Kurds

E7634

Iranian peoples ethnic group

The Kurds are an ethnic group native to a mountainous region spanning parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria, known for their distinct Kurdish language, culture, and long-standing aspirations for greater autonomy or statehood.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Kurds canonical	145
Kurdish people	14
Kurd	5
Iraqi Kurds	3
Bajelani-speaking Kurds	1
Dimli Kurds	1
Hawrami Kurds	1
Khorasani Kurds	1
Kurdish American	1
Kurdish Peshmerga forces	1
Kurds in the Caucasus	1
Shia Kurds	1
Southern Kurds	1
Sunni Kurds	1
Syrian Kurds	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian peoples ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedConflict	Iranian Kurdish conflict ⓘ Iraqi Kurdish rebellions ⓘ Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ Syrian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war
collectiveIdentity	Kurdish nationalism ⓘ
countryOfResidence	Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Germany ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
culturalTrait	Kurdish dance ⓘ Kurdish music ⓘ Newroz spring festival ⓘ tribal social structures ⓘ
diaspora	Caucasus ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ
ethnonym	Kurds self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kurdish people
historicalEntity	Kingdom of Kurdistan ⓘ Mahabad Republic ⓘ
languageBranch	Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
largestStatelessNation	true ⓘ
majorDialect	Gorani ⓘ Kurmanji ⓘ Sorani ⓘ Kurdish language ⓘ surface form: Southern Kurdish Zazaki ⓘ
majorReligion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
nativeRegion	Kurdistan ⓘ mountainous regions of the northern Middle East ⓘ northern Iraq ⓘ northern Syria ⓘ southeastern Turkey ⓘ western Iran ⓘ
notableAutonomousRegion	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ⓘ Kurdistan ⓘ surface form: Kurdistan Region in Iraq
politicalAspiration	greater autonomy ⓘ independent Kurdish state ⓘ self-determination ⓘ
populationEstimate	25–35 million ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Kurdish ⓘ
recognizedMinorityIn	Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
regionContestedWith	Government of Iran ⓘ surface form: Iranian state Iraq ⓘ surface form: Iraqi state Syria ⓘ surface form: Syrian state Turkey ⓘ surface form: Turkish state
religion	Shia Islam ⓘ surface form: Alevism Christianity ⓘ Shia Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ Yazidism ⓘ secular ⓘ
rite	Shafi'i school ⓘ surface form: Shafi‘i school of Sunni Islam
scriptUsed	Arabic script ⓘ Cyrillic script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (178)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab world → hasEthnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Iraq War → belligerent → Kurds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kurdish Peshmerga forces

Kurds → ethnonym → Kurds self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kurdish people

Syria → ethnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kurd

Erivan Governorate → ethnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Elisavetpol Governorate → ethnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Kars Oblast → ethnicComposition → Kurds ⓘ

Ossetians → relatedEthnicity → Kurds ⓘ

Tbilisi → hasEthnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Persians → relatedGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Baloch people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kurdish people

Kurdish language → spokenBy → Kurds ⓘ

Tehran Province → majorEthnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Kurmanji → ethnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Mahabad Republic → ethnicMajority → Kurds ⓘ

Mahabad Republic → ethnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Iraqi Kurdish rebellions → participant → Kurds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kurdish people

Iranian Kurdish conflict → relatedEthnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

northern Iraq → hasEthnicMajority → Kurds ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Iraq

western Iran → ethnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Iran

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria → populationGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Newroz spring festival → celebratedBy → Kurds ⓘ

Newroz spring festival → observedBy → Kurds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunni Kurds

Newroz spring festival → observedBy → Kurds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shia Kurds

Iranian peoples → hasPart → Kurds ⓘ

Iranian Azerbaijan → hasMinorityGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Kingdom of Kurdistan → ethnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Middle East and North Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Kurdistan → traditionalInhabitants → Kurds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kurdish people

Kurdistan → hasEthnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Al-Anfal campaign → target → Kurds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraqi Kurds

eastern Turkey → ethnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Turkey

Armenian Oblast → ethnicMinority → Kurds ⓘ

Erivan uezd → ethnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Persian → relatedEthnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Mosul → ethnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Indo-Iranian peoples → hasModernGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Anatolia → historicallyInhabitedBy → Kurds ⓘ

Erbil → majorEthnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Diyarbakır → ethnicMajority → Kurds ⓘ

Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius → ethnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kurdish people

Dijla → culturalSignificanceFor → Kurds ⓘ

Surmalu uezd → ethnicComposition → Kurds ⓘ

British Iraq Mandate → appliesToEthnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

Yaşar Kemal → ethnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kurdish people

Zangezur uezd → ethnicComposition → Kurds ⓘ

Iraq revolt of 1920 → participant → Kurds ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraqi Kurds

Erzurum Province → hasEthnicCommunities → Kurds ⓘ

Ottoman intellectuals → ethnicGroup → Kurds ⓘ