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Kurdish people make up about 18 % of the Turkish population (about 13 million, 18% Kurds out of 72.5 million total population)<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html CIA World Factbook], Turkey.</ref>. According to KONDA, 11,445,000 (out of 73 million total population). They mostly live in seven province of [[Southeastern Anatolia]] (except [[Gaziantep Province|Gaziantep]] and [[Kilis Province|Kilis]]) and in Eastern Anatolia ([[Ağrı Province]], [[Bingöl Province]], [[Bitlis Province]], [[Hakkâri Province]], [[Kars Province]], [[Tunceli Province]], [[Van Province]], [[Ardahan Province]]) which were parts of [[Kurdistan]] (Northern Kurdistan) and [[Istanbul Province]] (about 6.3 million{{fact}}). And large populations be found in bigger cities of [[Western Anatolia|western]] and [[central Anatolia]] (Istanbul, Bursa, Izmit, Mugla, Manisa, Izmir, Balikesir, Antalya, Mersin, Samsun, Adana, Ankara and Konya). According to Rüstem Erkan, it is confirmed with figures that Istanbul is Turkey's largest Kurdish city. And the number of Kurds who are registered in the Kurdish-dominated provinces but living outside their own provinces, is 5,627,068.<ref>[http://www.timeturk.com/tr/2010/03/25/en-buyuk-kurt-sehri-istanbul.html "En Büyük Şehri, İstanbul"], ''Time Türk'', March 25, 2010.</ref> |
Kurdish people make up about 18 % of the Turkish population (about 13 million, 18% Kurds out of 72.5 million total population)<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html CIA World Factbook], Turkey.</ref>. According to KONDA, 11,445,000 (out of 73 million total population). They mostly live in seven province of [[Southeastern Anatolia]] (except [[Gaziantep Province|Gaziantep]] and [[Kilis Province|Kilis]]) and in Eastern Anatolia ([[Ağrı Province]], [[Bingöl Province]], [[Bitlis Province]], [[Hakkâri Province]], [[Kars Province]], [[Tunceli Province]], [[Van Province]], [[Ardahan Province]]) which were parts of [[Kurdistan]] (Northern Kurdistan) and [[Istanbul Province]] (about 6.3 million{{fact}}). And large populations be found in bigger cities of [[Western Anatolia|western]] and [[central Anatolia]] (Istanbul, Bursa, Izmit, Mugla, Manisa, Izmir, Balikesir, Antalya, Mersin, Samsun, Adana, Ankara and Konya). According to Rüstem Erkan, it is confirmed with figures that Istanbul is Turkey's largest Kurdish city. And the number of Kurds who are registered in the Kurdish-dominated provinces but living outside their own provinces, is 5,627,068.<ref>[http://www.timeturk.com/tr/2010/03/25/en-buyuk-kurt-sehri-istanbul.html "En Büyük Şehri, İstanbul"], ''Time Türk'', March 25, 2010.</ref> According to the National Security Council’s controversial report, Kurds would make up 40% of the population of Turkey by 2010, and 50 % by 2025<ref>[http://www.wilsoncenter.org/subsites/ccpdc/pubs/kur/chap04.pdf "The Kurdish Issue in Turkish Public Opinion"], [[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]], p. 129.</ref> |
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<ref>Michael M. Gunter, "The Kurds and the future of Turkey", St. Martin's Press , 1997, pg 147, ISBN 0-312-17265-6</ref>.<ref name="Turkish National Security Concil">[http://www.milliyet.com.tr/default.aspx?aType=SonDakika&ArticleID=873452 Turkish National Security Council] gives about 12.6 million (2008)</ref><ref>Juvenile Nonfiction, “ The Handbook of Middle East ”, Publisher: 21st Century, 2002. pg 144:”About 20 percent of Turkey ’s population is Kurdish.”</ref><ref>Kemal Kirisci, Gareth M. Winrow, “The Kurdish Question and Turkey ”, Routledge, 1997. pg 119: “According to Turgut Ozal there were 12 million Kurds in Turkey . .. Van Bruinessen has argued that a ‘reasonable and even conservative’ estimate for the size of Kurdish population in 1975 was 7.5 millions, which amounts to 19 percent of the population”</ref><ref>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.”