Tillo has the meaning of "High Spirits"in Suryani language. The Ottoman Emperor Sultan Selim Caldiran time entered the dominion . Tillo, the district was named after the intellectuals. There are cultural aspects of a rich history of the town. Because of the many local people visit the mosques and sacred places of the district and is undergoing an influx of visitors from other regions. Lived in the area and found the tomb of some scholars and saints named: Fakirullah Ismail., Ibrah:m Hakki, Sheikh Hamza El Kebir , Sheikh Mujahid., Gavsul Memduh , Zemzemul Hassa (Women Evliya). County, in the course of history, culture and education center to be important, especially during the Ottoman Period has kept attribute. Madrasas religious sciences, the natural sciences at a level ahead of time (astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and medicine) together with scientists and those who see in today's science has been the center of a given character will leave in bewilderment.