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There is a disagreement among scholars and in Yazidi circles on whether the Yazidi people are a distinct ethnoreligious group or a religious sub-group of the Kurds, an Iranic ethnic group. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Yazidism is the ethnic religion of the Yazidi people and is monotheistic in nature, having roots in a pre-Zoroastrian Iranic faith .
The following is a list of Yazidi settlements in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Armenia, including both current and historical Yazidi settlements. Historically, Yazidis lived primarily in Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. [1] However, events since the end of the 20th century have resulted in considerable demographic shifts in these areas as well as mass ...
The Yazidis living in Turkey during and after the second half of the 20th century gradually left for European countries. In the 1980s, there were 60,000 Yazidis situated in Beşiri, Kurtalan, Bismil, Midyat, Idil, Cizre, Nusaybin, Viranşehir, Suruç and Bozova. Today, these places are almost empty due to exodus to Europe which was provoked by ...
Yazidis fled to the heights to escape IS, as they have done in past bouts of persecution. In Sinjar town, the district center, soldiers lounge in front of small shops on the main street.
Ten years ago, their village in Iraq's Sinjar region was decimated by Islamic State militants. Yazidi men and boys were separated and massacred, Yazidi women and children were abducted, many raped ...
Yazidis from Georgia (country) (4 P) German Yazidis (15 P) I. Iraqi Yazidis (21 P) R. Russian Yazidis (6 P) S. Syrian Yazidis (1 P) T. Turkish Yazidis (4 P) This page ...
There are still about 55,000 there, including 28,000 Iraqis, 19,000 Syrians and 8,000 people from other countries. Most of their home nations have denied them the right to return, arguing that ...
Amin Farhan Jejo, Yazidi politician and author; Ibrahim Khalil, The Yazidi folk singer and songwriter; Aslan Usoyan, Russian mafia boss; Al-Hasan ibn Adi, religious heir of ‘Adī ibn Sakhr; Amirkhan Mori, owner and chairman of the Regions Group; Aziz Tamoyan,was the president of the Yezidi National Union