Kayalar (Kurdish: Katûne)[2] is a village in the Şemdinli District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.

[3] The village is populated by Kurds of the Zerzan tribe and had a population of 1,949 in 2023.

[1][4] Kayalar has seven hamlets attached to it: Erikli (Ballê), Husrova (Xisrova), Mağaraönü (Şkeftan), Sarıca (Zerîk), Seçkin (Zêvkan), Kule and Yukarıkayalar (Katûna jori).

[2][3] Population history from 1997 to 2023:[5][1]