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| Location | Parts of Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Syria, and Turkey |
| Estimated Area | ca. 74,000 sq mi (191,660 km²)-392,000 km² * |
| Estimated Population | About 25-30 Million |
Kurdistan (literally meaning "the land of Kurds")http://0-www.search.eb.com.library.uor.edu/eb/article-9046469 (old: Koordistan, Curdistan, Kurdia, also in Kurdish: Kurdewarî) is the name of a geographic and cultural region in the Middle East, inhabited traditionally predominantly by the Kurds. It is not an independent state.
As a traditional ethnographic region, Kurdistan is generally held to include the contiguous regions in northern and northeastern Mesopotamia with large Kurdish populations. According to Encyclopædia Britannica, Kurdistan is a mountainous region of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, inhabited predominantly by Kurds including 27-28 million people in a 190,000 km² (74,000 sq. mi) area, while according to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, it includes a 390,000 km² area. Others estimate as many as 40 million Kurds live in Kurdistan, which covers an area as big as France.
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@BarhamSalih cooperation among Iraq/KRG,Turkey improving? Kurdistan bike be jashi turkeyaw Iran,hemw shitek deken leber girfani xotan,xofros
sechumanists (Rawa Kurdistan) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:31:21 -0000
@BarhamSalih cooperation among Iraq/KRG,Turkey improving? Kurdistan bike be jashi turkeyaw Iran,hemw shitek deken leber girfani xotan,xofros
DW-World: #Turkish police arrested 43 members of a banned #Kurdish #political #party (http://bit.ly/7f1spS) #Turkey #Kurdistan #PKK #DTP
carlalopezpe (Carla López) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:37:17 -0000
DW-World: #Turkish police arrested 43 members of a banned #Kurdish #political #party (http://bit.ly/7f1spS) #Turkey #Kurdistan #PKK #DTP
#Sweden says #Turkey #EU process moving forward http://tinyurl.com/yarud7z #Kurdistan
KurdistaniNEWS (KurdistaniNews) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:50:00 -0000
#Sweden says #Turkey #EU process moving forward http://tinyurl.com/yarud7z #Kurdistan
Dormen putting on musical in Kurdish http://tinyurl.com/y9gjrt5 #kurdistan #turkey
KurdistaniNEWS (KurdistaniNews) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:48:11 -0000
Dormen putting on musical in Kurdish http://tinyurl.com/y9gjrt5 #kurdistan #turkey
#Turkey cracks down on banned Kurdish party http://tinyurl.com/yaaq2eb #kurdistan
KurdistaniNEWS (KurdistaniNews) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:47:17 -0000
#Turkey cracks down on banned Kurdish party http://tinyurl.com/yaaq2eb #kurdistan
North of Kurdistan: is Turkey returning to the martial law of 1978?... http://ff.im/dfNwA
eastkurd (eastkurd) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:52:55 -0000
North of Kurdistan: is Turkey returning to the martial law of 1978?... http://ff.im/dfNwA
CNN - February 18, 1999 - Turkish troops mount attacks on Kurdish strongholds in Iraq
Guardian Unlimited Special Report: The Kurds - News, comment and analysis on the situation of the Kurds, including a map and links.
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