![A group of old Kurdish men drinking tea in Diyarbakir, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,797,1200,1200/0-0-0/eec04068-404c-49cc-9342-1b91962a356b/1/1/1.jpg2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485307~hmac=13b063201f20c53b4721d2248b439f75fbd6e025db25e17d55d5307c6ca7d036)
Diyarbakir, Turkey
![A woman getting her photo taken in Diyarbakir, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,802,1200,1200/0-0-0/ad2a3429-1090-4b29-8f3c-f13d39a93a95/1/1/eastern-turkey-tourism.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485307~hmac=d9de45d5c4553c9dc61a2a7531309f11a8a5de5bc9440b020a6ef47f46beecb1)
Diyarbakir, Turkey
![Portrait of a Kurdish man dressed in traditional clothes in Shaqlawa, Iraq.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,797,1200,1600,1200/0-0-0/b18f162c-9ca3-4b99-b078-33eb6f981833/1/1/3.jpg2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=46138af3c743b0dabdc73e7e3f9b220aceffe92972c17b8855f726ee6ead2901)
Shaqlawa, Northern Iraq
![A landscape of the Beshesh Mountains on the Iraq-Turkey border.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,801,1200,1200/0-0-0/fe982047-5e3d-4db4-a23f-8a86380ecd93/1/1/5.jpg2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=5ed7f8ea7b0245aa5d07087e03dedfe4984672b1f603a4a219250e3f38308d72)
Beshesh Mountains, Northern Iraq
![Portrait of a peshmerga fighter at a checkpoint in Northern Iraq.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,800,1200,1200/0-0-0/a752756c-cb72-404c-9285-dca9cafa24f0/1/1/6.jpg2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=2272bab0c48c24de9060b6c7cdbf02b33f31bfb801f6e9396fdd9d52aabf8e96)
Peshmerga, Haji Omran Road, Northern Iraq
![A portrait of two young boys in the old city of Diyarbakir, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,802,1200,1200/0-0-0/b6ad9f38-c679-41e1-aa0c-0519a9b21181/1/1/7.jpg2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=ca9a6b64bcdf1ab82cea958d76735c059ea4d046654828eb596668924d9600f1)
Diyarbakir, Turkey
![A boy jumping into the Tigris River in Hasankeyf, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,827,1200,1600,1200/0-0-0/68c8ca67-673d-454a-8ec9-51143b3890a9/1/1/8.jpg2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=2765b7639051b74a2398db8de0983ff64a8fcff81476edd49cae9a203e2d9361)
Hasankeyf, Turkey
![A bride and groom pose at a Kurdish wedding on the village of Choman, Northern Iraq.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,800,1200,1200/0-0-0/a0f151e1-2bf3-4c75-bae8-914857fb07c4/1/1/9.jpg2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=2272bab0c48c24de9060b6c7cdbf02b33f31bfb801f6e9396fdd9d52aabf8e96)
Choman, Northern Iraq
![Mount Ararat or Agri Dag seen on the Turkey side of the Turkey-Armenian border.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1300,863,1300,1200/0-0-0/f8257b6d-647c-4f8c-a354-68142e525993/1/1/TUR_2610.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=68bcb432965dfb7eabb5b3d8056c0b4562abefb14697040c849ea93802b92854)
Cetenli, Turkey, with Mt. Ararat in the background
![A Yezidi man at Lalish in Northern Iraq.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,797,1200,1600,1200/0-0-0/76b5941c-dddd-4f4e-af36-6a6c14a12cad/1/1/11.jpg3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=46138af3c743b0dabdc73e7e3f9b220aceffe92972c17b8855f726ee6ead2901)
Yezidi man, Lalish, Northern Iraq
![Three Kurdish women in Choman in Northern Iraq.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,800,1200,1200/0-0-0/d90001cd-e3d6-4a10-af5a-a745af34fa8f/1/1/12.jpg3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=2272bab0c48c24de9060b6c7cdbf02b33f31bfb801f6e9396fdd9d52aabf8e96)
Choman, Northern Iraq
![A Yezidi elder in Lalish, Northern Iraq.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,797,1200,1600,1200/0-0-0/995c7f5e-c611-45a7-9205-c5f3855d758c/1/1/13.jpg3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=46138af3c743b0dabdc73e7e3f9b220aceffe92972c17b8855f726ee6ead2901)
Sheikh Mirza, Lalish, Northern Iraq
![The taxi station in the city of Duhok in Northern Iraq.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,801,1200,1200/0-0-0/f864c251-bf65-495f-81b8-d2361094257d/1/1/14.jpg3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=5ed7f8ea7b0245aa5d07087e03dedfe4984672b1f603a4a219250e3f38308d72)
Duhok, Northern Iraq
![Mountains and a river near the village of Bahcesaray, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,797,1200,1200/0-0-0/983abf36-59ff-4744-9531-abcd0b9d8482/1/1/16.jpg3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=46bd57216762c317f13a42e1a7ad84651677cda8477cf3df4d38c3d728ee3bd4)
Bahcesaray, Turkey
![Two young Kurdish women near Bahcesaray, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,799,1200,1600,1200/0-0-0/fa53a193-dbc3-4c9a-a6aa-f3f0b675c387/1/1/17.jpg3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=3ef8db1c450c336440fa25f6fba8830bc0c1ca778752c0070b07aeb1e4fc7e47)
Bahcesaray, Turkey
