Bashiqa
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 28 ′ N , 43 ° 21 ′ E | ||
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 Iraq
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| Governorate | Ninawa | ||
| District | Al-Hamdaniya | ||
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| height | 326 m | ||
Baschiqa or bashika ( Arabic بعشيقة, DMG Ba'šīqa , Kurmanji Başîqa, Aramaic ܒܝܬ ܥܫܝܩܐ; also Bashiqa ) is a small town near Mosul in Ninawa , northern Iraq . The place is located in the al-Hamdaniya district on the Nineveh Plain . The city has been one of the disputed areas of Northern Iraq since 2003 .
population
The majority of the population of Bashiqa are Yazidis and Shabak and there is also a small minority of Christian Assyrians and Arab Muslims. Baschiqa is famous for its olive trees, olive oil and soap. It is also known for its onions, cucumbers, and arak . It used to be a popular tourist destination for locals in Mosul and Iraqis in general. Baschiqa is surrounded by olive farms around the town and there is a small mountain to the north. The Yazidis in Baschiqa and from the neighboring town of Bahzani all speak Arabic as their mother tongue.
history
Baschiqa is officially Iraqi territory but has been controlled and claimed by the Kurdistan Autonomous Region since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 . According to Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution , a referendum should decide whether it should continue to be administered by the central government or the Kurdistan Autonomous Region. The status of the city is still not entirely clear. According to Human Rights Watch , UNHCR and other human rights organizations, the city's residents will be forced and threatened with violence if they do not choose to incorporate the city into the Kurdish Autonomous Region.
In 2012, car bombs exploded in the city.
In June 2014, the terrorist militia ISIS took control of the city. The Yazidi residents fled the city. In the region there was fighting between ISIS and Kurdish Peshmerga .
From 2015, Turkish soldiers were deployed on a training mission in the region around Baschiqa, without the approval of Baghdad , but with the approval of Iraqi Kurdistan . The Turkish military camp also bears the name Baschiqa and is not in the city, but close to it. Some Turkish soldiers have since withdrawn from the region.
In October 2016, as a result of the battle for Mosul , Bashiqa was liberated from the terrorist organization Islamic State by Peshmerga units.
Personalities
The Yezidi journalist and activist Nareen Shammo was born in Baschiqa.
The famous Yazidi national hero Ezidi Mirza also comes from Baschiqa.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inquiry response on Iraq: Situation of the Yazidis in Mosul (ecoi.net)
- ↑ trouw.nl
- ↑ Christine Allison: Yazidis i. General. Encyclopaedia Iranica, July 2004, accessed October 28, 2014 .
- ↑ United States Institute of Peace: Iraq's Disputed Territories. (PDF) Retrieved September 28, 2016 .
- ^ Human Rights Watch (HRW): On Vulnerable Ground. (PDF) Retrieved September 28, 2016 .
- ↑ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): UNHCR's ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSING THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION NEEDS OF IRAQI ASYLUM-SEEKERS. (PDF) Retrieved September 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Sputnik: Turkish Invasion of Iraq: A Case for the World Community. In: de.sputniknews.com. Retrieved September 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Christine van den Toorn: look at 'little iraq' shows why iraq is so troubled . In: Niqash . Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ↑ Mass grave of Yazidis in Iraq tells horror story . In: USA TODAY . November 12, 2015.
- ↑ Kurdish families escape ISIS hero Bashiqa . In: Rudaw .
- ↑ Yazidi Genocide ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (yazda.org)
- ^ IS launches twin attacks on Peshmerga near Mosul . In: NRT English . Nalia Corporation.
- ↑ "Next time we'll have tea in Baschika". In: The world . Retrieved September 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Humeyra Pamuk and Orhan Coskun: Turkish soldiers training Iraqi troops near Mosul: sources . In: Reuters . 5th December 2015.
- ^ Iraq demands Turkish troops withdraw from near Mosul . In: BBC News .
- ^ Turkish troops go into Iraq to train forces fighting Isis . In: The Guardian .
- ↑ Thomas Seibert: Turkey and Iraq are fighting over troop presence. In: Der Tagesspiegel , December 9, 2015.
- ↑ Islamic State attacks Turkish camp and loses 17 fighters. In: The world . Retrieved September 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Turkey partially withdraws soldiers from Bashika in northern Iraq. (No longer available online.) In: Die Zeit . December 14, 2015, archived from the original on September 30, 2016 ; accessed on September 30, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Zeit.de: The front is confusing
- ↑ Marc Engelhardt: Independence !: Separatists are changing the world . Ch. Links Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-86153-838-7 ( limited preview in Google book search).
