Kurdistan - Wikipedia
Kurdistan generally comprises the following four regions: southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Southern Kurdistan), northwestern Iran (Eastern Kurdistan), and northern Syria (Western Kurdistan).
Kurdistan | History, Religion, Map, & Facts | Britannica
Jan 16, 2025 · Kurdistan, broadly defined geographic region traditionally inhabited mainly by Kurds. It consists of an extensive plateau and mountain area, spread over large parts of what are now eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, and western Iran and smaller parts of …
Kurdistan Region - Wikipedia
Kurdistan Region (KRI) [c] is a semi-autonomous federal region [d] of the Republic of Iraq. [13] [14] It comprises four Kurdish-majority governorates of Arab-majority Iraq: Erbil Governorate, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Duhok Governorate, and Halabja Governorate.
Who are the Kurds? - BBC News
Oct 15, 2019 · Between 25 and 35 million Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia. They make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, but...
Kurdistan - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, romanized: Kurdistān, 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]
Kurd | History, Culture, & Language | Britannica
3 days ago · Kurd, any member of an ethnic and linguistic group concentrated in the Taurus Mountains of southeastern Anatolia, the Zagros Mountains of western Iran, portions of northern Iraq, northeastern Syria, and western Armenia, and other, adjacent areas.
Who are the Kurds? - National Geographic
Aug 16, 2019 · Nestled on the margins of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, Kurdistan is one of the planet’s most volatile regions, and its people are the world’s largest stateless group. The Kurds are indigenous...