Shesho, who has run afoul of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq, was accompanied by writer and researcher Hoshang Broka, a Yazidi from Syria, and representatives of the Yazidi community in Iraq.
While Turkey’s Ministry of Culture has renovated a number of historic sites, they are just a tiny fraction of what remains.
A few months after relocating to Armenia, Kevork’s family moved to Istanbul from Syria. The family advised him to come to Istanbul as well and Kevork regarded it as a viable option. So he left Armenia for Turkey and went to work.