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Kurds in Turkey

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was higher compared to Turkish population of the region. Only around 11% of Alevis declared that there were someone with headscarf in their household. 4.3% of both Kurd and Zaza groups were members of a specific religious sect, which was roughly double the rate of regional Turkish and Alevi population.
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The largest tribes of the Kurds of Central Anatolia are the Bazaini or Shaikh Bazaini, Judikan, Saifkan, Chelebi, Janbeki, Jehanbegli, Khallikan, Mutikan, Hajibani, Barakati, Badeli, Ukhchizhemi, Rashvan, Sherdi, Urukchi, Milan, Zirikan, Atmanikan, and Tirikan. Formerly, some of the Janbegli, Rashvan
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regularly show similar patterns. On the other hand, people who are Alevis show the least amount of religiosity and lowest observance rates, both regionally and nationally. 96 to 97 percent of the surveyed Kurd and Zaza groups in Eastern Turkey had someone in their household who wears headscarf, which
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in 2000 puts the number at 12,600,000 people, or 15.7% of the population. One Western source estimates that up to 25% of the Turkish population is Kurdish (approximately 18-19 million people). Kurdish nationalists put the figure at 20,000,000 to 25,000,000. All of the above figures are for the
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or the teaching of the Kurdish language was equated of supporting terrorist activities by the PKK. By 2017, measures taken to curtail efforts to promote Kurdish culture within Turkey had included changing street names that honored Kurdish figures, removing statues of Kurdish heroes, and closing down
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were officially prohibited in public and private life. Many people who spoke, published, or sang in Kurdish were arrested and imprisoned. In Turkey, it is illegal to use Kurdish as a language of instruction in both public and private schools. The Kurdish language is only allowed as a subject in some
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Around 75% of the Kurds stated that they either had "very good" or "good" proficiency in their respective mother languages. 55% of those who had "very good" or "good" proficiency in their mother language stated that their children were also proficient. Around 75% of the Kurds and 2% of the Zazas
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claims the closest figure should be above 17.8%, taking into account political context and the potential biases in responses recorded in surveys and censuses. The population growth rate of Kurds in the 1970s was given as 3.27%. According to two studies (2006 and 2008) study by KONDA, people who
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Since the 1980s, Kurdish movements have included both peaceful political activities for basic civil rights for Kurds in Turkey as well as armed rebellion and guerrilla warfare, including military attacks aimed mainly at Turkish military bases, demanding first a separate Kurdish state and later
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17.3% of the surveyed people who identify as Kurdish answered the question "Which form of polity do Kurdish people want?" as "an independent Kurdish state". Around 25% of the non-Kurdish participants gave the same answer to the question. Roughly 33% of the Kurdish participants answered "more
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in majority-Kurdish Diyarbakir. The show, written by a Kurdish screenwriter, professed to be the first in the popular genre to portray the Kurds in a positive light. The show was set to debut in early 2012, but suffered numerous delays, some say because of the controversial subject.
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12.3% of those surveyed find the government policies concerning Kurdish issues "definitely successful", while those who said "definitely unsuccessful" were 11.7 percent. 31.5 percent of the respondents stated that the "main element connecting the Kurds and the Turks" was
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and/or speaks Kurmanji or Zazaki as a mother tongue correspond to 13.4% of the population. Based on higher birth rates among Kurdish people, and using 2000 Census results, KONDA suggested that this figure rises to 15.7% when children are included, at the end of 2007.
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was set up and armed by the Turkish state around 1984 to combat the PKK. The militia comprises local Kurds and it has around 58,000 members. Some of the village guards are fiercely loyal to the Turkish state, leading to infighting among Kurdish militants.
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early in June 2010. The air attack was reported 4 days later in a news article released immediately after the attack. The tense condition has continued on the border since 2007, with both sides responding to each other's every offensive move.
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Turkish government statistics show that Kurdish women in Turkey give birth to about four children, more than double the rate for the rest of the Turkish population. The Kurdish population is growing, while the rest of the country has birth rates
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In addition to the Turkmen tribes, after ca. 1800, a number of Kurdish tribes such as the Cihanbeyli, Resvan and Sihbizin began to move out of the eastern and southeastern provinces into central Anatolia, considerably increasing the number
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attack on Kurdish activists), Turkey bombed alleged PKK bases in Iraq, following the PKK's unilateral decision to end the cease-fire (after many months of increasing tensions) and its suspected killing of two policeman in the town of
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received a jail sentence. This prompted one member of the U.S. House of Representative, Elizabeth Furse, to accuse Turkey of being a racist state and continuing to deny the Kurds a voice in the state". Abbas Manafy from
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for the Kurds. According to a state-sponsored Turkish opinion poll, 59% of self-identified Kurds in Turkey think that Kurds in Turkey do not seek a separate state (while 71.3% of self-identified Turks think they do).
