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The Kurds have been persecuted in numerous ways. Some of them include:
- Being deprived of their lands, and being forced to relocate, sometimes at the barrel of a gun and other times under restrictive legislation
- In Turkey, Kurdish cities have been renamed with Turkish names to erase the Kurdish identity of the region. The Kurdish language was illegal for over 50 years and the issuing of Kurdish-Language names to Kurdish children was illegal during the same period.
- In Iraq, there were vicious attacks and genocides perpetrated against the Kurdish people. Entire towns were attacked with nerve gas and mustard gas to ethnically cleanse the Kurdish people.
- In Iraq, Saddam Hussein's government actively promoted an Arab resettlement project in northern Iraq to lessen the Kurdish majority in those regions. Today, the city of Kirkuk is not part of Kurdistan because the Kurds no longer represent the majority of the city (48%) due to Arab migrations into the city. This is very similar to how the Palestinians claim that their lands are taken from them by Israeli settlers.
- In Iran and Turkey, their attempts for increased autonomy have been crushed, politicians who have attempted to negotiate for increased autonomy have been threatened with assassination (and some have actually been assassinated).
- Non-Muslims Kurds have their religions repressed. The most populous non-Muslim Kurds are the Yazidi, but there are also Baha'i and numerous smaller faiths (of less than 10,000 individuals). They have historically been unable to pray freely in their temples, especially if they are polytheistic or accused of being polytheistic.
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Are all the kurds eliminated?
No, not all Kurds have been eliminated. Kurds are an ethnic group primarily living in regions including Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. While they have faced persecution and conflict in the past, there are still millions of Kurds living in these areas and beyond.
What country has the largest population of Kurds?
Well, it's obviously Turkey... They have about 20-21 million kurds.
Do Kurds consider themselves a nation but not a state?
The way the question is posed is difficult to read. Kurds are humans and therefore they cannot be a state, the same way that Americans cannot be a state. Americans have a State called the USA and Kurds wish that they had a state called Kurdistan. What unites the Kurds as a people or a nation is their language, culture, history, religion, and their warmth and hospitality. Currently, Kurds consider themselves a stateless people or a nation without a state. Kurds are considered a nation because they are an ethnicity with unified traditions and a historic homeland. They are considered stateless because they do not control any independent territories that would conceivably belong to a Kurdish Country.
Is Philippines with the Kurds?
The Philippines is not with the Kurds. The Kurds are an ethnic group primarily located in the Middle East, while the Philippines is a country in Southeast Asia. Relations between the two are not significant.
How does the government treat the kurds?
Different governments treat Kurds differently. In some countries, like Turkey and Syria, Kurds have faced discrimination and repression, including restrictions on their culture, language, and political rights. In other countries, such as Iraq, Kurds have gained more autonomy and political representation.
During the Iran-Iraq war what ethnic group was persecuted greatly?
Kurds.
What group was persecuted in northern Iraq under the Suddam Hussein's reign?
The Kurds. The Kurds in Iraq are still under attack from Turkey and Iran.
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.
How were Jews victims in the holocaust?
They were victims in the way that they were persecuted and killed.
Why are the Kurds so troublesome for Iraq?
Kurds are only troublesome for Iraq because Iraqi Arabs are not interested in recognizing that the Kurds are a unique and different people from them but still worthy of respect. Iraqi Kurds, generally, have better statistics (quality of life, lifespan, less insurgency, more tolerance, more scientific and business acumen) per capita than Iraqi Arabs. The problem comes from the Arab side vis à vis Kurds, not the other way around.
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
Why did conquered people resent assyrian rule?
They used to be hated, because they conquered everyone. They made the conqured their slaves, and they persecuted the conquered people. Today, not alot of people hate Assyrians, expect for a group of Kurds on the internet, but the Assyrians where massacred during the Ottoman period, and Kurds attacked Assyrians villages, and today's Republic of Turkey.The only middle east country, that doesn't mind the Assyrians is Syria.
What are kurds?
Kurds are members of a mainly pastoral Islamic people living in Kurdistan.
Are all the kurds eliminated?
No, not all Kurds have been eliminated. Kurds are an ethnic group primarily living in regions including Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. While they have faced persecution and conflict in the past, there are still millions of Kurds living in these areas and beyond.
