Is Turkey waging another genocide? This time against the Yezidis

Recommendable! An article by Michael Rubin.

"While Erdogan seeks international praise for hosting millions of Syrian refugees, his actions are not altruistic. Not only does he weaponize the threat of refugees to extract concessions from European states, but he also selectively settles and bestows citizenship upon Sunni Arab refugees to dilute Turkey’s Kurdish and Alevi populations. Sectarian Sunni Islamists such as Erdogan despise Alevism, a sect similar to Shi’ism that is dominant in portions of eastern and central Turkey.

However, the victims of the genocide are Yezidi. Historically, the United States has ignored the Yezidis, adherents to a pre-Islamic religion whose population traditionally spans the area where Turkey, Syria, and Iraq meet. ...Still, many Yezidis remain in captivity. Visiting Sinuni, just miles from the Syrian border, I met Yezidis who showed me proof-of-life videos of relatives who remained in captivity in Turkey and Syria regions controlled by Turkish proxy groups. ...

The cost of such apathy goes beyond condemning Yezidi girls to suffer years more rape. In recent years, Turkey has waged a relentless bombing campaign against Yezidi villagers and farmers in the Sinjar region of northwestern Iraq. While Turkish diplomats say their bombing is rooted in a counterterrorism campaign, the reality is that the targets are more often farmers and families. ...
Turkish bombardment of Yezidi communities has increased as the Ukraine crisis and the fight against the Islamic State distracts the world. On Feb. 1 and 2, for example, 60 aircraft took off from air bases across Turkey. Accompanied by drones, these aircraft hit almost two dozen locations across Sinjar, killing numerous civilians across the region. ..."

Don’t let Turkey get away with another genocide | American Enterprise Institute - AEI