Yazidi temple (Chel Mera) in SinjarConical roofs characteristic of Yazidi sites mark the tomb of Şêx Adî in Lalish
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 emigration.[2] Today, the majority of the Yazidis live in Iraq and are particularly concentrated in the Nineveh Plains and Sinjar areas in the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq.[3][4]
Iraq
The following settlements in Iraq are currently inhabited by Yazidis:[5]
^Inhabitants of the villages of Dakan, Girepan (Gerepane), Khirschnia (Xershenya), Klebadir (Galebader), Scharia (Shariya), Schekh Khadir (Shexedra) and Sina (Sena) were forcibly relocated to Sharya in 1970.
^Inhabitants of the villages Al Khataniyah, Kar Izir (Giruzer), Qahtaniya (Qahtaniyah) and Til Ezer were forcibly relocated to Kahtaniya in 1970.
^Inhabitants of the villages Al Adnaniyah Jazeera and Jazirah were forcibly relocated to Siba Sheikh Khidir in 1970.
Citations
^Fuccaro (1999), p. 9.
^Asatrian & Arakelova (2014).
^Allison, Christine (20 February 2004). "Yazidis i: General". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
^"Question of the Frontier Between Turkey and Iraq" (PDF). Geneva: League of Nations. 20 August 1925. p. 49.
^Furlani 1937, pp. 483–491; Omarkhali 2017, p. 33; Oehring 2017, pp. 92–93.
^ a b c d e f g h i j kPeter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 349.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa abPeter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 350.
^"Village of Muslims, Assyrians and Yazidis stands out for its diversity". Daily Sabah. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
^Tolan, Kemal (2020). Nasandina Kevneşopên Êzdiyatiyê. Vol. 1. Îzmîr: Na Yayınları. p. 301. ISBN 978-625-7085-20-5.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q rPeter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 351.
^ a b"ON FINAL SETTLEMENT PLACES AND POPULATION OF EZIDIS, AN ETHNO-RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY, IN BATMAN AND NEARBY VICINITY" (PDF). Turkish Studies. p. 844. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
^Turan, Ahmet. "Yezidiler". DergiPark. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
^Maisel (2014), p. 19.
^Hovsepyan et al. (2016), pp. 32–41.
^Omarkhali (2017), p. 35.
Bibliography
Asatrian, Garnik S.; Arakelova, Victoria (2014). The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World. ISBN 978-1317544289. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
Fuccaro, Nelida (1999). The Other Kurds: Yazidis in Colonial Iraq. London & New York: I. B. Tauris. p. 9. ISBN 1860641709.
Hovsepyan, Roman; Stepanyan-Gandilyan, Nina; Melkumyan, Hamlet; Harutyunyan, Lili (2016). "Food as a marker for economy and part of identity: traditional vegetal food of Yezidis and Kurds in Armenia". Journal of Ethnic Foods. 3 (1): 32–41. doi:10.1016/j.jef.2016.01.003. ISSN 2352-6181.
Maisel, Sebastian (2014). Yezidis in Syria: Identity Building among a Double Minority. Lexington Books. p. 19. ISBN 9780739177754.
Oehring, Otmar (2017). Christians and Yazidis in Iraq: Current Situation and Prospects. Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
Omarkhali, Khanna (2017). The Yezidi religious textual tradition, from oral to written: categories, transmission, scripturalisation, and canonisation of the Yezidi oral religious texts. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10856-0. OCLC 994778968.