ŞIRNEX - It was learned that there is not a single Ezidi in the Kiwex village, where the Şırnak governor said: "they are returning to their villages".

 

Ezidis, who have suffered many massacres throughout history, have experienced 74 Edicts to date. Finally, the Ezidis, who were displaced from their sacred lands by the attacks of ISIS, once again started to migrate. Ezidis living in four parts of Kurdistan also experienced the same fate. Ezidi villages in Şirnex and Mêrdîn were evacuated as a result of state pressure, and thousands of people had to migrate. There is not a single Ezidi left in the 130-household Kiwex village in Şirnex's Hezex (İdil) district. The village, where hundreds of people lived until the 1980s, was evacuated as a result of state pressure.

 

RETURN TO THE VILLAGE WITHOUT EZIDIS!

 

According to open sources, the village, which was built 1,200 years ago, was evacuated 37 years ago. Despite the passage of time, the village has not lost its historical texture. However, Yazidis cannot return to their villages due to security concerns. Şırnak Governorship began to offer the village, from which the Yazidis could not return, to the capital under the name of tourism. This campaign of the governorship was launched with the news of the media close to the government that "Ezidis are returning to their peaceful villages in Şırnak. It turned out that there was not a single Ezidi in Kiwex, where the governorship said they were "returning to their villages".

 

A POLICE STATION WILL BE BUILT IN THE VILLAGE

 

While road, electricity and sewage works were initiated in the village, concrete was used in a way that was contrary to the historical texture of the village. While those who migrated to the village, which the governorship said was "at peace", did not return, the kochers(those who are nomadic) around the village were removed "by order of the governorship". It was also stated that the construction of a police station will start in the village.

 

EZIDIS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE SITUATION

 

Ezidis who migrated to Europe due to state pressures stated that their villages were intervened without their approval, and that the state has been oppressing them for years to prevent them from returning to their villages, and that their villages are currently being handed over to the capital. Ezidis stated that they would file a lawsuit to reverse this decision.

 

MA / Zeynep Durgut