Dokuzçeltik () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yenişehir, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey.Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. It is populated by Kurds of the Bekiran tribe and had a population of 2,261 in 2022.
History Şeyhkent (today called Dokuzçeltik) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians. In 1914, the village was populated by 150 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.
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