Refimprove date November 2010 The Kurdish population refers to the total number of Kurdish people in the world ... in 2008 that the Kurdish population in Turkey is 12.6 million although this also includes 3 million ... by the CIA in 2010 claims that Kurdish people make up 18 of Turkey s population about 14 million, out ..., Samsun, Adana, Ankara and Konya . According to R stem Erkan, Istanbul has the largest Kurdish population in Turkey. And the number of Kurds who are registered in the Kurdish dominated provinces but living ... in Iran Kurds of Khorasan About 4 million Citation needed date November 2010 Kurdish people live in Iran mainly in the north west region of the country which is a part of Kurdistan. A large Kurdish enclave outside Kurdistan is the Kurdish region in north north Khorasan Province Khorasan , in north ... of Kurdistan, there are significant Kurdish communities in metropolitan areas of these countries in Aleppo , Damascus , Baghdad etc. The Kurdish population in Iraq is thought to be in the region of 5 ... 1940 1944. Today, most of the Kurdish communities in Kazakhstan , Russia , and Kyrgyzstan are results ... and socially integrated, but preserve their ethnic identity, language, and cultural traditions. Most ... make up a large part of the community. ref name KurdishInstituteofParis cite web author Kurdish Institute of Paris title The Kurdish Diaspora url http www.institutkurde.org en kurdorama accessdate 2010 .... The Iraqi government began to destroy Kurdish villages and forced many Kurds to move to barren ... Islamic law. There was widespread political oppression and persecution of the Kurdish community .... This included mass executions and disappearances of the Kurdish community. The use of chemical weapons ... of ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and Iran. ref name MuseumofLondon Estimates of the Kurdish ... In the United States , it is believed that the Kurdish population is approximately 58,000, ref http ... greatly because of the lack of official census numbers accounting for Kurdish populations in the United ... more details
File Kurdish states 1835.png thumb Kurdish Independent Kingdoms and Autonomous Principalities circa 1835 The Kurdish chiefdoms or principalities were several semi independent entities which existed during the 16th to 19 centuries in a state of Perpetual war continuous warfare against the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran, at times siding with either of them. ref name kurd globe http www.kurdishglobe.net display article.html?id 01049DD6BFAED3CC91CD1C6113D2014A KurdishGlobe Kurdish Nationalism in Mam u Zin of Ahmad Kh n Part XII ref The Kurdish principalities were almost always divided and entered into violent rivalries against each other. ref name kurd globe The demarcation of borders between the Safavid Shah Safiuddin and the Ottoman caliph Sultan Murad IV in 1639 effectively divided Kurdistan between the two empires. ref name kurd globe The eyalet of Diyarbakir ultimately covered all major and minor Kurdish chiefdoms except for Kelhor , Erdalan Ardalan , Baban , Sehrizor Shahrizor and Mukri Mokri . ref Google books CttLWEaTrJUC page 49 Kurdish notables and the Ottoman state evolving identities, competing ... By Hakan zo lu ref List Major emirates Ardalan Hakkari Imadiye Bitlis Hisnkeyfa Cezire Bohtan Gurkil Finiq Minor emirates div style moz column count 5 column count 5 Sohran emisgezek Mecengird Mazgird Pertek Sagman Mirdasi Egil , Palu , ermik Hazzo Sasun Erzen Zirqan G rd kan Ataq Tercil Mihrani Hizan Suveydi Han k , Gen , apaq ur S leymandi Qulp , Mifariqin Amid Mardin Arabkir Kigi Harput Ergani Siverek Ruha Urfa Bire Raqqa Suruc Cammasa Deyr Rahba Beni Rabia Mosul Eski Mosul Ana ve Hit Habur Sincar Aq aqale Nisibin Si ird Masyum u Tur H snru Ahakis Dasini Zaho div References reflist Google books fpk3AAAAIAAJ page 19 Evli ya elebi in Diyarbekir the relevant section of The seyahatname By Evli ya elebi , Martin van Bruinessen , Hendrik Boeschoten See also List of Kurdish dynasties and countries Category Kurdish dynasties Category Former Kurdish states ... more details
File Kibbeh3.jpg thumb 200px Deep fried Kurdish kubbeh File Xwarin shingal1.jpg thumb Traditional Kurdish food Image Armeniadoma.jpg thumb 250px Dolma Kurdish cuisine consists of a wide variety of foods prepared by the people of Kurdistan . Culinary customs The Kurdish diet includes a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Cucumbers are especially common. Lamb and chicken are the primary meats. Breakfast is typically flat bread, honey, sheep or buffalo yoghurt, and a glass of black tea. Savoury dishes are usually served with rice or flat bread. Lamb and vegetables are simmered in a tomato sauce to make a stew usually served with rice. Kurdistan has a climate and soil suited to grapes, pomegranates, figs, and walnuts. Kurdish honey has a clear light taste and is often sold with the honeycomb. Kurdistan also produces dairy products from sheep and buffalo milk. Kurds make many types of kofta and Kibbeh kubba , dumplings filled with meat. File Baklava ST 06.JPG thumb right 200px Baklawa Kurdish cuisine makes abundant use of fresh herbs. ref http