) is a Kurdish tribe mainly residing around Haymana, Ankara Province in Turkey.{{Cite book|last=Alakom|first=Rohat|title=Orta Anadolu Kürtleri|publisher=Evrensel Basım Yayın|year=2004|isbn=9789756525777|pages=33}} The first Kurdish village and considerable Kurdish presence appeared in the region in 15th and 18th centuries, respectively.{{Cite journal|last=Fiğan|first=Mehmet|date=2017|title=Etnik Sınırlarda Gezinmek: Haymanalı Kürtlerin Kimliklenme ve Kültürlerarası İletişim Pratikleri|url=http://www.openaccess.hacettepe.edu.tr:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11655/3858/10152874.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|journal=Hacettepe University Social Studies Institute|language=tr|publisher=Hacettepe University|pages=52 & 55}}{{Cite web|date=2017|title=1. Orta Anadolu Kürtleri Konferans Sonuç bildirgesi!|url=https://www.kurdenanatolien.com/1-orta-anadolu-kurtleri-konferans-sonuc-bildirgesi/|access-date=17 March 2021|language=tr}} Tribal members are also found in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran.{{Cite web|last=Oberling|first=Pierre|date=2004|title=Kurdish tribes|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/kurdish-tribes|access-date=17 March 2021|website=Iranica Online}}
Geography
It is believed that the tribe migrated westward from Mutki region near Bitlis.{{Cite journal|last=Dr. Mikaîlî|date=2013|title=Orta Anadolu Kürtlerinin Tarihteki izleri|url=https://birnebun.eu/hejmar/birnebunweb56.pdf|journal=Bîrnebûn|language=tr|issue=56|page=52}} Today, they live in the villages of Katrancı, Saatli, Karasüleymanlı, Çeltikli and Toyçayırı in the Haymana district of Ankara Province.{{Cite journal|last=Ateş|first=Nuh|date=2010|title=Kurdên Deşta Anatolîyê - Koçberîyeke Bêrawestî|url=https://birnebun.eu/hejmar/birnebunweb46.pdf|journal=Bîrnebun|language=ku|issue=46|page=17}}{{Cite journal|last=Yurtdaş|first=Enver|date=2012|title=Modanlılar|url=https://birnebun.eu/hejmar/birnebunweb52.pdf|journal=Bîrnebun|volume=52|page=73}}
See also
References
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Category:Kurdish tribes of Iran
Category:History of the Kurdish people
Category:History of Ankara Province
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