Tags: Ethnic Group.
Küresünni are a group of Kurdicized Turks settled in the territory of former Maku County in Iran. It is believed that they descend from Chepni tribesmen who were settled in the region by the Ottoman Empire to serve against the Qizilbash. Küresünni from the Shafi’i madh’hab continue to be fervent Sunnis.Following their conflict with Kurdish leader Simko Shikak in 1921 a group of Küresünni took refuge in Van Province of Turkey.