Gelinkaya, Midyat

Gelinkaya (کفر خۆار) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,542 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). The village is populated by Kurds and Mhallami.

Etymology
The word 'Keferhuvar' means 'village with white stones' in Syriac.

History
Gelinkaya is a former Assyrian village. It became the administrative center for the Mhallami in the 1850s when a beg from nearby Dêrizbin settled in the village, after a conflict with his relatives. After the Assyrian genocide and in the 1920s, Kurds from nearby villages such as Deywan and Helex but also from the Sinjar region arrived to the village.

Notable people

 * Orhan Miroğlu