</ref><ref name="Beverley">“Beverley Milton-Edwards, “Contemporary politics in the Middle East” Polity, 2006. pg 231: “They form a population in all four states, making 23 percent in Turkey, 23 percent in Iraq, 10 percent in Iran and 8 percent in Syria (Mcdowell, 2003, p 3-4).”</ref><ref>Shireen Hunter, Huma Malik, "Modernization, democracy, and Islam", Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005, pg 131, ISBN 0-275-98511-3</ref><ref>Picard (Elisabeth), « Les Kurdes et l'Autodétermination : une problématique légitime à l'épreuve de dynamiques sociales », in Revue Française de Science Politique, Vol. 49, n° 3, juin 1999, p. 421-441 (see p. 422)</ref><ref>http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2008/3/turkeykurdistan1755.htm</ref> |
<ref>Michael M. Gunter, "The Kurds and the future of Turkey", St. Martin's Press , 1997, pg 147, ISBN 0-312-17265-6</ref>.<ref name="Turkish National Security Concil">[http://www.milliyet.com.tr/default.aspx?aType=SonDakika&ArticleID=873452 Turkish National Security Council] gives about 12.6 million (2008)</ref><ref>Juvenile Nonfiction, “ The Handbook of Middle East ”, Publisher: 21st Century, 2002. pg 144:”About 20 percent of Turkey ’s population is Kurdish.”</ref><ref>Kemal Kirisci, Gareth M. Winrow, “The Kurdish Question and Turkey ”, Routledge, 1997. pg 119: “According to Turgut Ozal there were 12 million Kurds in Turkey . .. Van Bruinessen has argued that a ‘reasonable and even conservative’ estimate for the size of Kurdish population in 1975 was 7.5 millions, which amounts to 19 percent of the population”</ref><ref>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.”</ref><ref name="Beverley">“Beverley Milton-Edwards, “Contemporary politics in the Middle East” Polity, 2006. pg 231: “They form a population in all four states, making 23 percent in Turkey, 23 percent in Iraq, 10 percent in Iran and 8 percent in Syria (Mcdowell, 2003, p 3-4).”</ref><ref>Shireen Hunter, Huma Malik, "Modernization, democracy, and Islam", Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005, pg 131, ISBN 0-275-98511-3</ref><ref>Picard (Elisabeth), « Les Kurdes et l'Autodétermination : une problématique légitime à l'épreuve de dynamiques sociales », in Revue Française de Science Politique, Vol. 49, n° 3, juin 1999, p. 421-441 (see p. 422)</ref><ref>http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2008/3/turkeykurdistan1755.htm</ref> |
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About 4 million<ref name="Iran Joshua Project">[http://www.joshuaproject.net/countries.php?rog3=IR joshuaproject] 445,000 + 504,000 + 3,394,000 + 20,000 + 26,000 = 4,389,000 / 72,938,000 (6.02%)</ref> Kurdish people live in Iran mainly in the north-west region of the country which is a part of Kurdistan. A large Kurdish enclave outside Kurdistan is the Kurdish region in north [[north Khorasan Province|Khorasan]], in north-eastern Iran. Over two million{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} Kurds currently live in this region. These Kurds are descendants of the displaced tribes during the [[Safavid]] period and their ancestors were from western Iran. Other scattered smaller communities are found in the [[Alburz]] mountain range in northern Iran, [[Guilan]] province in northern Iran and [[Sistan and Baluchistan]] province in southeastern Iran (and also in neighboring regions in [[Pakistan]]). (See [http://modersmal.skolutveckling.se/nordkurdiska/kurdmap/pages/Geographic%20Distribution%20of%20Kurdish%20and%20other%20Iranic%20Languages_jpg_gif.htm]). A great number of Kurds live in Iranian cities like [[Tabriz]] and [[Tehran]]. |
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Kurdish population refers to the number of Kurdish people in the world.
