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Abdullah Öcalan
Abdullah "Apo" Öcalan (born April 4, 1948), also known in Kurmanji as Serok Apo (Chairman Apo), is a Kurdish leader, who founded the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in 1978. He has been leading an armed campaign inside Turkey since 1984, with the intent of creating an independent Kurdish state. Öcalan has been imprisoned by Turkey since 1999 on İmralı Island in the Turkish Sea of Marmara.
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Annazid
The Annazid or Banu Annaz or Al-Anazis (990-1116), were a Kurdish dynasty that ruled a territory on the present-day Iran-Iraq frontier that included Kermanshah, Ilam, Hulwan, Dinawar (all in western Iran), Sharazour, Daquq, Daskara, Bandanijin(Mandali), and ''No'maniya (in south-eastern Iraq). According to the Kurdish history Sherefname, the title of the dynasty was Ayyar not Annaz'' [http://www.encislam.brill.nl/data/EncIslam/C4/COM-0544.html], therefore the alternative name Ayyarid is also used [http://kurdistanica.com/english/history/origin-e.html#Ayyarid].
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Ardalan
Ardalan or (Erdelan) (1169-1867) was the name of a vassaldom in north-western Persia (Iran) during Qajar period.
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Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians (, hayer) are a nation and ethnic group native to the Caucasus and the Armenian Highland.
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Assyrian people
The Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people (frequently known as Assyrians, Syriacs, Syriac Christians, Suroye/Suryoye, Chaldeans, and other variants, see names of Syriac Christians) are an ethnic group whose origins lie in the Fertile Crescent. Today that ancient territory is part of several nations; the Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac people have been minorities under other ethnic groups' rule since the early Middle Ages. They have traditionally lived in northern Iraq, Syria, northwest Iran, and Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia. Many have migrated to the Caucasus, North America and Europe during the past century. The major sub-ethnic division is between an Eastern group ("Nestorians" and "Chaldean Christians") and a Western one ("Syrian Jacobites").
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Baban
Baban (1649-1850) was a Kurdish principality and ruling family originated in the region of Pijder. The first ruler was Feqî Ehmed ( Ahmad Al-Fakih in Arabic), whose grandson became powerful in the Sharazur region. Ahmad's successor, Baba Sulaiman extended his influence to Kirkuk. During the reign of Sulaiman Pasha, Baban rule was extended to Koya, Khanaqin, Arbil, Harir, Altun Kupri, Badra and some areas of Eastern Kurdistan(western Iran). The headquarters of Baban was initially based at Qala Chuwalan, and later it was moved to the newly founded city of Sulaimaniya(سلێمانی) in 1781 during the reign of Mahmud Pasha Baban. The region under Baban rule stretched from the little Zab river to Sirwan. The history of Baban from 1750 to 1847 was dominated by their rivalries against other Kurdish principalities such as Soran and Botan, and also their reaction against centralizing efforts of Ottomans and Qajars. The principality was finally destroyed during the modernization period in the Ottoman state in mid 19th century. Ahmad Pasha Baban, their last ruler, was defeated near Koya in 1847. After that the region of Sharazur was permanently annexed to the Ottoman territory. The last Baban prince left Sulaimaniya in 1850.
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Badlis
Badlis (1182-1847), was a Kurdish principality originated from the Rojaki(Rozagi) tribal confederation. The Rojaki defeated the Georgian King David the Couropalate and conquered Badlis and Sasun in the 10th century. The principality occasionally came under the rule of outsiders, such as Akkoyunlu (from 1467 to 1495) and Safavids (from 1507 to 1514). After the decline of Akkoyunlu, the Rojaki princes asserted their independence. Until 1596, eighteen Rojaki princes ruled the principality. In 1531, the Rojaki prince Sharaf Khan changed his allegiance to Safavids and in 1532 he was killed by Olama Takkalu.
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Corduene
Corduene (also known as Gorduene, Cordyene, Cardyene, Carduene, Gordyene, Gordyaea, Korduene, Korchayk, Gordian, Hebrew: קרטיגיני ) was an ancient region located in northern Mesopotamia, present-day northern Kurdistan).
