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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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RT @HelenaSkytt: Diyarbakır Organisations Take A Stand on Kurdish Initiative http://tinyurl.com/ykw9vmh #kurdishissue #kurdistan #turkey
FrankieTheTank1 (Frank Byden) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:34:42 -0000
RT @HelenaSkytt: Diyarbakır Organisations Take A Stand on Kurdish Initiative http://tinyurl.com/ykw9vmh #kurdishissue #kurdistan #turkey
@appetite President Barzani, Turkey's Foreign Minister DavutoÄlu hold historic meetings ... - Kurdistan Regional Government: Pre..
dined (dined) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:20:33 -0000
@appetite President Barzani, Turkey's Foreign Minister Davutoğlu hold historic meetings ... - Kurdistan Regional Government: Pre..
Diyarbakır Organisations Take A Stand on Kurdish Initiative http://tinyurl.com/ykw9vmh #kurdishissue #kurdistan #turkey
HelenaSkytt (Helena Skytt) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:24:27 -0000
Diyarbakır Organisations Take A Stand on Kurdish Initiative http://tinyurl.com/ykw9vmh #kurdishissue #kurdistan #turkey
âRoad Mapsâ and Roadblocks in Turkeyâs Southeast: #Turkey & its #Kurds...http://www.merip.org/mero/m... ( #Kurdistan #Iraq #Syria
IbnSiqilli (Ibn Siqilli) Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:38:11 -0000
“Road Maps” and Roadblocks in Turkey’s Southeast: #Turkey & its #Kurds...http://www.merip.org/mero/m... ( #Kurdistan #Iraq #Syria
Davutoglu visits #Kurdistan [Rudaw] http://is.gd/4IBnl #kurdish #kurds #turkey #iraq relations
Rudaw (Rudaw) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:07:24 -0000
Davutoglu visits #Kurdistan [Rudaw] http://is.gd/4IBnl #kurdish #kurds #turkey #iraq relations
Truely historic words & visit by #Turkish FM to #Iraqi #Kurdistan. He is emerging as #Turkey's Mr Fixit!
Hiwaosman (Hiwa Osman) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:04:17 -0000
Truely historic words & visit by #Turkish FM to #Iraqi #Kurdistan. He is emerging as #Turkey's Mr Fixit!
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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