list of Assyrian clans or tribes historically centered in the Hakkari , Sirnak and Mardin provinces in Turkey and West Azerbaijan Province in Iran , prior to 1915 , or before Seyfo , when they were historically Assyrian settlements , before early 20th century resettlement in Northern Iraq ( which simultaneously had Catholic-Assyrian tribes since the 1st millennium ) and northwestern Syria ( namely in Al-Hasakah ) after they were displaced , slaughtered and driven out by Ottoman Turks in 1915 and in the early 1930s , respectively , during the Simele massacre where they endured a similar anguish and predicament
Simele massacre
Simele massacre
List of Assyrian tribes