www.krg.org articles detail.asp?lngnr 12&smap 03014200&rnr 151&anr 18693 Kurdistan s cuisine ref Sweetened black tea is a very common drink, along with bitter strong coffee. Annother favourite kurdish drink is mastow sorani or Ava Mast , which is yougurt and salt mixed with water. ref http www.krg.org articles detail.asp?rnr 151&lngnr 12&smap 03014200&anr 18693 Kurdistan s cuisine ref Staples of Kurdish cuisine are Kutilk , Berbesel , kellane ... kurds.html Middle East ref Sawarr , a traditional dish among Kurdish farmers, is made of wheat ... search?q cache eq abt wv48J www.saradistribution.com sharistani.htm kurdish food&cd 6&hl en&ct ... Iraqi Kurdish, Life Style, The Guardian ref A typical Kurkish breakfast consists of cheese ... References reflist External sources http www.sarahmelamed.com 2009 11 hamousta kurdish sour dumpling soup Kubbah hamousta, prepared by Kurdish Jews Category Kurdish cuisine Asia topic title Asian cuisine ... more details
Iraq War. The problem of Kurdish refugees and displaced has been created over the 20th century ... of Turkey turned disastrous on the course of the 1920s and 1930s, when large scale Kurdish rebellions ... violence of the Kurdish Turkish conflict created about 3,000,000 displaced, many of which remain unsettled. In Iraq, the Kurdish strive for autonomy and independence loomed into armed conflicts since ... Kurdish conflict and parallel active Arabizations programs of the Ba athist regime, ref name arabization which looked to cleanse northern Iraq of its Kurdish majority. Tens of thousands of Kurds turned displaced and fled the war zones following First Kurdish Iraqi War First and Second Kurdish Iraqi ... rebellions all together generated several millions of primarily Kurdish refugees, who mostly found refuge in Iran, while others dispersed into Kurdish diaspora in Europe and the Americas ... of the Persian Gulf War 1990 91 and the subsequent rebellions. Today, a large portion of the Kurdish population is composed of Kurdish refugees and displaced and their descendants. Refugees themselves still comprise a significant proportion of Iranian and Syrian Kurds. Recently, the Syrian Kurdish ... of some 200,000 stateless Kurds were given an official status in Syria. Refugee crises Kurdish refugees and displaced during World War I Empty section date August 2011 Demographic catastrophe of the Kurdish rebellions against Turkey Empty section date August 2011 Refugees of the Kurdish Iraqi conflict First Kurdish Iraqi War Empty section date August 2011 Second Kurdish Iraqi War and the Arabization campaign in North Iraq See also Kurdish villages destroyed during the Iraqi Arabization campaign ..., eastern Mosul is Kurdish and western Mosul is Sunni Arab. ref http www.atimes.com atimes Middle East ... section date August 2011 Persian Gulf war and consequent rebellions In 1991, when suppression of Kurdish rebellion in the north was initiated by Saddam and massacres of the Kurdish population appeared ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Middle Kurdish variety Sorani is mainly written using an Arabic alphabet with 33 letters. Unlike the regular Arabic script , which is an abjad , Kurdish Arabic is an alphabet in which vowel s are mandatory, making the script easy to read. Table of Unicode Characters used in Kurdish Arabic script class wikitable Arabic Unicode Name Arabic Letters Hex. Yeh with Hamza above 0626 Alef 0627 Beh 0628 Peh 067E Teh 062A Jeem 062C Tcheh 0686 Hah 062D Khah 062E Dal 062F Reh 0631 Reh with small V below 0695 Zain 0632 Jeh 0698 Seen 0633 Sheen 0634 Ain 0639 Ghain 063A Feh 0641 Veh 06A4 Qaf 0642 Keheh 06A9 Gaf 06AF Lam 0644 Lam with small V 06B5 Meem 0645 Noon 0646 Waw 0648 Oe 06C6 U 06C7 Yu 06C8 Heh Doachashmee 06BE Ae 06D5 Farsi Yeh 06CC Yeh with small V 06CE Unicode fonts class wikitable Font pack Names of Fonts Link with Microsoft Windows Arabic Typesetting Arial Courier New Microsoft sans Serif Microsoft Uighur Tahoma Times New Roman X Series 2 fonts XB Zar XB Yagut XB Riyaz XB Roya XB Shafigh XB Shafigh Kurd XB Shafigh Uzbek XB Shiraz XB Sols XB Tabriz XB Titre XM Traffic XM Vahid XP Vosta XM Yermook XB Yas XP Ziba by http wiki.irmug.org Iranian Mac User Group http wiki.irmug.org index.php X Series 2 X Series 2 Download Page , built on freely available fonts and extended to support Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Dari, Uzbek, Kurdish, Uighur, old Turkish Ottoman and modern Turkish Roman and equipped with two font technologies, Apple Advanced Typography AAT and OpenType and can be used ... 