Yes. A significant minority of Turkish citizens (15-17 million people) speak Kurdish.
Kurdish people live in a country called Kurdistan. Even though some maps dont show kurdistan it is a country. Kurdistan is made up of four parts, Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Saddam Hussain tortured the kurds for many many years. Type in kurdish genocide and you will get the details. The kurdish flag is red, white, green and gold. Kurdistan is famous for its beautiful mountains (Zagros mountains) and Peshmerga (Soldiers). Im not kurdish so I dont know to much buts its country worth reading about and even visiting. Let me give a better one; Kurdish people live in Iraq/Iran/Turkey/Syria and even some live in Armenia There are also many Kurds in Europe. Kurds are fighting for their own country, they are fighting for their own historical land, they do not have a country yet, so the the guy before me was wrong. The land that Kurds claim as theirs, are historically Kurdish land. Those who fight for Kurds are called Peshmerga's, my father was a Peshmerga.
The Turkish government has oppressed the Kurdish people through military operations in Kurdish-majority regions, restrictions on Kurdish language and culture, and the suppression of Kurdish political parties and activists.
Approximately 20-30 million people globally speak Kurdish, primarily in the Middle East, with significant populations in countries such as Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. It is one of the largest ethnic groups in the region and Kurdish is recognized as an official language in some regions.
Not many people know the answer, but they have kurdish people from trukey, too. Most Kurdish people are upset about this issue, and turkeys flag is mostly green- so kurdish adults dont wear green in kurdistan- even though it's part of the kurdistan flag.
Maçka of Turkey? 13,078 people.
There is no official data on the exact number of Kurds living in the UK. Estimates range from 50,000 to 150,000 Kurds residing in the UK. The Kurdish population in the UK is diverse and includes Kurds from various regions such as Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria.
As a second language, yes, many people in Turkey do speak English. It is not, however, an official language, nor is it commonly spoken on the street. About 39% people speak english in turkeyMany people speak English because if they can't speak it they can't find a job there,and they can't find a job in other country either. Most of the people who graduated from universities are going to the foreign countries.(mostly U.S.A Russia, Germany, England) because they can find jobs more than they can be found in Turkey.
The population of Iraqi Kurdistan is 4,690,939.
Kurds, or Kurdish people are a group of people that do not have there own state. Kurdistan is located in western mountains of Iran. But many Kurds moved to Iraq and Turkey and some to Syria. In North of Iraq they have federal region called Kurdistan of Iraq.
none they all live in Turkey Turkey
The majority of the population in Iraq speaks Arabic as their first language, with Kurdish being spoken as a second language by a significant portion of the population in the Kurdistan region.