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| Demonym(s) | Kurd |
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Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, romanized: Kurdistan, lit. 'Land of the Kurds'; [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn] (
listen)),[3] or Greater Kurdistan,[4][5] is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in the Middle East where the Kurds inhabit[6] and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based.[7]
Geographically, Kurdistan roughly encompasses the northwestern Zagros and the eastern Taurus mountain ranges.[7]
- ↑ "Kurdish lands". Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ↑ "The Kurdish lands". Library of Congress. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ↑ "Kurdistan". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ↑ Turkey demands Google remove Greater Kurdistan map by Rudaw, December 25, 2018
- ↑ Kaya, Zeynep (2020). Mapping Kurdistan: Territory, Self-Determination and Nationalism. Cambridge University Press. pp. 2, 137, 177, 197.
- ↑ Zaken, Mordechai (2007). Jewish Subjects and Their Tribal Chieftains in Kurdistan: A Study in Survival. Leiden, The Netherlands: BRILL. pp. 1–2. ISBN 9789004161900.
Kurdistan was never a sovereign state, though the area with an ethnic and linguistic majority of Kurdish population is defined as Kurdistan.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1
- van Bruinessen, Martin (October 4, 1991). Agha, Shaikh and State: The Social and Political Structures of Kurdistan (1 ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781856490191. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- Meho, Lokman I. "The Kurds and Kurdistan: a general background" (PDF). International Journal of Kurdish Studies. 11. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- Dahlman, Carl (2002). "The Political Geography of Kurdistan". Eurasian Geography and Economics. 43 (4): 271–299. doi:10.2747/1538-7216.43.4.271. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
Published online: 10 May 2013
- M. T. O'Shea, Trapped between the map and reality: geography and perceptions of Kurdistan, 258 pp., Routledge, 2004. (see p. 77)
- Kirmanj, Sherko (2013). "Kurdistan Region: A Country Proile" (PDF). Journal of International Studies. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- Galip, Özlem Belçim (April 24, 2015). Imagining Kurdistan: Identity, Culture and Society (1 ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780857738240. Retrieved December 10, 2024.