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Twelve Years of Displacement & Silence

The key moments from 2014 to today.

  1. 2014

    June — ISIS captures Tal Afar

    ISIS seizes Tal Afar and surrounding Turkmen towns. An estimated 450 Turkmen women are kidnapped.

  2. 2014

    August — Sinjar massacre

    ISIS attacks the Yazidi heartland of Sinjar. Thousands are killed, thousands of women and girls enslaved.

  3. 2016

    UN recognises ISIS genocide

    The UN formally declares ISIS crimes against Yazidis a genocide. Turkmen communities remain largely overlooked.

  4. 2017

    August — Liberation of Tal Afar

    Iraqi forces retake Tal Afar. For Turkmen families, liberation brings new pain — destroyed homes and missing loved ones.

  5. 2021

    Yazidi Survivors Law

    Iraq passes the Yazidi Female Survivors Law, offering reparations and recognition. Turkmen survivors face major barriers to access.

  6. 2024

    Ten years on — still no accountability

    A decade after the kidnappings, over 400 Turkmen women remain missing. No meaningful accountability has followed.

  7. 2026

    Hussein Monitor — ongoing coverage

    Independent field-based reporting continues, with new survivor testimonies and accountability reports.