page_title: List of Yazidi settlements
section_title: Turkey
hierarchical_section_title: List of Yazidi settlements / Turkey
caption_attribution_description: English: Yazidi temple in Bacin (Güven), Midyat, Turkey Deutsch: Jesidischer Tempel in Bacin (Güven), Midyat, Türkei
context_page_description: The following is a list of Yazidi settlements in Iraq, Syria and Turkey, including both current and historical Yazidi settlements. Historically, Yazidis lived primarily in Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. However, events since the end of the 20th century have resulted in considerable demographic shifts in these areas as well as mass emigration. Today, the majority of the Yazidi population lives in Iraq and are particularly concentrated in the Nineveh Plains and Sinjar areas in the Nineveh Province in northern Iraq.
  In the 19th century, an autonomous Yazidi principality existed in the Ottoman Empire and was named "Êzîdxan". The principality was in the Redwan region however, today "Êzîdxan" has an ambiguous meaning as the area has not been defined geographically. Despite this, two Yazidi militias in Iraq are named: the Êzîdxan Protection Force and the Êzîdxan Women's Units.
context_section_description: Historical Yazidi settlements in Turkey
  Çayırlı (Kefnaz)
  Çilesiz (Mezrê)
  Çörekli
  Değirmencik
  Deveboynu (Geyduk)
  Dibek (Badibe)
  Ekinciler (Inap)
  Güneli
  Güven (Bacin)
  Kaleli
  Koçan
  Kumgeçit (Bazivan)
  Kurukavak (Hamduna/Hamdunan)
  Kuşçukuru (Kelhok)
  Mağara (Kivah)
  Mağaracık
  Meydancık
  Oğuz
  Onbaşı
  Oyuklu (Take)
  Sapanlı
  Üçkuyular (Feqira/Fakiran)
  Uğrak (Taxari)
  Uğurca (Qoruk/Koruk)
  Yalınca (Sevdik)
  Yenice
  Yolkonak (Hicrê)
  Yolveren (Çinare/Çinerya/Çineri/Çinêriya)
caption: Yazidi temple in the Yazidi village Bacin (Güven) in the Midyat District of the Mardin Province in Turkey
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