Kurdish minority Ethnic group or a nation?. General info Indo-European (Iranian) ~23 million ...

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Kurdish minority Ethnic group or a nation?

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Kurdish minority

Ethnic group or a nation?

Page 2: Kurdish minority Ethnic group or a nation?. General info  Indo-European (Iranian)  ~23 million  Divided among 3+ countries; most in Turkey  About.

General info

Indo-European (Iranian)

~23 million Divided among 3+

countries; most in Turkey

About 400 sq km

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People

Tribal, family is the core Predominantly rural Sunni, but significant Yazidi, Alevi and Sufi

groups Language: Kurdish

(with dialects)

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History

Sumerian inscriptions Arab, Mongol, Turkish,

Turkomen influences Sevres (1920): autonomous

Kurdistan Lausanne (1923): division of

Kurdistan between the neighbouring countries Kurdish nationalism

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Today they live in

Laicised Turkey Shia Iran Arab/Sunni Iraq Sunni Northern Syria Ex-Soviet Transcaucasia

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Politically

Newly recognized in Iraq (but were opressed) Kurdistan recognized in Iran (but should

assimilate) Turks of Kurdish origin in Turkey / Moutain

Turks (Eastern

Anatolia) Province of Djazira

in Syria