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Fearing Armenian-Kurdish cooperation, the Ottoman Empire was induced to subordinate the Kurds and use them as an instrument to prevent any Armenian attempt to self-rule. While the forced recruitment to the Hamidiye cavalry pushed many Kurds to rebel (notably the Kurds of Murat river ), some tribes like the Mazrik tribe chose to take part in the ...
See Greece–Kurdistan Region relations. Greece has a consulate general in Erbil. [12] Kurdistan Region has no representation in Greece. [6] Holy See: See Holy See–Kurdistan Region relations. Kurdish President Masoud Barzani has visited the three Popes; Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis in Vatican City. [13] [14] [15] Hungary
Outside of city proper, there are ethnic Armenian communities in San Mateo County such as in San Bruno and South San Francisco, 0.4-0.5% of said cities' populations. Redwood City also has a community of several hundred (300), about half a percent of its population, and Campbell, near San Jose, is nearly one percent ethnic Armenian.
Kurdish Americans; Total population; 25,000 (0.01% of U.S. population; 2020 Census figures) [1] Higher community estimates of 40,000 and beyond [2] Regions with significant populations; San Diego, Nashville, Tennessee, and in the upper Midwest, including in Nebraska, Moorhead, Minnesota, and Fargo, North Dakota [3] Languages; Kurdish, American ...
A Kurdish Government official representing the Armenian community reported to Araratnews in 2011 that Iraqi Kurdistan had 3,600–3,800 Armenians- but this number is likely much higher now due to population displacements due to ISIS and Kurdish annexations of disputed territory. The Armenians of Iraqi Kurdistan have two schools (in Erbil and ...
George Magar Mardikian (Armenian: Ջորջ Մարտիկյան) (November 7, 1903 – October 23, 1977) was a Turkish-born American restaurateur, chef, author and philanthropist of Armenian heritage. In 1938, he opened Omar Khayyam's restaurant in San Francisco, California, which was open for more than 40 years. [1]
Iranian Americans, also known as Persian Americans, are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry, or who hold Iranian citizenship.. Most Iranian Americans arrived in the United States after 1979, as a result of the Iranian Revolution and the fall of the Iranian monarchy, with over 40% settling in California, specifically Los Angeles.
Established on May 23, 2008 by US Congressmen Lincoln Davis (D-Tennessee) and Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina), the Kurdish American Congressional Caucus is a bipartisan Congressional committee focusing on US-Kurdish relations, understanding Kurdish culture, and addressing overarching issues important to Kurdish-Americans in the U.S. and elsewhere.