23.04.2025

A Kurdish village in Ankara: Mikaîla’s 300-year-old story

The Kurdish presence in Turkey is not limited to Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia. There are also Kurdish tribes that have lived in the Polatlı and Haymana districts of Ankara for centuries. One of these tribes is the Mikaîlî (Mikaîla) Tribe, whose roots go back a long way.