WebKurds (Kurdish: کورد, Kurd) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria.

WebNov 28, 2022 · Read a brief summary of this topic. Kurd, member of an ethnic and linguistic group living in the Taurus Mountains of southeastern Anatolia, the Zagros Mountains of western Iran, portions of northern Iraq, northeastern Syria, and western Armenia, and other adjacent areas. Most of the Kurds live in contiguous areas of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey —a …

WebAug 16, 2019 · As Iran’s third-largest ethnic group, Kurds initially supported the Islamic Republic. But a Kurdish uprising throughout the 1980s and 1990s was followed by state repression.

WebOct 15, 2019 · AFP. Between 25 and 35 million Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia. They make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East ...

WebIt consists of an extensive plateau and mountain area, spread over large parts of what are now eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, and western Iran and smaller parts of northern Syria and Armenia. Two of these countries officially recognize internal entities by this name: Iran’s northwestern province of Kordestān and Iraq’s Kurdish autonomous region. The …

WebKurdish (Kurdî, کوردی) is a language or a group of languages spoken by Kurds in the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora. Kurdish constitutes a dialect continuum, belonging to Western Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family.

WebOct 9, 2019 · Most Kurds are Sunni Muslims, but the Kurdish population has diverse cultural, social, religious and political traditions as well as a variety of dialects. The Kurds have never achieved nation ...

WebSenior UN peacebuilding official arrives in Kurdistan Region Kurdistan24 06:24. Duhok's government demands Turkish authorities disclose the motives of killing five Iraqi Kurds in Mardin Shafaq News 06:15. HDP launches "Our treasure is our people" campaign ANF News 06:14. Earlier today.

WebJul 9, 2022 · Varieties of Kurdish. There are a number of varieties of Kurdish, which are not mutually intelligible. Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) is spoken in Turkey, Syria, northern Iraq and northwestern Iran by about 15-20 million people. Central Kurdish (Soranî) is spoken in Iraqi Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Province of Iran by about 6-7 million people.

WebThe Kurds are one of the world’s largest peoples without a state, making up sizable minorities in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Their century-old fight for rights, autonomy, and even an ...