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Kurdish minority
Ethnic group or a nation?
General info
Indo-European (Iranian)
~23 million Divided among 3+
countries; most in Turkey
About 400 sq km
People
Tribal, family is the core Predominantly rural Sunni, but significant Yazidi, Alevi and Sufi
groups Language: Kurdish
(with dialects)
History
Sumerian inscriptions Arab, Mongol, Turkish,
Turkomen influences Sevres (1920): autonomous
Kurdistan Lausanne (1923): division of
Kurdistan between the neighbouring countries Kurdish nationalism
Today they live in
Laicised Turkey Shia Iran Arab/Sunni Iraq Sunni Northern Syria Ex-Soviet Transcaucasia
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
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