Yolbaşı (; ; ) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Midyat, Mardin Province, Turkey.Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its population is 3,187 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). The village is populated by Kurds and the Mhallami. It is located in the historic region of Bēth Muḥallam in Tur Abdin.
History Kfar ʿAllab (today called Yolbaşı) was historically inhabited by Syriac Christians and Jews. The Christians converted to Islam alongside the other Mhallami villages in to escape persecution. The village mosque is believed to have previously been a church.
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