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Cyrus the Great
Cyrus the Great (Old Persian:
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Edward Denison Ross
Sir Edward Denison Ross (June 6, 1871 – September 20, 1940) was an Orientalist and one of the world's foremost linguists, specializing in languages of the Far East. He could read 49 languages, and speak 30 of them. He was director of the British Information Bureau for the Near East. Along with Eileen Power, he wrote and edited a 26 volume series on India, The Broadway Travellers. The series included the diary of the 17th century naval chaplain Henry Teonge.
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Hamdollah Mostowfi
Hamdollah Mostowfi (1281 – 1349; ) was a Persian historian, geographer and epic poet.
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Hasanwayhid
Hasanawayhid or Hasanuyid () was a Kurdish principality from 959 to 1015, centered at Dinawar (northeast of present-day Kermanshah). The principality ruled western Iran and upper Mesopotamia. The founder of the dynasty was Hasanwayh bin Husayn from the Kurdish tribe of Barzikani. He managed to successfully resist Sahlan bin Musafir, the Buyid governor of Hamadan, and the Buyid vizier, Ibn Al-Amed. In 970 he reached a compromise with Amed's successor which guaranteed his autonomy. Hasanwayh died in 979 at Sarmaj, located in south of Bisitun.
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Jews
:For the Jewish way of life, including religion, law, culture, and philosophy, see Judaism. "Jew" redirects here; for other uses, see Jew (disambiguation).
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Kemal Atatürk
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Koçkiri Rebellion
The Kochkiri Rebellion was a (predominantly Zaza) Alevi uprising in 1920 during the Turkish War of Independence, in the overwhelmingly militant Dersim region. While waged by the Kizilbash Kochkiri tribe, it was masterminded by members of an organisation known as the Kürt Taâlî Cemiyeti. Today most Kochkiris can speak Kurdish and live in Central and Eastern Turkey.
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Kurdish culture
Kurdish culture (Kurdish:کولتووری كوردی (Kulturi Kurdi) or çand û toreya kurdî) is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Kurdish people. The Kurdish culture is a legacy from ancient peoples who shaped modern Kurds and their society, but primarily of two layers of indigenous (Hurrian), and of the ancient (Medes).
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Kurdish nationalism
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Marwanid
Marwanid, (990-1085), was a Kurdish dynasty in Northern Mesopotamia (present day Iraq) and Armenia, centered around the city of Amed (Diyarbakır). Other cities under rule were Arzan, Mayyāfāriqīn (today Silvan), Hisn Kayfa (Hasankeyf), Khilāṭ, Manzikart, Arjish. The founder of the dynasty was a Kurdish shepherd, Abu Shujā Bādh bin Dustak. He left his cattle, took up arms and became a valiant chief of war, obtaining celebrity. When a member of the Iranian dynasty of Buyid, Adud al Dawla, who ruled the Islamic empire, died in 983, Badh took Mayyāfāriqīn, a city of the North-Eastern Diyarbakır. Formerly it was Martyropolis, and nowadays it calls Silvan. He took Akhlat and Nisibis, too.
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Matthew of Edessa
Matthew of Edessa (, Matteos Uṛhayetsi; born in the second half of the 11th century – 1144) was an Armenian historian in the 12th century from the city of Edessa (, Uṛha). Matthew was the superior abbot of Karmir Vank' (Red Convent), near the town of Kessoun, east of Marash (Germanicia), the former seat of Baldwin of Boulogne. He relates much about the Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia, the early Crusades, and the battles between Byzantines and Arabs for the possession of parts of northern Syria and eastern Asia Minor. Byzantine authors such as John Zonaras and Anna Comnena were well versed in their particular spheres, but uninformed regarding Edessa and neighboring lands which are treated by Matthew.
