Is Iraqi Kurdistan a country?
Map of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and its governorates….Kurdistan Region.
| Kurdistan Region ھەرێمی کوردستان Herêma Kurdistanê | |
|---|---|
| Country | Iraq |
| Autonomy founded | 19 May 1992 |
| Autonomy recognized | 15 October 2005 |
| Capital | Erbil (de facto) Kirkuk (de jure) 36°04′59″N 44°37′47″ECoordinates: 36°04′59″N 44°37′47″E |
Where do the Kurds live today?
Most of the Kurds live in contiguous areas of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey—a somewhat loosely defined geographic region generally referred to as Kurdistan (“Land of the Kurds”).
Who do the Kurds descended from?
Origin legends One details the Kurds as being the descendants of King Solomon’s angelic servants (Djinn). These were sent to Europe to bring him five-hundred beautiful maidens, for the king’s harem.
Where do Kurdish people live?
Today, there are an estimated 25-30 million Kurds, the majority living in a region that stretches across parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Armenia. Most Kurds are Sunni Muslims, but the Kurdish population has diverse cultural, social, religious and political traditions as well as a variety of dialects.
Where is Kurdish spoken?
Armenian alphabet for Kurdish.
Who are the Kurds, and why is Turkey attacking them?
Why does Turkey want to oust them from the area? The militia is an offshoot of a Kurdish guerrilla group known as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party that has waged a decades-long insurgency inside Turkey. Turkey and the United States consider it to be a terrorist organization.
What language do Kurds speak?
Kurds speak the Kurdish languages and the Zaza–Gorani languages, which belong to the Western Iranian branch of the Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family. After World War I and the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the victorious Western allies made provision for a Kurdish state in the 1920 Treaty of Sèvres.