Kurds
Iranic ethnic group
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Kurds or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. There are exclaves of Kurds in Central Anatolia, Khorasan, and the Caucasus, as well as significant Kurdish diaspora communities in the cities of western Turkey and Western Europe. The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million.
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No injuries as UK PM Johnson's car shunted by security vehicle: Reuters witnessesBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson's car was shunted by a security vehicle outside parliament on Wednesday when Kurdish protesters ran into the road, two Reuters witnesses said.Reuters - Published | |
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Kurdish case becomes rallying cry for Japan protest against policeThe case of a Kurdish man who says he was stopped and shoved to the ground by Tokyo police became a rallying cry for protesters marching in solidarity with Black Lives Matter on Saturday.Reuters - Published | |
Special Report: How Turkey’s courts turned on Erdogan's foesIt took 16 judges to convict Kurdish politicians Gultan Kisanak and Sebahat Tuncel of belonging to a terrorist organization last year.Reuters - Published | |
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Turkey sentences ousted pro-Kurdish mayor to jailThe ousted mayor of Turkey's mainly Kurdish Diyarbakir province was sentenced on Monday to more than nine years in prison for membership of a terrorist organization, a judicial source said.Reuters - Published | |
Germany's minorities call for action after shisha bar shootingsGerman Kurds called on Thursday for stronger government action against far-right radicalism and racism as they mourned the victims of a gun attack on two shisha lounges.Reuters - Published | |
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Turkey replaces four more Kurdish mayors over alleged terror linksTurkey removed four more mayors from their posts on Saturday as part of a widening government crackdown against the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), and replaced them with state appointees.Reuters - Published | U.S. has no intention of ending alliance with Syrian Kurdish fighters: officialThe United States has no intention to end its alliance with Syrian Kurdish SDF militia, a senior administration official said on Tuesday, effectively pushing back on Ankara's demand that Washington..Reuters - Published |
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Crowd pelts with stones Turkish-Russian patrol in Syria: local mediaTurkish and Russian troops on Tuesday began their second joint patrol in northern Syria near Kobani, under a deal that has forced a Kurdish militia away from Turkey's border, while local media released..Reuters - Published | Turkey, Russia hold second joint north Syria patrol, near KobaniTurkish and Russian troops in armored vehicles on Tuesday began their second joint ground patrol in northern Syria near the town of Kobani, under a deal that has forced a Kurdish militia away from..Reuters - Published |
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