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Ossetians
The Ossetians () are an Iranic Indo-European ethnic group indigenous to Ossetia, a region that spans the Caucasus Mountains. The Ossetians mostly populate North Ossetia-Alania in Russia, and South Ossetia which is now de facto independent from Georgia. They speak Ossetic, an Indo-European language of the Iranian branch, although nearly all also speak Russian as a second language. The Ossetians are mostly Christian, with a Muslim minority.
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Ottoman Empire
The Sublime Ottoman State (Ottoman Turkish, Persian: دَوْلَتِ عَلِيّهٔ عُثمَانِیّه Devlet-i ʿAliyye-yi ʿOsmâniyye, Modern Turkish: Yüce Osmanlı Devleti or Osmanlı İmparatorluğu) was an empire that lasted from 1299 to 1923.
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Persian people
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Rawadid
Rawadid (also Rawwadid or Ravvadid), (955-1071), was a kurdicized principality ruling Azerbaijan from the 10th to the early 11th centuries, centered around Tabriz and Maragheh (Maragha). It was founded by a Kurdish chief named Muhammad ibn Husain in the mid tenth century. The Rawadids were originally from Arab ancestry (Azd tribe), and arrived in the region in 758 CE, but they had become Kurdicized by the early 10th century and began to use Kurdish forms like Mamlan for Muhammad and Ahmadil for Ahmad as their names. According to Kasravi, Rawwadids conquered the lands of the Musafirid ruler Ibrahim bin Marzuban, in Azarbaijan in 979. Wahsudan bin Mamlan is the best known Rawwadid ruler, and he is mentioned by Ibn Athir. The regions of Tabriz, Maragheh and the strongholds of Sahand mountain were in his possession. In 1029, he helped the Hadhbani Kurds of Maragheh to defeat the invading Oghuz tribes [http://www.encislam.brill.nl/data/EncIslam/C6/COM-0676.html].
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Seljuk
Seljuk (Turkish: Selçuk, Arabic: سلجوق; also Seldjuk, Seldjuq, Seljuq) (d. c. 1038) was the eponymous hero of the Seljuks. He was the son of a certain Duqaq surnamed Timuryaligh -of the iron bow- and either the chief or an eminent member from the Kınık tribe of the Oghuz Turks. In about 985 the Seljuk clan split off from the bulk of the Tokuz-Oghuz, a confederacy of nine clans long settled between the Aral and Caspian Seas, and set up camp on the right bank of the lower Syr Darya (Jaxartes), in the direction of Jend, near Kzyl Orda in present day south-central Kazakhstan where they converted to Islam.
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Shaddadid
The Shaddadids were a Kurdish dynasty who ruled in various parts of Armenia and Arran from 951-1199 A.D. They were established in Dvin. Through their long tenure in Armenia, they often intermarried with the Bagratuni royal family of Armenia.
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World War I
World War I was a military conflict centered on Europe that began in the summer of 1914. The fighting ended in late 1918. This conflict involved all of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed, due largely to great technological advances in firepower without corresponding ones in mobility. It was the second deadliest conflict in history.
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Yarsan
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Adana
Adana (Ancient Greek: Ἄδανα Adhana; Adana) is a city in Turkey and a major agricultural and commercial center. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, 30 kilometres inland from the Mediterranean Sea, in south-central Anatolia. It is the administrative seat of the Adana Province and has a population of 1.56 million, making it the fifth most populous city in Turkey.
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Al Hasakah
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Anatolia
Anatolia (, from Greek '; also Asia Minor, from , ') is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey. The region is bounded by the Black Sea to the north, Georgia to the northeast, the Armenian Highland to the east, Mesopotamia to the southeast, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west. Anatolia has been home to many civilizations throughout history, such as the Hittites, Phrygians, Lydians, Persians, Greeks, Assyrians, Armenians, Romans, Byzantines, Anatolian Seljuks and Ottomans. As a result, Anatolia is one of the archeologically richest areas in the world.
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Araxes
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Arbil
Arbil (also written Erbil, or Arbela, wrongly Irbil) (Kurdish: , Hewlêr, anglicized Hawler; ) is the fourth largest city in Iraq after Baghdad, Basra and Mosul. The city lies eighty kilometres (fifty miles) east of Mosul, and is the capital of Kurdistan Autonomous Region.
