The Yazidis are one of the oldest peoples of Mesopotamia with a deep-rooted belief system.

This community, which has historically faced forced migrations, identity struggles and assimilation policies, shares many common elements with the Kurds of Central Anatolia, who share a similar fate.

Common Point: Language and Cultural Solidarity

Both the Yazidis and the Kurds of Central Anatolia largely speak the Kurmancî dialect.

This common language has facilitated cultural exchange and ensured the transmission of traditions, stories and oral narratives from generation to generation.

Similarities between belief systems and customs

The Yazidis have a religious structure that is unique to them and bears traces of the ancient beliefs of Mesopotamia.

Although Yazidism continues to exist as a belief separate from Islam and independent of it, rituals bearing traces of their ancient belief systems are also seen among the Kurds of Central Anatolia.

This situation reveals the cultural continuity and shared memory between the two communities.

Fikret Yıldız (Dr. Mîkaîlî), one of the writers of Bîrnebûn Magazine, drew attention to these commonalities and explained the similarities observed between the Mikaili Kurds and the Yazidis in Central Anatolia.