Distribution
Turkey
Kurdish people make up about 18 % of the Turkish population (about 13 million, 18% Kurds out of 72.5 million total population)[1]. According to KONDA, 11,445,000 (out of 73 million total population). They mostly live in seven province of Southeastern Anatolia (except Gaziantep and Kilis) and in Eastern Anatolia (Ağrı Province, Bingöl Province, Bitlis Province, Hakkâri Province, Kars Province, Tunceli Province, Van Province, Ardahan Province) which were parts of Kurdistan (Northern Kurdistan) and Istanbul Province (about 6.3 million[citation needed]). And large populations be found in bigger cities of western and central Anatolia (Istanbul, Bursa, Izmit, Mugla, Manisa, Izmir, Balikesir, Antalya, Mersin, Samsun, Adana, Ankara and Konya). According to Rüstem Erkan, it is confirmed with figures that Istanbul is Turkey's largest Kurdish city. And the number of Kurds who are registered in the Kurdish-dominated provinces but living outside their own provinces, is 5,627,068.[2] According to the National Security Council’s controversial report, Kurds would make up 40% of the population of Turkey by 2010, and 50 % by 2025[3]
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Iran
About 4 million[13] Kurdish people live in Iran mainly in the north-west region of the country which is a part of Kurdistan. A large Kurdish enclave outside Kurdistan is the Kurdish region in north Khorasan, in north-eastern Iran. Over two million[citation needed] Kurds currently live in this region. These Kurds are descendants of the displaced tribes during the Safavid period and their ancestors were from western Iran. Other scattered smaller communities are found in the Alburz mountain range in northern Iran, Guilan province in northern Iran and Sistan and Baluchistan province in southeastern Iran (and also in neighboring regions in Pakistan). (See [1]). A great number of Kurds live in Iranian cities like Tabriz and Tehran.
Syria and Iraq
In addition to the fact that these two countries include parts of Kurdistan, there are significant Kurdish communities in metropolitan areas of these countries in Aleppo, Damascus, Baghdad etc. The Kurdish population in Iraq is thought to be in the region of 9 million and about 4-5 million in Syria.
Transcaucasia
Kurds used to constitute the majority in former Kurdistan Okrug prior to mass deportations in the period 1940 - 1944. Today, most of the Kurdish communities in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan are results of these deportations. The remaining Kurds in Azerbaijan who numbered about 680,000[citation needed] became refugees following Nagorno-Karabakh war. (See [2]). Most Kurds who comprise a small portion (about 3.2%) of total population arrived in Georgia at the time of the Ottoman Empire, having fled religious repression there. They now live mainly in Tbilisi or Rustavi. Kurds are mostly urbanized and socially integrated, but preserve their ethnic identity, language, and cultural traditions. Most of them are Yazidi[14].
Lebanon
In Lebanon, there are about 80,000 Kurds, mainly living in Beirut.
Rest of the Arab World
Kurmanji speakers who mostly have origins in Turkish Kurdistan. [3] Both groups are Sunnis but there is also a little community of Alevi Kurds from Dersim. Kurds make up an important portion of the population (about 630,000) in Kuwait. Most of them are originally Iraqi Kurds. There are also Kurdish communities in Jordan and Yemen.
Central Asia
There are scattered communities in Turkmenistan (185,000-250,000),in Kazakstan 150,000,in Afghanistan and Uzbekstan about 80,000
Western Europe
The Kurds also make up a section of the waves of Turkish and other Middle Eastern nationals who have and who are immigrating to Germany, France, the Netherlands and Britain. There are also numbers of Kurds in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Austria.