![A mini bus at a stop near the town of Siirt, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,800,1200,1200/0-0-0/bec1431d-479d-4ac5-ab4b-1f1795d32a1d/1/1/18.jpg3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=2272bab0c48c24de9060b6c7cdbf02b33f31bfb801f6e9396fdd9d52aabf8e96)
The road to Siirt, Turkey
![A young Yezidi man dressed in white in Lalish, Northern Iraq.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,799,1200,1600,1200/0-0-0/d6e3d2cb-c844-4af2-995f-f41562bdad65/1/1/19.jpg3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=3ef8db1c450c336440fa25f6fba8830bc0c1ca778752c0070b07aeb1e4fc7e47)
Yezidi man, Lalish, Northern Iraq
![Mountains near the village of Bahcesaray, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,796,1200,1200/0-0-0/fde3f893-6fda-4cde-8a8c-406798d67041/1/1/20.jpg3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=5b54dec22a326fc9551ec2c751021edb777ce137c6e6a063fa7252a524ef9821)
Near Bahcesaray, Turkey
![Yezidi musicians perform at Lalish in Northern Iraq](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,800,1200,1200/0-0-0/d937e524-5c1e-4b6e-8b54-b220de74c23e/1/1/22.jpg1.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=2272bab0c48c24de9060b6c7cdbf02b33f31bfb801f6e9396fdd9d52aabf8e96)
Lalish, Northern Iraq
![Yezidi onlookers at Lalish in Northern Iraq.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,571,1200,1200/0-0-0/7dc00fdc-1792-4455-8939-029eec776307/1/1/23.jpg1.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=4d01e4601b27eccde6a4f04f3b632495d92d2de91301770aef99ae103f48cacf)
Lalish, Northern Iraq
![Three young men stand next to the city of walls in the old town of Diyarbakir, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,797,1200,1200/0-0-0/ecfdd17c-12fa-4343-a6e0-8b0edb9dab4f/1/1/25.jpg1.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=46bd57216762c317f13a42e1a7ad84651677cda8477cf3df4d38c3d728ee3bd4)
Diyarbakir, Turkey
![An empty street in the Kurdish town of Nusaybin, a few hundred metres from the Turkish-Syrian border, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1300,863,1300,1200/0-0-0/c1dd304e-2eb0-4383-b7bf-88a08e8f2120/1/1/TUR_3021.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=68bcb432965dfb7eabb5b3d8056c0b4562abefb14697040c849ea93802b92854)
![A Yezidi woman dressed in traditional garb, Northern Iraq.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,797,1200,1600,1200/0-0-0/d821e849-305a-41b3-820d-23b064869097/1/1/26.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=46138af3c743b0dabdc73e7e3f9b220aceffe92972c17b8855f726ee6ead2901)
Yezidi woman, Northern Iraq
![A family of Kurds eat lunch in a cave in eastern Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,809,1200,1200/0-0-0/cd6789e3-dcd8-441e-84fc-ecf2b07ba149/1/1/27.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=4e3ca4d0a084dbecc14ff176793905c6111cce7ff72c7a3b5365b54ba25cf533)
Bahcesaray, Turkey
![Kurdish shepherds and sheep in a mountain meadow above Lake Van in Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,794,1200,1200/0-0-0/8cb61227-1586-4162-b823-cbe46044963a/1/1/28.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=9933511a82569f8f57bb5f7532b699baab025165e04fc00a85604935250bbbef)
Above Lake Van, Turkey
![Kurdish people dancing at a wedding in Mardin, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,797,1200,1200/0-0-0/7afe4fdc-7e4e-4a2d-9439-95a097b89281/1/1/29.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=46bd57216762c317f13a42e1a7ad84651677cda8477cf3df4d38c3d728ee3bd4)
Mardin, Turkey
![Two Kurdish children playing on swing set in Mardin, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1200,804,1200,1200/0-0-0/f0892a3d-b99e-49ed-9ac5-3272d683ccbb/1/1/30.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=fb1b36dd37c8c99a2b19a46c63783e5fa7af82c36bb9bd61bbcf81416e309400)
Mardin, Turkey
![An old Kurdish man wearing a hat near Dogubeyazit, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1300,867,1300,1200/0-0-0/9b3be6df-c5be-4a08-b95e-4c64eee1b7c2/1/1/TUR_2514-1.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=b033b3d70a62a0facde67b1f502b115f6c8ca22f5cff0caca3ff65383d257a15)
Dogubeyazit, Turkey
![Kurdish PKK tombstones in a graveyard in Nusaybin, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1300,867,1300,1200/0-0-0/ddffafbe-da07-48f2-8650-0802c24407f9/1/1/TUR_3037.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=b033b3d70a62a0facde67b1f502b115f6c8ca22f5cff0caca3ff65383d257a15)
PKK tombstones, graveyard, Nusaybin, Turkey
![A Kurdish child stands next to the Turkey-Syria border fence near Nusaybin, Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1300,863,1300,1200/0-0-0/e2a6a95e-a353-478a-8ab9-1952be229221/1/1/TUR_3022.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=68bcb432965dfb7eabb5b3d8056c0b4562abefb14697040c849ea93802b92854)
Nusaybin, Turkey, on the Syrian border
![The road to Mardin Turkey.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f3a79e27-7de7-4cca-b95c-00a148e2505d/0/0/0/0,0,1300,863,1300,1200/0-0-0/55b5fa09-fd24-4628-8b11-678aac04aefd/1/1/TUR_3233-1.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037485308~hmac=68bcb432965dfb7eabb5b3d8056c0b4562abefb14697040c849ea93802b92854)
Mardin, Turkey