Kurds

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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.

Aliases (6)

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian peoples → ethnic group →
associatedConflict	Iranian Kurdish conflict → Iraqi Kurdish rebellions → Kurdish–Turkish conflict → 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	Kurdish people →
historicalEntity	Kingdom of Kurdistan → Mahabad Republic →
languageBranch	Northwestern Iranian languages →
languageFamily	Indo-Iranian languages →
largestStatelessNation	true →
majorDialect	Gorani → Kurmanji → Sorani → 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 Region in Iraq →
politicalAspiration	greater autonomy → independent Kurdish state → self-determination →
populationEstimate	25–35 million →
primaryLanguage	Kurdish →
recognizedMinorityIn	Iran → Iraq → Syria → Turkey →
regionContestedWith	Iranian state → Iraqi state → Syrian state → Turkish state →
religion	Alevism → Christianity → Shia Islam → Sunni Islam → Yazidism → secular →
rite	Shafi‘i school of Sunni Islam →
scriptUsed	Arabic script → Cyrillic script → Latin script →

Referenced by (49)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius ("Kurdish people") → Eastern Turkey → Elisavetpol Governorate → Erivan Governorate → Erivan uezd → Kingdom of Kurdistan → Kurmanji → Mahabad Republic → Mosul → Syria ("Kurd") → Western Iran → Yaşar Kemal ("Kurdish people") →	ethnicGroup
Arab world → Islamic world → Kurdistan → Middle East and North Africa → Tbilisi →	hasEthnicGroup
Kars Oblast → Surmalu uezd → Zangezur uezd →	ethnicComposition
Baloch people ("Kurdish people") → Iranian Kurdish conflict → Persian →	relatedEthnicGroup
Diyarbakır → Mahabad Republic →	ethnicMajority
Erbil → Tehran Province →	majorEthnicGroup
Newroz spring festival ("Sunni Kurds") → Newroz spring festival ("Shia Kurds") →	observedBy
Iraq revolt of 1920 ("Iraqi Kurds") → Iraqi Kurdish rebellions ("Kurdish people") →	participant
British Iraq Mandate →	appliesToEthnicGroup
Iraq War ("Kurdish Peshmerga forces") →	belligerent
Newroz spring festival →	celebratedBy
Dijla →	culturalSignificanceFor
Armenian Oblast →	ethnicMinority
Kurds ("Kurdish people") →	ethnonym
Erzurum Province →	hasEthnicCommunities
Northern Iraq →	hasEthnicMajority
Iranian Azerbaijan →	hasMinorityGroup
Indo-Iranian peoples →	hasModernGroup
Iranian peoples →	hasPart
Anatolia →	historicallyInhabitedBy
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria →	populationGroup
Ossetians →	relatedEthnicity
Persians →	relatedGroup
Kurdish language →	spokenBy
Al-Anfal campaign ("Iraqi Kurds") →	target
Kurdistan ("Kurdish people") →	traditionalInhabitants