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Armenia
Armenia (, transliterated : Hayastan, ), officially the Republic of Armenia (, Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun, ), is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Situated at the juncture of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south.
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Battle of Chaldiran
The Battle of Chaldiran (also Chaldoran or Çaldıran) occurred on 23 August 1514 and ended with a victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavid Empire of Persia. As a result, the Ottomans gained immediate control over eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq. The battle, however, was just the beginning of 124 years of destructive war between the two Islamic empires that only ended in 1638 with the Treaty of Zohab. While the Ottomans often had the upper hand, the Persians for the most part held their ground. All Safavid losses in Shia-dominated metropolitan regions of Persia, such as Azerbaijan, Luristan and Kirmanshahan, proved temporary, being recovered from the Ottomans soon after each battle. The loss of Iraq, as well as Kurdish and Armenian eastern Anatolia, however, became permanent.
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Bushehr
Bushehr (Persian:بوشهر /Būšehr/), pop. 165,377 (in 2005 ), is a city on the southwestern coast of Iran, on the Persian Gulf. It is the chief seaport of the country and the administrative centre of Bushehr province. Its location is 28° 59' N, 50° 49' E, about south of Tehran. The local climate is hot and humid.
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Cizre
Cizre (, Syriac:Gziro) is a town and district of Şırnak Province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, located at the border to Syria, just to the north-west of the Turkish-Syrian-Iraqi tripoint.
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Diyala River
The Diyala River after Darban-e Khan Dam:Kurdish: Sirwan, سيروان, , Persian: سیروان دیاله, is a river and tributary of the Tigris that runs through Kurdistan in Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan. It covers a total distance of 445 km (275 miles).
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Hulwan
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Iran
Iran ( ), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Central Eurasia and Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was also known to the western world as Persia. Both Persia and Iran are used interchangeably in cultural contexts; however, Iran is the name used officially in political contexts.
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Iraq
Iraq ( or , Arabic: ), officially the Republic of Iraq (Arabic:
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Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region (Kurdish: Herêmî Kurdistanî, Arabic: إقليم كردستان, Iqlīm Kurdistān) is an autonomous Region of Iraq. It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the south. Its capital is the city of Arbil, known in Kurdish as Hewlêr. The Region is officially governed by the Kurdistan Regional Government.
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Kermanshah
Kermanshah ( , Kermānshāh, ) is the capital city of Kermanshah Province, located 525 km from Tehran in the western part of Iran and about 120 km from the border of Iraq. Kermanshah has a moderate and mountainous climate. The estimated population of the city is 822,921, with Kurds forming the majority. (year 2005).
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Kermanshah Province
Kermanshah Province , Kermānŝāh) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. The province was known from 1969 to 1986 as Kermanshahan and from from 1986 to 1995 as Bakhtaran.
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Kurdistan Province
Kurdistan (Kurdish: پارێزگای کوردستان, Parêzgeha Kurdistanê; Persian: استان کردستان) is one of the thirty provinces of Iran, not to be confused with the greater geographical area of Iranian Kurdistan. The province of Kurdistan is 28,817 km² in area which encompasses just one-fourth of the Kurdish inhabited areas of Iran or Iranian Kurdistan [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2267/is_1_70/ai_102140955/pg_2]. It is located in the west of Iran and bound by Iraq on the west, the province of west Azerbaijan to its north, Zanjan to the northeast and Kermanshah to the south. The capital of Kurdistan Province is the city of Sanandaj (). Other counties with their major cities are Marivan, Baneh, Saqqez, Qorveh, Bijar, Kamyaran, Dehgolan, Diwandarreh and Sarvabad.