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as their mother language. A study published in 2015 that demographically analysed the Kurdish inhabited regions of Turkey (excluding diaspora) concluded that c. 92% people belonging to Kurdish ethnic identity spoke
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announced that they would obey, stating that the year of 2013 is the year of solution either through war or through peace. On 25 April 2013, the PKK announced that it would be withdrawing all its forces within
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Following Turkey's electoral board decision to bar prominent Kurdish candidates who had allegedly outstanding warrants or were part of ongoing investigations for PKK-links from standing in upcoming elections,
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claims "The Kurdish deprivation of their own culture, language, and tradition is incompatible with democratic norms. It reflects an apartheid system that victimizes minorities like Armenians, Kurds, and
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prohibited the use of Kurdish in public places, and a law was issued which enabled the expropriation of the Kurdish landowners and the delivery of the land to Turkish speaking people. Through the
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Kurds and Zazas in Eastern Turkey are found to be more religious compared to both general population of Turkey and the Turkish population in the same region. Religious observance rates such as
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Since the immigration to the big cities in the west of Turkey, interethnic marriage has become more common. A 2013 study estimates that there are 2,708,000 marriages between Turks and Kurds/
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tribes migrated into central Anatolia from the east and southeast. The total Kurdish population in Turkey was estimated at 1.5 million in the 1880s, many of whom were nomadic or pastoral.
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and had the "ulterior purpose of stifling pluralism and limiting freedom of political debate" and ordered Turkey to pay him 25,000 Euros in compensation. Turkey refused to release him.
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of partial Kurdish ancestry, was critical of the report. From the establishment of the Inspectorate Generals until 1965, South East Turkey, was a forbidden area for foreigners.
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operations against Kurdish rebels in Turkish Kurdistan have killed hundreds of civilians, displaced hundreds of thousands, and caused massive destruction in residential areas.
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Due to the clashes between Turkish Army and the PKK the countryside in the southeast was depopulated, with Kurdish civilians moving to local defensible centers such as
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The majority of Kurds live in Turkey. Estimations on the Kurdish population in Turkey varies considerably according to sources. A professor of political science,
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also recognized the Kurds as a nation at the time and stated that provinces in which the Kurds lived shall be granted autonomy. After the establishment of the
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Sandra Mackey , "The reckoning: Iraq and the legacy of Saddam", W.W. Norton and Company, 2002. Excerpt from pg 350: "As much as 25% of Turkey is Kurdish."
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Houston, Christopher (2005). "Creating a Diaspora within a Country: Kurds in Turkey". In Ember, Melvin; Ember, Carol R.; Skoggard, Ian (eds.).
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provinces) since about 16th century. They number between 50,000 and 100,000 people. The core of the Kurds of Central Anatolia is formed by
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During the violent suppressions of numerous Kurdish rebellions since the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, such as the
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wrote that Kurdish sources tend to exaggerate numbers, while the states that Kurds live in often undercount the Kurdish population.
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denied the Kurds autonomy. The Kurdish people and their language were soon oppressed by the Turkish Government, as the Turkish
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Their numbers are estimated at 14,000,000 people by the CIA world factbook (18% of population). A report commissioned by the
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raised their concerns over the attacks on civilians and the blockade of Cizre. In 2008 and also in the indictment in the
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comprises a sizable minority of about 30%. 24.4% of the Kurds and 9.8% of Zazas declared that they were belonging to
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were also attacked. There are reports of civilians being killed in several Kurdish populated towns and villages. The
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33.4% of the Kurds and 21.2% of the Zaza from Eastern Turkey declared that they had tribal affiliations (Kurdish:
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number of people who identify as Kurds, not the number who speak a Kurdish language, but include both Kurds and
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tribe live. It is said that the new generation of Kurdish people in some settlements no longer speak Kurdish.
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Before the foundation of Turkey, the Kurds were recognized as an own Nation of themselves. The Turkish leader
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was created in January 1936 in the Dersim region and the Kurdish language and culture were forbidden. The
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Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State: Evolving Identities, Competing Loyalties, and Shifting Boundaries
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Bozarslan, Hamit (17 April 2008). Faroqhi, Suraiya; Kasaba, Reşat; Kunt, I. Metin; Fleet, Kate (eds.).