98 with the Arabic or Farsi Keyboard layouts. Typing Kurdish with Alifonts is slow and boring but it s very popular even these days because it s not needed to install Kurdish keyboard layout ... Online programs for converting non Unicode fonts to Unicode http www.rukar.net key Kurdish Key & Font ... See also Kurdish alphabet Category Arabic alphabets writingsystem stub fa ku Font n ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2010 Kurdish tribes of Kurdistan consist of Azerbaijan Republic of Azerbaijan Sheylanli tribe West Azarbaijan Province Jalali tribe Jalali Milan tribe Milan Haydaran Donboli korahsuni Shekak Herki Bagz dah Zerz Piran tribe Pir n Pizhdar M mash Mangur Mokri Dehbokri Malkari Suseni tribe Suseni Feizollah beigi Kurdistan Province Doski Sarshew Tilakui Sursuri Gashki Bashuki Kermanshah province Kalhor tribe Kalhor Zangana Sanj bi Guran tribe Guran Jaff people Jaff Bajalan Qalkh ni Sharaf bayani Ilam province Arkaw zi Kord Badrei Ali Sherwan Malek Shahi Shuhan Khezel Kalhor Eyvani Deh Balai Luristan province Biranavand Dilfan Kakavand Jalilavand Zand Mazandaran province Mod nlu Kh jevand Abdul Maleki Gilan province Am rlu Ri vand Khorasan province Zafer nlu Sh dlu Topk nlu Sewk nlu Qahram nlu Category Kurdish tribes ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Kermashani Kerm n hi is a subdialect of KurdishlanguageKurdish , which is part of the southern branch of KurdishLanguage, mostly spoken in western Iran in and around city of Kermanshah Kirma an . ref Ranjbar, Vahid. Dastur e Zaban e Kurdi ye Kermanshahi. Kermanshah Taq Bostan. 1388 ref It shares many similarities with the Sorani dialect of Kurdish. References Reflist Category Kurdishlanguage Category Southern Kurdish Category Kurdish dialects Ie lang stub fa ... more details
culture DEFAULTSORT Kurdish People Category Lists of people by ethnicity Category Kurdishlanguage writers Category Kurdishlanguage poets simple List of Kurdish poets and authors ...The following is a list of people who have contributed to the Kurdish literature. This list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Kurdish people Kurdish writers and poets ... countries . 11th century 14th century Baba Tahir Baba Tahir Hemedan 11th century , Kurdish poet. Ali Hariri El Her r 1009 1079 , Kurdish poet. Ali ibn al Athir 1160 1233 , Kurdish Islamic historian, born in Jazira Ciz re region. 15th century Ahmade Bate Ehmed Bat , 1417 1491 , Kurdish poet and Muslim cleric, Hakkari region. 16th century Malaye Jaziri Melay Ciz r , 1570 1640 , Kurdish ... Taramakhi El Teremax , 16th century , linguist and writer. Mustafa Besarani , 1642 1701 ,Kurdish poet Author of the first Arabic grammar book in the Kurdishlanguage in 1591. Ahmad Khani Ehmed Xan , 1651 1707 , Kurdish poet and a Muslim scholar, author of Mem Z n . 18th century Khana Qubadi Xana Qubad , 1700 1759 , Kurdish poet, author of r n Xesrew. Mahmud Bayazidi 1797 1859 , Kurdish writer, translator and historian. Nali 1797 1869 , Kurdish poet. 19th century Mastoura Ardalan 1805 1848 , Kurdish poet and historiographer. Mawlawi Tawagozi 1806 1882 , Kurdish poet and sufi. Haji Qadir Koyi 1817 1897 , Kurdish poet. Mahwi 1830 1906 , Kurdish poet and sufi. Sheikh Rezza Talabani 1835 1910 , Kurdish, Iraq. Wafaei 1844 1902 , Kurdish poet, Iran. Jeferqoli Zingili , born 1855 AD , Kurdish poet, Khorasan No references Edeb 1860 1918 , Kurdish poet, Iran Piramerd 1867 1950 , Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan . Hamdi Saheb Qran 1878 1936 , Kurdish poet ... Kurdi 1876 1960 , Kurdish Islamic philosopher, Turkey. Hajj Nematollah 1871 1919 , mystic and poet ... 1951 , linguist, journalist and politician, founder of the Latin based Kurdish alphabet . Sheikh ... more details
Infobox given name name Goran image imagesize caption pronunciation G r n gender Male meaning Gorani language Goran Region , music, mountains region Kurdistan origin Kurdish related names Guran, G ran footnotes Goran also Guran is a Kurdish people Kurdish name commonly used for males in the geographical region of Kurdistan and by Kurdish people worldwide. The name is also sometimes a surname. Goran is not to be confused with the Kurdish people Kurdish word, Gorran , which means Change and is also the name of a Kurdish people Kurdish political faction in Iraq . Origin and Meaning In Kurdish, Gorani may refer to the Gorani language spoken by several millions of ethnic Kurds , or the geographical subregions of Hewraman and Garmian situated in the southeastern part of Kurdistan . In this context, the name Goran means someone who is of the Gorani speakers or Gorani regions . The origins of the name are unclear but some scholars believe the name originates from the Avestan word gairi meaning mountain. ref http www.avesta.org avdict avdict.htm dctg ref In Kurdish, gorani also means music. ref Karadaghi, Rashid. The Azadi English Kurdish Dictionary. ISBN 9643564576. ref First name Goran Kamil, a well known Kurdish people Kurdish musician from Iraqi Kurdistan who is highly skilled in adapting the oud instrument to modern and traditional Kurdish music. ref http www.facebook.com group.php?gid 53435626903 ref Family name Abdulla Goran , a 20th century late Kurdish people Kurdish writer and poet from Iraqi Kurdistan who is regarded by Kurds as the father of modern Kurdish language Kurdish literature. ref http www.kurdishacademy.org ?q node 723 ref References reflist Category Kurdish culture Category Kurdish language ku Goran ... more details
