Mağara, İdil

Mağara (Kurdish: Kiwex)[1] is a former Yazidi village located in the İdil district of the Şırnak Province in southeastern Turkey. The village is located ca. 32 kilometres (20 mi) southwest of İdil in the Tur Abdin region of southeastern Anatolia.[2][3]

View of Mağara (2018)
Yazidi temple „Quba Xatuna Fexra“ (shrine of Khatuna Fekhra) in Mağara (2018)

Mağara

Kiwex
Village
Mağara
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°16′52″N 41°34′11″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceŞırnak
Districtİdil
Post code
73300

References

  1. "Köylerine dönmek istiyorlar ama…". Yeni Özgür Politika (in Turkish). 15 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  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.
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