Kurds in Germany
Regions with significant populations | |
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1,150,000[1][2][3] ~1.4% of the population | |
Languages | |
Kurdish, German, (some knowledge of Turkish, Arabic and Persian) | |
Religion | |
Majority Sunni Islam Minority Alevism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Iranian people |
Kurds in Germany may refer to people born in or residing in Germany of full or partial Kurdish origin.
There is a large Kurdish community in Germany, numbering around 1,150,000[4][5][6] people. This makes the Kurdish community in Germany the largest Kurdish community in the Kurdish diaspora. In addition, the Kurdish community in Germany is expanding as a result of the turmoil in Syria and many of the refugees of the Syrian Civil War are Syrian Kurds and also Iraqi Kurds applying for asylum in Germany.[7][8]
Immigration history
In Germany, Kurdish immigrant workers from Turkey first arrived in the second half of the 1960s.[9] Thousands of Kurdish refugees and political refugees fled from Turkey during the 1970s and onward, from Iraq and Iran during the 1980s and 1990s, and from Syria especially during the Syrian Civil War.[10]
Hatun Sürücü, a Kurdish woman, was murdered at the age of 23 in Berlin, by her own youngest brother, in an honor killing.[11] This incident was widely debated and led to demonstrations against gender violence across Germany.[12]
Political activism
In October 2014, Kurds in Germany marched in protest over the ISIS offensive on the Syrian town of Ayn al-Arab, known in Kurdish as Kobani.[13][14]
On 8 August 2015, thousands of Kurds in Germany marched against Turkish Army air strikes on the Kurdish PKK party .[15]
The Kurdish street gang "Sondame", purportedly fighting for a free Kurdistan, was formed in Stuttgart, and in 2015 had about 1,000 members in Germany and Switzerland.[16][17] Other Kurdish street gangs include Median Empire[18] and Red Legion.[19][20][21]
Notable Kurds in Germany
- Yılmaz Arslan
- Seyran Ateş
- Hüseyin Kenan Aydın
- Azad (rapper)
- Bero Bass
- Adel Karasholi
- Namosh
- Ferhat Tunç
- Feleknas Uca
- Xatar
- Haftbefehl
- Deniz Naki
- Hatun Sürücü
See also
References
- ^ "Camps built in Germany, Austria to win new members for PKK, reports reveal". TodaysZaman. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article133154325/Diese-Gruppen-leben-ihren-Hass-in-Deutschland-aus.html
- ^ https://kurdische-gemeinde.de/zahl-der-kurden-in-deutschland-sprunghaft-angestiegen/ This source says that the Kurdish population in Germany increased to 1.15 million in 2015.
- ^ "Camps built in Germany, Austria to win new members for PKK, reports reveal". TodaysZaman. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article133154325/Diese-Gruppen-leben-ihren-Hass-in-Deutschland-aus.html
- ^ https://kurdische-gemeinde.de/zahl-der-kurden-in-deutschland-sprunghaft-angestiegen/ This source says that the Kurdish population in Germany increased to 1.15 million in 2015.
- ^ Hundreds of Syrian Kurdish migrants seek shelter in Serbia
- ^ For Iraqi, Syrian Kurdish refugees, fantastic dreams and silent deaths
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4345459.stm
- ^ http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/ehrenmorde-tatmotiv-kultur-1213953.html
- ^ "Kurds protested in Germany over 'IS' attacks on the Syrian town of Kobani". DW.DE. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Thousands march in France, Germany, Austria to support Kobane Kurds". RFI. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ Thousands of Kurds in Germany march against Turkish air strikes
- ^ http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/zuerich/der-auftritt-ist-sehr-aggressiv-wie-gefaehrlich-sind-die-kurden-rocker-sondame-id3722772.html
- ^ http://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/machtkampf-zwischen-kurdischen-bruedern-und-rockern-1.18543192
- ^ http://www.express.de/koeln/-median-empire--kurden-rocker-drohen-den-hells-angels-3671464
- ^ https://www.rocker-info.net/stuttgarter-kurden-drohen-weiter-den-united-tribuns/
- ^ http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/thema/Red_Legion
- ^ http://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/machtkampf-zwischen-kurdischen-bruedern-und-rockern-1.18543192