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The Settlement Issue in Turkey and the Kurds: An Analysis of Spatical Policies, Modernity and War
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The Settlement Issue in Turkey and the Kurds: An Analysis of Spatial Policies, Modernity and War
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Two or the four primary dialects of Kurdish are used by the Central Anatolian Kurds. These are
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democratic Turkey", meanwhile those who responded "autonomy" composed 24.5% of the surveyed.
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According to Ahmet Nezihî Turan the first Kurdish settlement in Central Anatolia was named
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and the political society has organized several campaigns to facilitate a reconciliation.
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that took place during these events. In 1937–38, approximately 10,000-15,000 Alevis and
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Der verpasste Friede: Mission, Ethnie und Staat in den Ostprovinzen der Türkei 1839–1938
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The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in the 1990s: Its Impact on Turkey and the Middle East
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The Environment of Insecurity in Turkey and the Emigration of Turkish Kurds to Germany
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On 6 and 7 October 2014, riots erupted in various cities in Turkey for protesting the
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Patriarchy After Patriarchy: Gender Relations in Turkey and in the Balkans, 1500-2000
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blames the HDP of holding relations with the armed militia PKK and has dismissed and
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Iskalanmış barış: Doğu Vilayetleri'nde misyonerlik, etnik kimlik ve devlet 1839–1938
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and literature at Turkish universities from writing their dissertations in Kurdish.
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dismissed another 45 Mayors from the 65 Mayorships the party won. Since 2016 also
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Dr. Mikaili, "Devlet Kürtçe'ye Kapıları Açtı, Ya Biz Orta Anadolu Kürtleri ?"
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Yegen, Mesut (2009). "'Prospective-Turks' or 'Pseudo-Citizens:' Kurds in Turkey".
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Kurdish who have difficulty understanding the dialect spoken in Haymana where the
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through the implementation of emergency decrees and martial law. The areas around
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television channels broadcasting in the Kurdish language. In July 2020, Turkey's
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The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
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brought a new approach towards the Kurds and closed the General Inspectorates.
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The Kurdish Political Struggles in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey: A Critical Analysis
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The Kurdisch Conflict in Turkey: Obstacles and Chances for Peace and Democracy
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Ethnoarchaeology of Anatolia: rural socio-economy in the Bronze and Iron Ages
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Peter Alford Andrews, Türkiye'de Etnik Gruplar, ANT Yayınları, Aralık 1992,
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According to human rights organisations, since the beginning of the ongoing
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On the eve of the 2012 year (28 December), the prime minister of Turkey,
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on television and radio was banned in Turkey, affecting singers such as
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were prohibited to be used and only in 2013, the ban was lifted.
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supporters celebrating election results in Istanbul, 8 June 2015
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erupted on April 19, 2011, resulting in at least one casualty.
5851:"Turkish court keeps Selahattin Demirtas in jail despite ECHR" 4486:(GABB), Union of Southeastern Anatolia Region Municipalities. 2977:"In your opinion, do the Kurds want to have a separate state?" 3864:(1). Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute: 47–63. 596:
During the 1970s, the separatist movement coalesced into the
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process was the policy of massive population resettlement.
