The Armenian Varto tribe received an order for exile in 1915, but when they were attacked during the voyage, they took refuge in Mount Judi with the help of an Arabic Muslim tribe called Tayanlar and lived there for 25 years. After 25 years and following World War II, the tribe moved to Cizre and was assimilated by Turkey to the Kurdish population there and began to speak mostly in Kurdish, and to carry out Christian worship in Kurdish. After living a migrant life in bristle tents for a while, the tribe settled in the village of Varto, today called Yolağzı. Members of the tribe moved to Istanbul in 1978 and later to Belgium and France in the 80s, and Dink's father Siyament died in Brussels in 2004. Rakel Dink is the last member of the tribe in Turkey.