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The Kurdish regional government has also been accused of trying to Kurdify other regions such as the Nineveh Plains and Kirkuk by providing financial support for Kurds who want to settle in those areas. [115] [116] While Kurdish forces held the city of Kirkuk, Kurdish authorities attempted to Kurdify the city. Turkmen and Arab residents in ...
Certain Kurdish nationalist organizations seek to create an independent nation state consisting of some or all of these areas with a Kurdish majority, while others campaign for greater autonomy within the existing national boundaries. [12] The delineation of the region remains disputed and varied, with some maps greatly exaggerating its boundaries.
Kurdish-inhabited areas in the Middle East (1992) Maunsell's map of 1910, a pre-World War I British ethnographical map of the Middle East, showing the Kurdish regions in yellow (both light and dark) Kurdish (Kurdish: Kurdî or کوردی) is a collection of related dialects spoken by the Kurds. [50]
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English: Map showing Kurdish majority areas within Turkey. Date: 5 November 2015: Source: Kurdish majority Turkey.svg. Kurdish Institute of Paris by M. Izady.
For the most part, the term was used to refer to the "non-contiguous Kurdish-populated areas" in the region. [61] In 2015 a map by Kurdish National Council (KNC) member Nori Brimo was published which largely mirrored the Ekurd Daily's maps, but also included the Hatay Province. The claimed map includes large swaths of Arab-majority areas. [63]
The shaded areas indicate the presence of Kurdish-speaking communities, but not necessarily a local Kurdish majority. The map is based on a 2007 overview map made for Le Monde Diplomatique, not based on any further identifiable sources, and on the similarly organised (but distinct in its details) 1998 map by Mehrdad R. Izady (marked "for class use only").
Borders of Kurdistan Region in 2012 according to Kurdistan Region Statistics Office web site and main cities and towns in the region. [1] [2] [3] [4]