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May 7, 2024 · Several large scale Kurdish revolts in 1925, 1930 and 1938 were suppressed by the Turkish government and more than one million Kurds were forcibly relocated between 1925 and 1938. The use of Kurdish language, dress, folklore, and names were banned and the Kurdish-inhabited areas remained under martial law until 1946.
- Kurdistan
Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, romanized: Kurdistan, lit....
- Kurdish Languages
A separate group of non-Kurdish Northwestern Iranian...
- Kurdish Alevism
Kurdish Alevism (Kurdish: Rêya Heqî, lit. 'The Path of...
- History of The Kurds
2.3 Kurdish principalities from 16th century to 19th...
- Kurdish Christians
Kurdish Christians are Kurds who follow Christianity.Though...
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May 7, 2024 · The Kurdish language, with nearly 25 million speakers, is a West Iranian language that is closely related to Persian and Pashto. The Kurds were thought to number between 36 million and 46 million in the mid-2010s. They lived primarily in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria with diasporic communities in Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union.
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Apr 22, 2024 · The Kurdistan (“Land of the Kurds”) designation refers to an area of Kurdish settlement that roughly includes the mountain systems of the Zagros and the eastern extension of the Taurus. Since ancient times the area has been the home of the Kurds, a people whose ethnic origins are uncertain. For 600 years after the Arab conquest and their ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · The official language is Turkish, which is the most widely spoken Turkic language in the world. It is spoken by 85% to 90% of the population as a first language. Kurdish speakers are the largest linguistic minority. A survey estimated 13% of the population speak Kurdish or Zaza as a first language.
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May 5, 2024 · It is the national language of Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Significant smaller groups of Turkish speakers also exist in Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, [16] Greece, [17] Cyprus, other parts of Europe, the South Caucasus, and some parts of Central Asia, Iraq, and Syria. Turkish is the 18th most spoken language in the world.
1 day ago · Persian, Kurdish and Greek belong to the Indo-European language family. Turkish belongs to Turkic language family. About 20 minority languages are also spoken in the Middle East. Arabic, with all its dialects, is the most widely spoken language in the Middle East, with Literary Arabic being official in all North African and in most West Asian ...
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Apr 30, 2024 · In this episode of My Kurdish Language is My Identity, we ask Ms Mukriyani about the unification of the Kurdish language alphabet, and the future of the Kurdish language in the next two decades ...