refimprove date September 2010 Infobox Website name The Kurdish Digital Library logo Image Logobnk.png 200px Kurdish Institute of Paris url http bnk.institutkurde.org ?l en bnk.institutkurde.org commercial No type Digital library language multilingual owner Kurdish Institute of Paris launch date December 10, 2010 current status Active The Kurdish Digital Library called BNK, in French La biblioth que num rique kurde BNK is a multimedia digital library created by Kurdish Institute of Paris . The Digital Library consists of writings about the Kurds and Kurdistan . Its aim is to make the Kurdish cultural heritage available as digital data. See also Kurdish Institute of Paris External links http bnk.institutkurde.org catalogue ?l en The Kurdish Digital Library http www.institutkurde.org The Kurdish Institute of Paris Category 10th arrondissement of Paris Category Digital libraries Category Kurdish culture Category World Digital Library fr La biblioth que num rique kurde ku Pirt kxaneya d j tal a kurd pl Kurdyjska biblioteka elektroniczna tr K rt Dijital K t phanesi ... more details
Washington Kurdish Institute is an educational and research organization focused on Kurdish people Kurds . It was established in September 1996 and is based in Washington DC . Its objectives are raising awareness of Kurdish issues, promoting human rights in Kurdish areas and supporting development of civil society among Kurds. The institute has a Board of Directors headed by Dr. Najmaldin Karim . It also has an advisory committee composed of renowned Kurdologists such as Martin van Bruinessen , Abbas Vali , Amir Hassanpour and Michael Chyet . The institute offers Kurdishlanguage courses at beginner and advanced levels for both dialects of Sorani and Kurmanji . External links http www.kurd.org Washington Kurdish Institute Category Kurdish organisations ... more details
This is a list of well known Kurdish people . The most influential of all may have been Saladin , who ... vocalist and musician. Susan singer , Iranian singer. Kamkars , Kurdish music family. Saeed Farajpouri ... Abdollahzadeh , Kurdish flute player. Mamle Mohammad Mamle , Kurdish singer. Hassan Zirak , Kurdish ... Ab an fa D nawar , Kurdish polymath. Baba Tahir , Kurdish poet. Nezami Ganjavi , poet of the Persian language, of maternal Kurdish descent. Shahab al Din Suhrawardi , Kurdish philosopher. al Shahrazuri , Kurdish physician and philosopher. Sharafkhan Bidlisi , Historian, author of Sharafnama in Persian. Mastoura Ardalan , Kurdish poet and historiographer. Alaaddin Sajadi , Kurdish writer ... translator. Ahmad Ghazi , Kurdish translator. Karim Hisami , Kurdish author . Hossein Khalighi , Kurdish author. Hamid Hassani , Iranian author. Savareh Ilkhanizadeh , Kurdish poet. Misbaholdiwan Adab , Kurdish poet. Wafaei , Kurdish poet. Hemin Mukriyani , Kurdish poet. Hejar , Kurdish poet. Amir Hassanpour , Kurdish scholar and researcher. Abbas Vali , political scientist. Hashim Ahmadzadeh , Kurdish writer and translator. Mozaffar Partowmah , Iranian Kurdish author and scholar of Islam and Nuclear physics. Erfan Ghaneifard , Iranian author. Ata Nahai , Kurdish author. Parviz Jahani , Kurdish author. Mustafa Besarani , Kurdish poet. Khana Qubadi , Kurdish poet. Nasser Sina , Swedish Kurdish journalist. Sports Mohammad Oraz , Iranian mountain climber. Aram Khalili , Norwegian second ... Iranian football player and current coach. Brwa Nouri , Swedish Kurdish football player. Politicians and Political activists Ardashir I , founder of the Sassanid empire, of maternal Kurdish descent. Madig , Kurdish king. Theophobos Nasr , also called Theophobos , Kurdish commander of the Byzantine .... Simko Shikak , Kurdish revolutionary. Ghazi Mohammad , Former leader of PDKI. Sadegh Sharafkandi ... Islamic Kurdish leader in Iran. Foad Mostafa Soltani , Former leader of Komaleh. Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2010 Kurdish Institute of Paris lang fr Institut Kurde de Paris , founded in February 1983, is an organization focused on Kurdishlanguage and culture. It is one of the main Kurdish academic centers in Europe . Its main publications include a linguistic journal titled Kurmanc magazine Kurmanc in KurdishlanguageKurdish , a monthly press review about Kurdish issues titled Bulletin de liaison et d information Bulletin of Contact and Information and tudes Kurdes , a research journal in French language French . Most of the activities of the Institute are focused on the Northern Kurmanji dialect of KurdishlanguageKurdish . The institute has a library preserving thousands of historical documents, pamphlets and periodicals about Kurds . Two representatives from the French Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Culture provide the link between the Institute and the Government of France . The Institute is headed by Kendal Nezan as the president and Abbas Vali Swansea University and Fuad Hussein University of Amsterdam as the two vice presidents. See also Kurmanci magazine Kurmanc Linguistic magazine. The Kurdish Digital Library online since December 10, 2010. Links http www.institutkurde.org en Kurdish Institute of Paris en http www.institutkurde.org en library online On line books available in the library of the Kurdish Institute of Paris Category Kurdish culture Category Kurdish organisations Category Organizations based in Paris cs Institut kurde de Paris de Kurdisches Institut in Paris fr Institut kurde de Paris ku Enst tuya Kurd ya Par s pl Instytut Kurdyjski w Pary u tr Paris K rt Enstit s ... more details
