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Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, romanized: Kurdistan, lit. ' land of the Kurds '; [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn] ⓘ), [5] or Greater Kurdistan, [6] [7] is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population [8] and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based. [9]
Provisions of the Treaty of Sèvres for an independent Kurdistan (in 1920). Kingdom of Kurdistan in 1923. Republic of Mahabad, 1945–1946. Some Kurdish groups sought self-determination and the championing in the Treaty of Sèvres of Kurdish autonomy in the aftermath of World War I, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk prevented such a result.
Kurds do not comprise a majority in any country, making them a stateless people. [41] After World War I and the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the victorious Western allies made provision for a Kurdish state in the 1920 Treaty of Sèvres. However, that treaty was not ratified.
On 2 September 2019, the Iraqi Kurdistan-based Kurdistan 24 network had its license to work in the region withdrawn and had its offices confiscated by Rojava authorities. [229] International media and journalists operate with few restrictions in the region, one of the only regions in Syria where they can operate with some degree of freedom. [221]
The Kurdistan Region has the lowest poverty rates in Iraq [67] and the stronger economy of the Kurdistan Region attracted around 20,000 workers from other parts of Iraq between 2003 and 2005. [68] The number of millionaires in the city of Sulaymaniyah grew from 12 to 2,000 in 2003, reflecting the economic growth. [ 69 ]
They are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world that do not have a state of their own. [4] This geo-cultural region means "Land of the Kurds". Kurdistan Region is a semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq has a population of approximately 6 million
Flag of Kurdistan Kurdish-inhabited areas according to the CIA (1992). Kurdish nationalism (Kurdish: کوردایەتی, romanized: Kurdayetî, lit. 'Kurdishness or Kurdism') is a nationalist political movement which asserts that Kurds are a nation and espouses the creation of an independent Kurdistan from Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
19th-century scholars, such as George Rawlinson, identified Corduene and Carduchi with the modern Kurds, considering that Carduchi was the ancient lexical equivalent of "Kurdistan". [17] [18] [19] This view is supported by some recent academic sources which have considered Corduene as proto-Kurdish [20] or as equivalent to modern-day Kurdistan ...