Kâle Hristiyanları قلعه مسیحیلری | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Kirkuk, Iraq | |
| Languages | |
| Distinct Turkish dialect Ottoman Turkish (liturgical) | |
| Religion | |
| Chaldean Catholic Church | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Assyrians, Iraqi Turkmen |
The Citadel Christians (Turkish: Kâle Hristiyanları; colloquially: قلعه مسیحیلری; romanised: Qəl‘ə Məsihiləri) are a community of ethnic Assyrians who speak their own dialect of Turkish and religiously follow the Chaldean Catholic Church. They are native to Kirkuk and have traditionally been the caretakers of the Kirkuk Citadel.