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Referring to the main policy document in this context, the
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were under his rule until 1952, when the government of the
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Ethnologue census of languages in Asian portion of Turkey
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Mark Sykes, "The Kurdish Tribes of the Ottoman Empire",
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school, meanwhile the vast majority of them were of the
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Between 1982 and 1991, the performance or recording of
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Percentage of Kurdish population in Turkey by region
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of the country within the region viewed by Kurds as
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Barkey (1 January 2000). 5990:Historical Dictionary of the Kurds 5604:The European Court of Human Rights 5253:from the original on 24 June 2021. 5132:Kálnoky, Boris (8 November 2012). 4910:Historical Dictionary of the Kurds 4291:Kingsley, Patrick (29 June 2017). 3801:; Akar, Rıdvan (22 January 2008). 3740:. 24 November 2009. Archived from 3403:. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 98. 3183:Historical Dictionary of the Kurds 3142:. Ashgate Publishing. p. 63. 2683:"MGK'nın sır raporu ortaya çıktı!" 1671:were the Kurds of Inner Anatolia. 1384:National Security Council (Turkey) 1200:Demographics of the Kurdish people 351:had 60,000 warriors. Their chief, 25: 4371:"HDP seçim bildirgesini açıkladı" 3891:Gunes, Cengiz (11 January 2013). 3830:Beattie, Meriel (4 August 2006). 2765:UNICEF Children in the Population 881:municipal elections in March 2019 877:arrested dozens of elected Mayors 397:Deportations of Kurds (1916–1934) 359:in the Lake Van region, in 1643. 6759: 6747: 6580: 6419: 6287: 5370:, Komkar Yayınları, Köln, 1992, 3602:Jongerden, Joost (28 May 2007). 3578:. New York: Hurst. p. 121. 3315:Ottoman Fortifications 1300-1710 3279:Daniel Farson (1 January 1985). 3017:Some Kurdish movements, such as 2661:"Türkiye'deki Kürtlerin sayısı!" 1804: 1568:who have immigrated and been in 1536:Map of Kurds of Central Anatolia 949:Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan 945:Kurdistan Democratic Party/North 731: 715: 379:After ca. 1800, the Cihanbeyli, 300:in the 12th and 13th centuries. 5322:, Academiae Ubsaliensis, 1989, 4395:Cansu Çamlibel (14 July 2014). 4277:Genocide Studies and Prevention 4058:"Yes, we negotiate with Öcalan" 3895:. 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BBC. 10 September 2015. 3764:"Kürt kökenli olabilirim" 2669:(in Turkish). 6 June 2008 1675:and Milan tribes were of 1550:Kurdên Anatolyayê/Anatolê 1542:Kurds of Central Anatolia 1428:could not read or write. 973:Peace and Democracy Party 957:Democratic People's Party 941:Peoples' Democratic Party 929:Rights and Freedoms Party 919:had been arrested in 2016 869:Peoples' Democratic Party 858:61st government of Turkey 771:Peoples' Democratic Party 571:Devlet Planlama Teşkilatı 485:Kurdish nation was denied 483:5000 years ago. Hence, a 347:region, who according to 273:Peoples' Democratic Party 244:the military coup of 1980 182: 161: 145: 107: 67: 46: 18:Kurds of Central Anatolia 6658:Demographics of Istanbul 6212:10 February 2008 at the 5554:, Sayı: 45, Bahar 2010, 3655:Andreopoulos, George J. 3109:Ibrahim, Ferhad (2000). 2787:The Dynamic of Secession 2752:10 November 2013 at the 1656:) in the interview with 1067:conflict resumed in 2015 1059:Kurdish–Turkish conflict 1010:31 March local elections 977:People's Democracy Party 961:Democratic Society Party 693:an end to armed struggle 670:violent Kurdish protests 649:Kurdistan Workers' Party 641:Republican Peoples Party 598:Kurdish–Turkish conflict 532:1934 law on resettlement 265:Kurdish–Turkish conflict 6722:Provinces by population 6244:Martin van Bruinessen. 6053:Ferhad Ibrahim (2000). 5969:The A to Z of the Kurds 5306:Encyclopedia Britannica 4084:The Wall Street Journal 3019:Kurdistan Freedom Hawks 2799:Çelik, Yasemin (1999). 1422:below replacement level 815:Party's results at the 275:were attacked by mobs. 6587:Demographics of Turkey 6101:. 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In December 2015, 997:Kadir Has University 981:People's Labor Party 979:(HADEP; 1994–2003), 873:Recep Tayyip Erdogan 831:World Economic Forum 677:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 602:village guard system 473:Constitution of 1924 6228:(Kurdish / Turkish) 5972:. Scarecrow Press. 4646:. 30 December 2015. 4349:www.kurdistan24.net 4176:Hurriyet Daily News 4011:Hurriyet Daily News 3744:on 25 November 2009 3548:on 29 November 2014 3479:Hans-Lukas Kieser, 3431:Middle East Journal 3397:Karl Kaser (2008). 2785:Bartkus, Viva Ona, 2602:Hurriyet Daily News 2556:Armenians in Turkey 2275:Republic of Mahabad 2245:Simko Shikak revolt 1562:İç Anadolu Kürtleri 1206: 925:Kurdish nationalism 913:Selahattin Demirtas 885:Selahattin Demirtaş 726:, 29 September 2014 355:, strengthened the 331:Early modern period 321:population transfer 149: • 43: 6293:Kurdish population 6124:. 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Kurds of Central Anatolia
Turkish Kurdistan

The World Factbook
KONDA
CIA World Factbook
Kurdish Institute of Paris
Eastern
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Istanbul
Izmir
Adana
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Alevism
Yazidism
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Iranian peoples
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Turkey
east
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Turkish Kurdistan
Sheikh Said Rebellion
Ararat rebellion
Dersim Rebellion

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