Karalar (Arabic: عربان, Kurdish: Eraban;[2] Syriac: ܥܪܒܐܢ, romanized: ʿArban)[3][a] is a town (belde) in the İdil District of Şırnak Province in Turkey.

[6] ʿArban (today called Karalar) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians.

[10] Bakhti Kurds attacked ʿArban, as well as the villages of Bēth Isḥaq and Midun, again in 1457, resulting in the death of the priests Behnam and Addai, the deacon Abu Nasr, and 40 men whilst the women and children were taken captive.

[11] In 1748, the episcopal residence of the Church of the Virgin and Mar Barsoum was renovated by Basil Denha Baltaji, the Maphrian of Tur Abdin, at which time the village was inhabited by 14 Syriac Orthodox families.

[12] In 1914, the village was inhabited by 100 Assyrians, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.