Refimprove date August 2011 Kurdish Institute of Istanbul lang ku Enst tuya Kurd Ya Stenbol , lang tr stanbul K rt Enstit s , founded in 1992, is an organization focusing on KurdishlanguageKurdish literature, language and culture. Kurdish and Turkish intellectuals such as Musa Anter , Ya ar Kaya , Feq Husey n Sagni , smail Be ik i , Abdurrahman D rre , brahim G rb z , Cem d Bender ve S leyman nano lu were among the founding members. The institute s main research activities are in the fields of linguistics , folklore and history . It publishes a research journal titled Zend every three months. The institute holds courses in the Kurdishlanguage and provides certificates of translation into from Kurdish http www.translatorscafe.com cafe member8918.htm . It has published a KurdishlanguageKurdish Turkish language Turkish dictionary B y k T rk e K rt e s zl k Ferhanga Mez n T rk Kurd and B y k K rt e T rk e S zl k Ferhanga Maz n Kurd Turk prepared by Zana Farq n in 2004 ref http www.enstituyakurdi.org modules.php?name News&file article&sid 46 ref . The institute has also re published many of the classical works in Kurdish literature, including the works of Faqi Tayran ref http www.enstituyakurdi.org modules.php?name News&file article&sid 45 ref . References reflist External links http www.enstituyakurdi.org Kurdish Institute of Istanbul Category Kurdish culture Category Kurdish organisations Category Organizations based in Istanbul bg ku Enst tuya Kurd ya Stenbol pl Instytut Kurdyjski w Stambule tr stanbul K rt Enstit s ... more details
Infobox TV channel name Kurdish News Network logofile logosize logoalt logo2 launch October, 2008 picture format SDTV share share as of share source network owner Wusha Corp slogan Your News Channel broadcast area languageKurdishlanguageKurdish headquarters Sulaimaniya , Iraqi Kurdistan sister names timeshift names sat serv 3 Hot Bird 13 sat chan 3 12476 H 27500 3 4 Kurdish News Network KNN , is a Kurdishlanguage news television network founded in 2008 by Nawshirwan Mustafa ref http findarticles.com p articles mi m2742 is ai n25428138 ref , the leader of the Goran political party. The channel is headquartered in Sulaimaniya . Programmes News Covering the top Kurdish and international news stories Headlines A brief overview of the main news stories Business Financial news Markets News on the world stock markets and commodity prices Press A look at the front pages of various titles every morning Sport Top sports stories Weather forecasting Interview An interview with a noted individual Debate A head to head debate Parliament News about the Kurdish Parliament Comment Interviews with thinkers, innovators and opinion leaders External links Portal box Iraq Media Official website http www.knnc.net References reflist 2 Iraq stub tv station stub Category Television stations in Iraqi Kurdistan Category Iraqi television networks es Kurdish News Network Template Iraqi broadcast television ... more details
primarysources date January 2011 The Kurdish Human Rights Project is the only non partisan human rights organisation consistently working in the Kurdistan Kurdish regions of Turkey , Iraq , Iran , Syria and elsewhere. It is a registered charity, founded and based in London in 1992, and its supporters include Kurdish people Kurds and non Kurds. Its activities include litigation and advocacy, trial observation and fact finding missions, research and publications and public awareness, education and communication initiatives. ref cite web last Alliance for Kurdish Rights title KHRP Kurdish civilians impacted by Turkish and Iranian military operations url http kurdishrights.org 2009 07 04 khrp kurdish civilians impacted by turkish and iranian military operations work article publisher Alliance for Kurdish rights accessdate 4 17 2012 ref In 2005 it was awarded the Sigrid Rausing Trust Award for Outstanding Leadership in International Human Rights . It was also short listed for the 2004 Human Rights Award by the Law Society of England and Wales , Liberty and Justice. Its cases have established precedents at the European Court of Human Rights on issues including the death penalty, detentions without trial, rape by or with the acquiescence of state actors and the use of blindfolds in detention. It has also played a highly visible role in raising awareness of social and environmental concerns surrounding dam projects including the Il su Dam Ilisu and Yusufeli dams in south east Turkey and the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan pipeline Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan oil pipeline . External links http www.khrp.org Official KHRP website English language English http www.khrp.org Turkish hometurkish.htm Official KHRP website Turkish language Turkish http www.baku.org.uk Baku Ceyhan Campaign http www.ilisu.org.uk Ilisu Dam Campaign References Ref list Category Human rights in Iraq Category Human rights in Syria ... Category Kurdish organisations ku Kurdish Human Rights Project ... more details
