Çayırlı, Midyat

Çayırlı (Kurdish: Kefnas‎)[2] is a former Yazidi village located in the Midyat district of the Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey. The village is located ca. 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southeast of Midyat in the Tur Abdin region of southeastern Anatolia.[3][4]

Çayırlı Kefnas
Village
Çayırlı Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°19′55″N 41°27′23″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Mardin
District	Midyat
Population  (2009[1])
• Total	26
Post code	47500

Yazidis who try to return to Çayırlı are threatened by paramilitary and islamic-fundamentalistic groups.[5]

View of Kefnas (2018)

Location

Kefnas is located ca. 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the Yazidi village Koçan and ca. 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeast of the Yazidi village Denwan.

References

1. "Population of Mardin Province in Turkey - Census 2009". Turkish Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 2013-09-17.
2. İbrahim Sediyani (2009). Adını arayan coğrafya. Özedönüş Yayınları. p. 255. ISBN 9786054296002.
3. "TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Diyarbakır Şubesi" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-12-27.
4. "Index Anatolicus". nisanyanmap.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
5. "Situation von Angehörigen der ezidischen Religionsgemeinschaft" (PDF). bundestag.de (in German). Deutscher Bundestag. 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 2019-02-11.