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This is a list of Kurdish dynasties, countries and autonomous territories. The Kurds are an Iranian people without their own nation state, they inhabit a geo-cultural region known as "Kurdistan" which lies in east Turkey, north Syria, north Iraq and west Iran. (For more information see Origin of the Kurds.) [1] [2]
Kurdish-inhabited areas in the Middle East (1992) Maunsell's map of 1910, a pre-World War I British ethnographical map of the Middle East, showing the Kurdish regions in yellow (both light and dark) Kurdish (Kurdish: Kurdî or کوردی) is a collection of related dialects spoken by the Kurds. [50]
Pages in category "Kurdish diaspora in Europe" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
1 Europe. Toggle Europe subsection. 1.1 UK. 1.2 Sweden. 1.3 France. 1.4 Belgium. 1.5 Germany. 2 Middle East. ... The following is a list of Kurdish Organisations
Kurdish sources put the figure at 10 [12] to 15 million Kurds in Turkey. [13] Kurds mostly live in Northern Kurdistan, in Southeastern and Eastern Anatolia. But large Kurdish populations can be found in western Turkey due to internal migration. According to Rüstem Erkan, Istanbul is the province with the largest Kurdish population in Turkey. [14]
Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, romanized: Kurdistan, lit. ' land of the Kurds '; [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn] ⓘ), [5] or Greater Kurdistan, [6] [7] is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population [8] and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based. [9]
Pages in category "Kurdish diaspora by country" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Kurdish-speaking countries and territories" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. I.