The Kurds are the fourth largest ethnic group in West Asia after Arabs, Persians, and Turks. The total number of Kurds in 1991 was placed at 22.5 million, with 48% of this number living in Turkey, 24% in …

6 days ago · Kurd, any member of an ethnic and linguistic group concentrated in the Taurus Mountains of southeastern Anatolia, the Zagros Mountains of western Iran, portions of northern Iraq, …

Oct 15, 2019 · Kurds make up the Middle East's fourth-largest ethnic group, but they have never obtained statehood.

Kurdish forces fought against the Islamic State when it began to capture Iraqi towns in 2014. Today, the Kurds are spread across four nations. Who are they? The world’s largest stateless ethnic...

Kurds (Kurdish: کورد, romanized: Kurd), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranic ethnic group [39] from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, …

Kurds are among the native peoples of Mesopotamia. They constitute the second-largest ethnolinguistic group in contemporary Turkey, Iraq, and Syria and the third-largest group in Iran.

Uncover the origins of the Kurds, their presence across the Middle East, and the ongoing battles for Kurdish freedom and recognition.

They are believed to be descended from the Medes who overthrew Nineveh in 612 B.C. Their traditional mode of subsistence is pastoralism and agriculture. The territory Kurds conceive of as Kurdistan …

Oct 4, 2023 · Delve into the world of the Kurds – their history, culture, and the hurdles they face today.

Between 25 and 35 million Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia. They make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, but they …