Cevizağacı is situated at the foot of the Kato mountain.[7]
History
The village was populated by Assyrians but abandoned by the 1990s when the whole population bar, the muhtar migrated to Belgium. Three families had by the early 2010s resettled in the village.[7] In 2019, it was reported that eight families had returned to the village.[8]
In August 2022, MamxûranKurds from neighboring villages returned land in the village to the returning Assyrians peacefully after having seized the land after its abandonment.[9]