Özler (; ) is a village in the Gercüş District of Batman Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Kercoz tribe and had a population of 82 in 2021. It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin.
History ʿĪlūs (today called Özler) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians. In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 9 households, who paid 16 dues, and did not have a church or a priest.
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