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Geographical position of Kurdistan. Facts & Figures. Asian nation without state 190,000 km²–390,000 km² 25 to 30 Million Administratively divided between Turkey, Iran, Syria, Irak and Armenia. Kurdish, an indo-iranian language, is spoken. Most inhabitants are Muslim.
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Facts & Figures • Asian nation without state • 190,000 km²–390,000 km² • 25 to 30 Million • Administratively divided between Turkey, Iran, Syria, Irak and Armenia. • Kurdish, an indo-iranian language, is spoken. • Most inhabitants are Muslim.
Language: How do you say in the language of your country?:- Hello! - Choni- How are you? - To bashee?- My name is... - Mn nawm...- Yes - Baleh- No – Na'- Thank you - Supaas
The complexity of the Kurdish conflict is remarkable, since there are many territories whose control is disputed.
Columns of the eldest temple in the world, aged over 11000 years, in Ruha.
Kurdistan has no state and therefore no national government, but some of its inhabitants would want to have one.
There is no head of government in Kurdistan, but Abdullah Öcalan is the head of the main nationalist party. He is currently inprisioned.
Kurdistan's wealth of high-grade pasture lands has long made it suitable for a pastoralist economy. Even nowadays it remains the main sector.
Petroleum refinement is easily the most valuable and developed modern industry in Kurdistan.
The third sector is largely the smallest one in the country. It is mainly made up of civil servants and bank workers.
“Baklava” is one of the most appreciated food for the Kurds.
Traditional costumes are still usual in every day live, mostly in rural areas. folk costume,
Mehmed Uzun is probably the most well-known Kurdish author. He was responsible for shaping a modern Kurdish literary language. He lived in Sweden as a political refugee for almost 30 years. He died in 2007. famous author
Arbil is the biggest city of the Kurdish Autonomous Region, which is located in Northern Iraq and is the only tool of self-government the Kurdish people have.
PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) is the main nationalist party, whick is currently illegal in Turkey. It has a parallel armed organisation, whick usually bears attacks against the Turkish army and whose members we can see in this photo.
The Kurdish conflict remains forgotten by the main international organisations, even by the United Nations.