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The word "Kurds" is the plural form of the word "Kurd" which means a person who is a member of the Islamic people who live in Kurdistan and who are a very pastoral and agricultural people.
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Are all the kurds eliminated?
No. There are currently ~35 million Kurds.
How many Kurds live in Iraq?
There are between 6.2 and 6.5 million Kurds in Iraq.
What country has the largest population of Kurds?
Turkey has the largest population of Kurds, with estimates ranging from 15 to 20 million people. Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Turkey.
Why do the Kurds seek their own country?
Every ethnic group has a right to demand an independent country. The areas the Kurds live in today has always belonged to Kurds and their ancestors.
Why should Kurds have their own land?
Kurds should have their own country because their identity is under siege in Turkey and Iran and they have been subject to genocides in Iraq. The only people who look out for Kurds are other Kurds, not the national governments of the countries in which they live.
Do the Kurds still have an embargo on them?
Definition of Embargo: An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country. As Kurds are not a country, they cannot have an embargo imposed on them.
Do Kurds only marry Kurds?
Yes. The Kurds are an overwhelmingly insular community.
Are the kurds in northern Iraq predominantly sunni or shia?
Yes, but there are minorities of Shiite Muslim Kurds, Yazidi Kurds, and Baha'i Kurds.
Are Kurds monotheists?
Most Kurds are Muslims, so yes. There are a minority of Kurds who are Yazidi or Zoroastrian which are henotheistic faiths and not strictly monotheistic. There are also Kurds who are Atheists.
Are all the kurds eliminated?
No. There are currently ~35 million Kurds.
Does Iraq have more kurds or Arabs?
Arabs are more, kurds are about 17% of Iraq, they are about 4-5 million kurds in Iraq (there are more than 20 million kurds in the world), the kurds grew more and more powerful in Iraq, now the president of Iraq is a kurd.
What ethnic groups live in the mountains of turkey and Iraq?
kurds
What are kurds?
Kurds are members of a mainly pastoral Islamic people living in Kurdistan.
Do Kurds celebrate Christmas?
Generally, No. Of the overall 35 million Kurds, there are less the 35,000 Christian Kurds, which makes Christians less than 0.1% of the Kurdish population. Understandably, Christian Kurds celebrate Christmas, but Muslim, Jewish, Yazidi, Zoroastrian, and non-religious Kurds do not celebrate Christmas.
Are there more Kurds in Iran or in Iraq?
There are around 6.5–7.9 million Kurds in Iran and 6.2–6.5 million Kurds in Iraq, so there are more Kurds in Iran. However, as the Iranian population overall is significantly larger, Kurds make up a more significant percentage of the population in Iraq.
Are Kurds an ethnic or religious group?
Kurds are an ethnic group. While the majority of Kurds are Sunni Muslims, there are significant religious minorities among the Kurds such as Shiite Muslims, Jews, Christians, Baha'i, Yarsan, Yezidi and other religions.
How many Kurds live in Iraq?
There are between 6.2 and 6.5 million Kurds in Iraq.
