Fig. 1

Area of the study: Map showing Batman province at the South-East of Turkey and the studied settlements with numbers. Village 1, Yolveren (Çinêra); 2, Üçkuyular (Feqîra); 3, Oğuz (Şimsê); 4, Onbaşı (Şahsim); 5, Kumgeçit (Bazîvan); 6, Kurukavak (Hamdûna); 7, Uğrak (Taharî); 8, Uğurca (Qorixê); and 9, Beşiri district. The Ezidis, one of the Kurdish (Kurmancî)-speaking ethno-religious communities of Batman live in these villages