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Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, romanized: Kurdistan, lit. 'land of the Kurds'; [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn] ^ⓘ), or Greater Kurdistan, is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based. Geographically, Kurdistan roughly encompasses the northwestern Zagros and the eastern Taurus mountain ranges.

Kurdistan generally comprises the following four regions: southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Southern Kurdistan), northwestern Iran (Eastern Kurdistan), and northern Syria (Western Kurdistan). Some definitions also include parts of southern Transcaucasia. Certain Kurdish nationalist organizations seek to create an independent nation state consisting of some or all of these areas with a Kurdish majority, while others campaign for greater autonomy within the existing national boundaries. The delineation of the region remains disputed and varied, with some maps greatly exaggerating its boundaries.

Historically, the word "Kurdistan" is first attested in 11th century Seljuk chronicles. Many disparate Kurdish dynasties, emirates, principalities, and chiefdoms were established from the 8th to 19th centuries. Administratively, the 20th century saw the establishment of the short-lived areas of the Kurdish state (1918–1919), Kingdom of Kurdistan (1921–1924), Kurdistansky Uyezd i.e. "Red Kurdistan" (1923–1929), Republic of Ararat (1927–1930), and Republic of Mahabad (1946).

Iraqi Kurdistan first gained autonomous status in a 1970 agreement with the Iraqi government, and its status was re-confirmed as the autonomous Kurdistan Region within the federal Iraqi republic in 2005. There is also a Kurdistan Province in Iran, which is not self-ruled. Kurds fighting in the Syrian Civil War were able to take control of large sections of northern Syria and establish self-governing regions in an Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (commonly called Rojava), where they seek autonomy in a federal Syria after the war. (Full article...)

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Kurds or Kurdish people (Kurdish: کورد, romanized: Kurd) are an Iranic ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. There are exclaves of Kurds in Central Anatolia, Khorasan, and the Caucasus, as well as significant Kurdish diaspora communities in the cities of western Turkey (in particular Istanbul) and Western Europe (primarily in Germany). The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million.

Kurds speak the Kurdish languages and the Zaza–Gorani languages, which belong to the Western Iranian branch of the Iranian languages. (Full article...)

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Image 1Kurdish villagers working in a field (from Kurdistan Region)
Image 2The region uses the Iraqi flag in official ceremonies alongside the Flag of Kurdistan despite reluctance. (from Kurdistan Region)
Image 3A valley in the north of the region, through which the Great Zab flows (from Kurdistan Region)
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Present territory controlled by the Kurdistan Region in the context of the Iraqi conflict
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Image 5Kurdish autonomous states in Khurasani Kurdish exclave circa 1835. (from History of the Kurds)
Image 6Provisions of the Treaty of Sèvres for an independent Kurdistan (in 1920). (from History of the Kurds)
Image 7Tunar Rahmanoghly singing Kurdish song "Rinda Min". Khari Bulbul Music Festival (from Kurdish culture)
Image 8Republic of Mahabad, 1945–1946. (from History of the Kurds)
Image 9Saladin, painted 1568 (from History of the Kurds)
Image 10Traditional Kurdish food (from Kurdish culture)
Image 11The Kurdistan Region became politically divided with two administrations (the 50:50 system) with KDP controlling the Erbil and Duhok Governorates, while PUK took control of Sulaymaniyah Governorate to the east. (from Kurdistan Region)
Image 12Kurdish costumes, 1873. (from History of the Kurds)
Image 13Kingdom of Kurdistan in 1923. (from History of the Kurds)
Image 14Azza village mill in Erbil (from Kurdistan Region)
Image 15Governorates of Kurdistan Region (from Kurdistan Region)
Image 16A grandma and her grandchild watching the “Nowruz” ceremony. (from Kurdish culture)
Image 17Roman dependency of Corduene (as of 31 BC) (from History of the Kurds)

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... that the Labour Party of Turkey was banned by the Constitutional Court in 1980 due to its support for the use of the Kurdish language in schools?
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... that after the Iraqi government lost control of its northern territories following the 1991 Gulf War, the Legislative Council of the Autonomous Kurdistan Region was based in Baghdad?
... that the cuisine of Jerusalem reflects a blend of Jewish culinary traditions, including Sephardic, Kurdish, Ashkenazi, as well as Palestinian Arab traditions?

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