Part of the Bible was first available in the Kurdishlanguage in 1856 in the Kurmanji dialect. The Gospels were translated by Stepan, an Armenian employee of the American Bible Society and were published in 1857. Isaac Grout Bliss , of the American Bible Society translated the rest of the NT books, and the entire New Testament was published in Istanbul by A.H. Bohajian in 1872. It was published in the Armenian alphabet . Ludvig Olsen Fossum of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America translated the Bible into the Mukri dialect of Sorani Kurdish of Iran. It was published in the Arabic script under the title Injil Muqqades, in 1919. A part of the Bible was first available in the Mukri dialect in 1909. Part of the Bible was first available in Kermanshahi in 1894. Modern translations are being done into many different dialects. Biblica International Bible Society is translating into Sorani , Institute for Bible Translation into Cyrillic Kurmanji for Kurds in the post Soviet Union. KLA into Bedhini Kurdish, and also the gospel of Luke has been translated into Zaza Kurdish. class wikitable style width 25 Translation Gospel of John John 3 16 style text align center 1919 Fossum translation dir rtl . style text align center Modern Kurmanji translation imk Xwed wusa ji dinyay hez kir ku Kur xwe y yekta da, da her kes ku baweriy bi w b ne helak nebe, l jiyana w ya herhey hebe. style text align center IBT Modern Kurmanji w , w ... reflist category Bible translations by languageKurdish category Kurdishlanguage Category Kurdish Christians category Kurdish literature ... www.kurdish bible.org Kurdish Bible Online http www.archive.org details peymanenoekhoiye00blis 1872 ... Piroz Biblica s Kurdish Bible Online website http www.saradistribution.com kirmashani Gospel 20of ... more details
Kurdish United Front in KurdishlanguageKurdish in Persian language Persian is a political and social movement in Iran that was established in January 2006 to unite all Iranian Kurds to achieve their rights within the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran Iranian Constitution and to oppose social injustice against Iranian Kurdistan Kurds in Iran http www.kurduf.com . There are several chapters of the Front in different provinces Kurdistan Province Iran Kurdistan , Kermanshahan , West Azerbaijan , Ilam Province Ilam , and Tehran Province Tehran . Some of the Front s founding members are Mr. Bahaoddin Adab , Mr. Hossein Shahveissi, Dr. Bayazid Mardukhi, and Dr. Abdolali Shamsborhan as shown in the first photo. Mr. Bahaoddin Adab, the first speaker of the Front died on August 15, 2007 and Dr. Mardukhi has been chosen as its new speaker, 14 September 2007, in Tehran. The Front celebrated its first anniversary in Tehran on January 4, 2007, with more than 300 guests. gallery Image KUF 2.jpg Some of the founders at the Front s first anniversary Image KUF 1.jpg Audience at the gathering to commemorate the Front s first anniversary gallery Category Iranian Kurdish organisations Category Political parties in Iran Category Political parties established in 2006 de Kurdische Vereinigte Front fr Front Uni Kurde ... more details
of the KurdishLanguage . ref cite web url http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 325225 Kurdishlanguage publisher Encyclop dia Britannica title Kurdishlanguage quote The Kurds in the Caucasus speak Kurmanji dialect of Kurdishlanguage accessdate 2008 07 08 ref This tribe is considered to be one of the 24 Kurdish tribes ref name icare ru icon cite web url http www.kurdist.ru index.php?option com content&task view&id 72 title On Kurdish tribes in Caucasus accessdate 2008 07 05 ref those were ...Sheylanli tribe lang az eylanl q bil si lang ru , , or is a Kurdish tribes Kurdish ... and Ethnography of Azerbaijan p. 143, Sheylanli is listed among other Kurdish clans such as Babaly ... authorlink title Esseys on the study of Kurdish culture publisher pp. 40 42 year 1936 location Baku ... Bidlisi authorlink Sherefxan Bidlisi title On Kurdish tribes in Caucasus, p. 370 publisher year 1967 location Moscow isbn ref Tatiana F. Aristova gives some Sheylanli Kurdish family names such as Asadlar ... Sheylanli, Zerty, and Minkend among the poorest Kurdish communities of Azerbaijan in Lachin rayon Lachin . Tribal Kurdish population in Lachin region In the 1920s, the Kurdish community in Azerbaijan was considerably diminished, when many of them moved to Armenia where Kurdish villages were created ... 12,000 Kurds, while Kurdish leaders estimate as much as 200,000. The problem is that the historical ..., manipulation of population figures, settlement of non Kurds in areas predominantly Kurdish, suppression of publications and abolition of Kurdish as a medium of instruction in schools. ref name th Kurdish historical figures such as Sharaf Khan of Bitlis and Ahmad Khani and the Shaddadid dynasty as a whole were described as Azeris. ref name th Kurds who retained Kurdish as their nationality ... References reflist Category Kurdish diaspora Category History of the Kurdish people Category Ethnic groups in Azerbaijan Category Nagorno Karabakh Category Kurdish tribes az eylanl tayfas ku eylanl ... more details
