kurdish people claimed a homeland in parts of turkey, iran and iraq.
who claimed a homeland in parts of turkey iran and iraq?
kurdish people
lanja abdullah, in the documentary, refers to the collective experience of people of kurdistan, which is the homeland of kurdish people and which was forcibly divided. as a result of this division, it lies mostly within the present-day borders of turkey, iraq and iran, with smaller parts in syria, armenia and azerbaijan. the documentary follows the violence perpetrated on kurdish women in erbil, iraq. kurds in iraq exist in more than 4 million as a population, and comprise about 23 percent of the population. under the ba’ath regime of saddam hussein, the people of iraq endured 35 years of repression and widespread human rights violations, of which the kurdish population possibly experienced the worst. additionally, after this there was the war between iran and iraq which further made things worse for the kurdish population. the women in this population often face all kind of physical abuses that either result in or force them to resort to self-immolation or hanging. according to a statement released by the free women’s organization of kurdistan (fwok), in 2014 alone there were 6,082 women killed or who committed suicide in iraqi kurdistan.
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bullet::::- official language in: the russian autonomous republic of dagestan





















































kurdish – kurdí, کوردی, or k’öрди





















































bullet::::- official language in: iraq turkey iran syria armenia





















































bullet::::- recognised minority language in: germany





















































kurdish (southern) - کوردی خوارین, kurdîy xwarîn





















































bullet::::- spoken in: iran and iraq





















































kurmanji - kurmancî, کورمانجی‎





















































bullet::::- spoken in: turkey, iran, iraq, and syria





















































kutchi - کچھی or કચ્છી





















































bullet::::- spoken in: south asia





















































kwadi † - !kwa/tse





















































bullet::::- formerly spoken in: angola





















































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ladakhi - ལ་དྭགས་སྐད།





















































bullet::::- spoken in: china , india , and pakistan





















































ladin – ladin





















































bullet::::- spoken in: italy
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