What happened to the Kurds land?

Following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, at the Paris Conferences in 1919, Tehran demanded various territories including Turkish Kurdistan, Mosul, and even Diyarbakır, but these demands were quickly rejected by Western powers. Instead, the Kurdish area was divided by modern Turkey, Syria and Iraq.

Are Kurds allowed to speak Kurdish in Turkey?

The words “Kurds”, “Kurdistan”, and “Kurdish” were officially banned by the Turkish government. Currently, it’s illegal to use the Kurdish language as an instruction language in private and public schools, yet there are schools who defy this ban.

Do Kurds and Turks marry?

Turks living in the East of Turkey are much more likely to marry Kurds than Turks living in the other parts of Turkey. For the Kurds the percentage of mixed marriages is lowest in the East and quite high in all three other regions.

How many Turks speaks Arabic?

Arabic is spoken by 1.2\% of the Turkish population; most of those speakers are bilingual Arabic and Turkish speakers. Other minority languages include Circassian, spoken by more than 0.09\% throughout the country, Greek, Armenian and Judezmo, a Romance language spoken by Jews.

Was there ever a country called Kurdistan?

Historically, the word “Kurdistan” is first attested in 11th century Seljuk chronicles. 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.

Why do Kurds marry their cousins?

The lineage endogamy is secured by marrying a first parallel cousin, and if this is not possible, a second or a more distant patrilateral cousin. The patrilateral cousins’ marriage keeps property in the family and reinforces patriarchal and tribal solidarity.

Why is Turkey so worried about the Kurds?

Turkey sees Kurdish control of an area so close to its border as a major security threat, and fears that the area could become a haven for dissidents fleeing Turkey — or a springboard for insurgents plotting attacks on Turkish territory.

How did the Syrian Kurds take control of Syria?

As the Kurdish militia gradually forced ISIS out of northern Syria — losing an estimated 11,000 troops in the process — it assumed governance of the land it captured. The militia eventually took control of about a quarter of the Syrian land mass, including most of the border with Turkey and areas mostly populated by Arabs and other ethnic groups.

What is the history of Turkey?

The first historical mention of the Turks is in Chinese accounts of a great empire established by a confederation of nomads in the 6th century AD. Stretching from north of the Great Wall in the east to the Black Sea in the west, the empire is known to the Chinese as T’u Küe and to the Turks themselves as Gök Türk, meaning Sky Turk.

What was the role of the Turks in the Persian Empire?

Within this empire the Turks play an increasingly important role, both as tribal allies and as slaves in Persian armies. Gradually the Turks begin to carve out territories for themselves. The career of Subuktigin, in the 10th century, shows how it can be done.