Kurdish Organisations Europe UK http www.kurdishartistrights.com Kurdish Artist Rights http www.kcclondon.org.uk Kurdish Cultural Centre KCC http www.westernkurdistan.org.uk Western Kurdistan Association WKA http www.kurdishcentre.org Kurdish Community Centre KCC http www.kurdishhousing.org Kurdish Housing Association KHA http www.gulan.org.uk Gulan http www.kurdishadvicecentre.org.uk Kurdish Advice Centre KAC http www.kea96.org Kurdish Exile Association KEA http www.rwca.org.uk Kurdish and Turkish Refugee Workers Cultural Association GIK DER http www.khrp.org Kurdish Human Rights Project KHRP http www.web.onetel.com gkca Contacs.htm Greenwich Kurdish Community Centre GKCC http www.kurdishassociation.org.uk Kurdish Association http www.daymer.org Turkish and Kurdish Community Centre DAY MER http www.kuma.org.uk Kurdish Medical Association KUMA http www.ksso.org.uk Kurdish Studies and Student ... SCHEIK http www.kmsf.org.uk Kurdish Medical and Scientific Federation KMSF http www.kwrw.org Kurdish Women s Rights Watch KWRW http www.ikwro.org.uk Iranian and Kurdish Women s Rights Organisation IKWRO http www.kmewo.org Kurdish & Middle East Women s Organisation KMEWO http www.rojwomen.com ROJ Women s Association http www.imece.org.uk Kurdish & Turkish Womens Group IMECE http wwwkpn.org.uk Kurdish Professional Network KPN http www.lkff.co.uk London Kurdish Film Festival LKFF http www.kurdishcreativefilm.com Manchester Kurdish Film Festival MKFF Croydon Kurdish Association The Kurdish Centre, Croydon The Kurdish Art Centre Kurdish PEN Derby Kurdish Community Association Glasgow Kurdish Community LeedsKurdish Community Kurdish Disability Organisation KDO Kurdish Forum, Huddersfield Kurdish Association Centre in Greater Manchester Peace Mothers Sweden KSAF association Kurdish Student ... http www.komak.nu Kurdish Children s Rights Organisation KOMAK http www.kurdlib.org The Kurdish Library http ksaf.com Kurdish Student s Academic Association KSAF http www.wekurd.com Welatpar z n Kurdistan ... more details
a state. ref name Aktas Mehmet Akta , http www.kurdmedia.com article.aspx?id 7857 Lachin Kurdish Republic is declared translated from Turkish language, zg r Politika , KurdishMedia, November 30 ... 2011 See also List of Kurdish dynasties and countries References reflist Category Former Kurdish ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The first KurdishlanguageKurdish newspaper titled Kurdistan , was published in Cairo in 1898 . Since then tens of different Kurdish newspapers, magazines and journals have been published in Ottoman Empire, Iraq, Armenia, Syria, Lebanon and Iran and in recent years in Turkey, Germany, Sweden and France. The following is a list of well known Kurdish newspapers and magazines in chronological order. Kurdistan newspaper Kurdistan , Newspaper, Cairo Geneva , First issue in 1898, 31 issues in total. Roja Kurd , Monthly Journal, Istanbul , 1912, 3 issues. P kewtin , Newspaper, Sulaimania , 1920 1922, 118 issues. Roj Kurdistan , Newspaper, Sulaimania, 1922 1923, 15 issues. Bang Kurdistan , Weekly magazine, Sulaimania, 1922, 14 issues. Bang Heq , Weekly magazine, Sulaimania, 1923, 3 issues. Um d Istiqlal , Weekly magazine, Sulaimnia, 1923, 25 issues. Diyar Kurdistan , Monthly Journal, Sulaimania, 1925 1926, 16 issues. Jiyanewe , Weekly magazine, Sulaimania, 1924 1926, 56 issues. Jiyan , Weekly magazine, Sulaimania, 1926 1938, 556 issues. Zar Kurmanc , Bimonthly Journal, Rawanduz , 1926 1932, 30 issues. Riya Taze , Biweekly magazine, Yerevan , 1930 1938, 612 issues in Latin characters . Hawar magazine Hawar , Monthly Journal, Damascus , 1932 1935 and 1941 1943, 57 issues. Ziban , Weekly magazine, Sulaimania, 1937 1939, 70 issues. J n , Weekly magazine, Sulaimania, 1939 1963, more than 1000 issues. Gelaw j , Monthly Journal, Baghdad , 1939 1949. Ronah , Bimonthly Journal, Damascus, 1941 1945, 28 issues. Roja N , Weekly magazine, Beirut , 1943 1946, 73 ... data EncIslam C4 COM 0544.html T. Bois, The Kurdish Press , In Kurds and Kurdistan , Encyclopaedia of Islam. http www.kurdishlibrary.org Kurdish Library EnglishKL Magazines ENG Magazines Index Eng.htm Kurdish Cultural Magazines , Kurdish Library, Sweden. Category Kurdishlanguage media ... Welat Hawlati , Biweekly magazine, Sulaimania, 2000 Awena , Weekly magazine, Sulaimania, 2006 The Kurdish ... more details
File .jpg thumb upright 1.0 Kurdish and Armenian traditional clothes, 1862 File Distribution ... the results of the 1923 population transfer between Greece and Turkey Kurdish Armenian relations covers the historical relations between the Kurdish people Kurds and the Armenians . Ancient Armenia ... of Caucasus depicts Kurdish and Armenian horsemen in the mountains of Caucasus in 1894. Kurds and Armenians ... Turkish rule. The Armenians of Vaspurakan who converted to Islam, gradually assimilated into Kurdish ... File Kurdish Hamidiye officer.png thumb upright Hamidiye cavalry Hamidieh soldier , major . In 1891 ... of the Kurds by raising a body of Kurdish irregular cavalry, which was well armed and called Hamidieh ... Turkish chieftains aga and the Armenians and Kurds agrarian community who perceived Kurdish taxation ... killed by Ottoman troops and Kurdish tribesmen, when the Armenians began their struggle for autonomy ..., Ministre des affaires trang res, p. 239 et no. 215 p. 240. ref Chieftain