North America
There are also many Kurds in the United States of America. However, Kurdish communities are spread throughout the country. The largest number of Kurds is found in Nashville, Tennessee[15] and San Diego, California. There are also smaller communities in Texas, Virginia and Maryland. Canada is home to multiple Kurdish communities located in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Hamilton.
Statistics by country
History
There have been many famous Kurdish individuals among the Kurdish diaspora. Although according to Dehkhoda Dictionary, Ardashir I of Persia was son of a Kurdish mother from the "Shabānkāreh" tribe in the Fars Province, other sources such as Fars-nama(1107 CE) and Maslik al-absar of al-Umari and Sharafnama do not consider Shabankareh as Kurdish and make a distinction between the two. Kurds were also deported to Kerman and Baluchistan by the Sassanid Kings such as Khosrow I and Khosrow II. In the 17th century, Safavid Kings deported thousands of Kurds to Khorasan, where they still can be found (see Iranian Kurdistan and History of the Kurds).
See also
References
- ^ CIA World Factbook, Turkey.
- ^ "En Büyük Şehri, İstanbul", Time Türk, March 25, 2010.
- ^ "The Kurdish Issue in Turkish Public Opinion", Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, p. 129.
- ^ Michael M. Gunter, "The Kurds and the future of Turkey", St. Martin's Press , 1997, pg 147, ISBN 0-312-17265-6
- ^ Turkish National Security Council gives about 12.6 million (2008)
- ^ Juvenile Nonfiction, “ The Handbook of Middle East ”, Publisher: 21st Century, 2002. pg 144:”About 20 percent of Turkey ’s population is Kurdish.”
- ^ Kemal Kirisci, Gareth M. Winrow, “The Kurdish Question and Turkey ”, Routledge, 1997. pg 119: “According to Turgut Ozal there were 12 million Kurds in Turkey . .. Van Bruinessen has argued that a ‘reasonable and even conservative’ estimate for the size of Kurdish population in 1975 was 7.5 millions, which amounts to 19 percent of the population”
- ^ 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.”
- ^ “Beverley Milton-Edwards, “Contemporary politics in the Middle East” Polity, 2006. pg 231: “They form a population in all four states, making 23 percent in Turkey, 23 percent in Iraq, 10 percent in Iran and 8 percent in Syria (Mcdowell, 2003, p 3-4).”
- ^ Shireen Hunter, Huma Malik, "Modernization, democracy, and Islam", Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005, pg 131, ISBN 0-275-98511-3
- ^ Picard (Elisabeth), « Les Kurdes et l'Autodétermination : une problématique légitime à l'épreuve de dynamiques sociales », in Revue Française de Science Politique, Vol. 49, n° 3, juin 1999, p. 421-441 (see p. 422)
- ^ http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2008/3/turkeykurdistan1755.htm
- ^ joshuaproject 445,000 + 504,000 + 3,394,000 + 20,000 + 26,000 = 4,389,000 / 72,938,000 (6.02%)
- ^ Forced migration online
- ^ Alligood, Leon (January 11, 2005). "Local Iraqis ready to vote but worried about process". The Tennessean.
- ^ Kurdish Institute of Paris. "The Kurdish Diaspora". Retrieved 2010-11-08.
- ^ Martha Honey, Tom Barry, Global focus: U.S. foreign policy at the turn of the millennium, p. 242.
- ^ a b c Hamline University. "The Kurdish Diaspora". Retrieved 2010-11-08.
- ^ The State Statistical Commuttee of Azerbaijan. "Population by ethnic groups". Retrieved 2010-11-08.
- ^ Armenian Statistical Service of Republic of Armenia. "De Jure Population (Urban, Rural) by Age and Ethnicity" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-11-08.
- ^ Canada's National Statistical Agency. "Statistics Canada". Retrieved 2010-11-09.