[6][7] The village is populated by Kurds of the Kercoz and Omerkan tribes and by the Mhallami.

[8] It is located in the historic region of Bēth Muḥallam in Tur Abdin.

[9] Kandirib (today called Söğütlü) was historically inhabited by Syriac Christians.

[8] The calligrapher Daniel of Kandirib is mentioned in the Life of Mar Simeon of the Olives (d. 734).

[10] In c. 1583, the Christian population of Bēth Muḥallam, including the village of Kandirib, converted to Islam to escape persecution.