of Zelian, 1896 The Kurdish ... name encislam Khanasor Expedition, 1897 The Khanasor Expedition was undertaken against the Kurdish ... File World War I Caucasus Campaign memory.loc.gov.png thumb right Kurdish Cavalry on January ... , who happened to be mostly Kurdish, were the main enemies of the Armenian patriots. The formation ... by restricting their possession of arms. Local Kurdish tribes were armed to attack the Armenian population ... to the Kurdish inhabited areas east of the Euphrates river and to the south of Armenia. Sharif Pasha , the Kurdish representative in the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 Paris Peace Conference , reached ... . The Lausanne treaty not only dashed any hope of an independent Kurdish state but also did not confer upon the Kurdish people the minority status and its entailed rights given to Greeks in Turkey ... of Ararat main Republic of Ararat A r rebellion A series of Kurdish rebellions against Turkey ... who resumed control over the region. The Ararat movement was led by Xoyb n, a Kurdish political ... more details
Refimprove date August 2011 Image Kurdish states 1835.png thumb 250px Kurdish Independent Kingdoms and Autonomous Principalities circa 1835. This is the list of Kurdish people Kurdish dynasties, principalities and autonomous territories. Former Shaddadids 951 1174, Transcaucasia ref name Hassanpour50 Amir Hassanpour, Nationalism and Language in Kurdistan, 1918 1985 , Mellen Research University Press, 1992, http books.google.com books?id fP9jAAAAMAAJ&q 22Annazids 991 1117, Hulwan 22&dq 22Annazids 991 1117, Hulwan 22&hl en&ei bJE4TtO0CI RrQfXyojnDw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CCgQ6AEwAA p. 50. ref Rawadids 955 1071, ref name decline423 Misbah Islam, Decline of Muslim States and Societies , Xlibris Corporation, 2008, ISBN 9781436310123, http books.google.com books?id cBVpaCu7XA8C&pg PA423&dq 22Rawadids, Kurds, Tabriz 22&hl en&ei qzRCTvKmNpCimQWvpcy3CQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CCkQ6AEwAA v onepage&q 22Rawadids 2C 20Kurds 2C 20Tabriz 22&f false p. 423. ref Tabriz and Maragheh . ref Jamie Stokes, Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East , Volume 1, Infobase Publishing, 2009, ISBN 9780816071586, http books.google.com books?id stl97FdyRswC ... books?id AdZfWpd4YrYC&pg PA160&dq 22Various Kurdish emirates spread over many regions of ancient ... 1946 1947 Lachin Kurdish Republic 1992 Current Iraqi Kurdistan Kurdistan Autonomous Region March ... See also Kurdish chiefdoms External links http modersmal.skolutveckling.se nordkurdiska kurdmap images Kurdish 20Independent 20Kingdoms 20and 20Autonomous 20Principalities 20circa 201835 gif gif.jpg Historical map Kurdish states in 1835 http www.institutkurde.org images cartes and maps kurdish political enclave.jpg Historical map Kurdish political enclaves and territorial demands, 1919 98 gallery ... 1923 1929 File Autonomous Region Kurdistan en.png Modern Iraqi Kurdistan gallery Category Kurdish dynasties Category Former Kurdish states ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran partof the Kurdish Iranian conflict ... result Iranian victory Major casualties for Kurdish and Iranian forces Most of Iranian attention diverted to the Iran Iraq War arena since 1980 Mass executions of Kurdish political prisoners Pockets ... Dehghani br Massoud Rajavi strength1 strength2 casualties1 casualties2 casualties3 3,000 Kurdish prisoners executed br Total 10,000 killed Campaignbox Kurdish Iranian conflict 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran ... the largest among the nation wide uprisings in Iran against the new regime. While at first, Kurdish ... the Kurdish rebellion, which was the only one of the 1979 uprisings to still go on Arab, Baluchi ... and the Revolutionary Guard ousted the Kurdish rebels from their strongholds, but pockets of Kurdish ... 10,000 people were killed in the course of the rebellion, with nearly 3,000 of them being Kurdish political ..., Kurdish political organizations were enthusiastic supporters of the revolution against the Shah ... of Kurdish aspirations for greater autonomy and a loosening of Tehran s control over their affairs. From the early days of the revolution, relations between the central government and Kurdish organizations have been fraught with difficulties. The Kurds, with their different language and traditions ... armed Kurdish factions and the Iran ian revolutionary government s security forces. The Kurdish ... Organization of Kurdish Toilers . ref D. and in khorasan Cultural & Civil society of Khorasani ... i Republic, pp. 261 287. ref The revolt began, when Kurdish tribesmen overpowered Iranian soldiers ... and Mahabad. ref name bbc Many Kurdish leaders went into hiding, after Ayatollah Khomeini ordered ... patience for Kurdish demands and opted for crushing unrest through military means. As a result Ayatollah ... most of the Kurdish cities through a huge military campaign, sending in mechanized military divisions to Kurdish cities including Mahabad , Sanandaj , Pawe , and Marivan . ref http www.alefbe.com revolution6.htm ... more details
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