2021-01-07 Dreadful living conditions for returned IDPs in Tal Afar’s al-Eyadhia Life comes back to Tal Afar Three years after the end of the military operation to clear Tal Afar district of ISIS militants and a period of continued instability, life in the district... Turkmen women complain of marginalization in politics Turkmen women’s rights activists believe that Turkmen women have had their share of prejudice and inequality in political representation and appointment... Turkmens in Tal Afar speak of positive sides of displacement “Perhaps every malignant [thing] has benefits [too]. Always look at issues from a positive perspective; for all the hardships we have suffered in the years... Turkmen women break social shackles in conservative Tal Afar 48-year-old Ibtisam Muhammad Sa’eed al-Hayu lived in a society in which the most a girl can aspire to is finishing 12th grade. But she was among the few... Repatriated IDPs in Tal Afar: returning us increased our hardships “Ruins, heaps [of rubbish]… and the families who live nearby, have been using it as a site to dump their waste in.” This is how Khalil Hasan,... Turkmens prefer their ruined home (Tal Afar) to IDP camps In light of the Ministry of Immigration and Displacement’s programme to close displacement camps across the country, Turkmens returning to Tal Afar...
