Kaleli, Nusaybin

Kaleli (Kurdish: Efşê)[1] is a village located in the Nusaybin district of the Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey. The village is located ca. 32 kilometres (20 mi) northeast of Nusaybin in the Tur Abdin region of southeastern Anatolia.[2][3] The village is populated by Yazidis.

Kaleli
Efşê
Village
Kaleli
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°14′46″N 41°29′30″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceMardin
DistrictNusaybin
Post code
47300

History

Due to the oppressive the Turkish state, the village saw a large-scale emigration to Europe in from 1985 on. The Yazidis would largely settle in Germany. Prior to the migration, the village had around 130 households of around 500 people but the village was completely left by 1989. Since 2011, many of these families decided to return but were prevented to do so due to Turkish bureaucracy. Feleknas Uca of the HDP took the case to the Turkish Parliament in 2017.[4]

References
  1. İbrahim Sediyani (2009). Adını arayan coğrafya. Özedönüş Yayınları. p. 256. ISBN 9786054296002.
  2. Kreyenbroek, Philip G. (2009). Yezidism in Europe: Different Generations Speak about Their Religion. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447060608.
  3. "Index Anatolicus". nisanyanmap.com. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  4. "Uca, Nusaybin Efşê'li Êzidîlerin ölümle tehdit edilmesini Meclis'te gündeme getirdi". 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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