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Mahabad
Mahabad (, ) is a city in northwestern Iran with a population of 133,324 in 2006 census.[http://www.gazetteer.de/wg.php?x=1132961442&men=gcis&lng=en&gln=xx&des=gamelan&dat=200&geo=-106&srt=pnan&col=aohdqcfbeimg&va=x&pt=a] The city lies south of Lake Urmia in a narrow valley 1,300 metres above sea level, in West Azarbaijan Province.The name of 'Mahabad' (mah+abad) is the Persian translation of the ancient Mannaean name meaning place of moon, which is also a cognate with the Kurdish word mang. Mannaeans were a branch of Hurrians (Khurrites), a northern Mesopotamian people. It was referred to in the Turkic languages as 'Savoj-bolaq', or 'Sablakh', which means "Cold-spring water".
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Marivan
Marivan (in Kurdish: مه ریوان, in Persian: مریوان) is a city in west of Kurdistan Province of Iran. According to the 2006 census, its population is 165,664. [2004-Microsoft Encarta].
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Murat River
The Murat River () is the major source of the Euphrates. It was also called Arsanias () ty. The river originates near Mount Ararat north of Lake Van, in eastern Turkey, and flows westward for through mountains and unites with the Karasu to form the Upper Euphrates near Keban.
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Muş
Muş () is the provincial capital of Muş Province in Turkey. Population of the municipality of Muş: 72,774 (2009 estimates)
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Persian Empire
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Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Historically and commonly known as the Persian Gulf, this body of water is also controversially referred to as the Arabian Gulf (by the Arab nations on the Arab side of the gulf) or simply The Gulf by most Arab states, and Gulf of Basra by Turkey, although none of the latter three terms is recognized internationally.
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Sanandaj
Sanandaj or Senna (, Sanandaj; , Sine or Kursan as it is known by the majority of the locals) is the capital of the Iranian province of Kurdistan.
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Siirt
Siirt (, Kurdish: Sêrt) is a city in southeastern Turkey and the seat of Siirt Province. Siirt urban center has a mixed population of Kurds, Turks and Arabs. The population of the city according to the 2009 census was 129,188 [http://report.tuik.gov.tr/reports/rwservlet?adnksdb2=&report=idari_yapi_09sonrasi.RDF&p_il1=56&p_yil=2009&p_dil=1&desformat=html&ENVID=nufus2000db2Env].
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Siverek
Siverek (Zazaish: Sêwrege, from , means black ruins) is a town and district in the south-east of Turkey, in Şanlıurfa Province. Population 107,634 (town); 250,000 (district) (2000 census).
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Syria
Syria ( ; ' or '), officially the Syrian Arab Republic (), is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.
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Tabriz
Tabriz (, ) is the most populated city in Iranian Azerbaijan, it is fourth largest city in Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former capitals, and residence of the crown prince under the Qajar dynasty. The city has proven extremely influential in the country’s recent history. Tabriz is located in a valley to the north of the long ridge of the volcanic cone of Sahand, south of the Eynali mountain. The valley opens out into a plain that slopes gently down to the northern end of Lake Urmia, 60 km to the west. With cold winters and temperate summers the city is considered a summer resort.
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Tigris
The Tigris River is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq.
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Turkey
Turkey (), known officially as the Republic of Turkey (), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between Eastern Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia.
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Van Province
Van Province is a province in eastern Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border. It is 19,069 km2 in area and has a population of 1,012,707 .
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Van, Turkey
Van () is a city in eastern Turkey and the seat of Van Province, and is located on the eastern shore of Lake Van. The city's official population in 2009 was 360,810, but many estimates put this as much higher with a 1996 estimate stating 500,000 and former Mayor Burhan Yengun quoted as estimating the population at approximately 600,000
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Īlām Province
Ilam is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Iraq. Its provincial center is the city of Ilam. Covering an area of 19,086 square kilometers, the cities of the province are Ilam, Mehran, Dehloran, Dareh Shahr, Sarable, Eywan, Abdanan and Arkwaz. It neighbors Khuzestan province in the south, Lurestan province in the east, Kermanshah province in the north and Iraq in the west with 425 kilometers of common border. The population of the province is approximately 540,000 people (2005 estimate).
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Şırnak
Şırnak (Kurdish: Shirnekh, Shernekh, Shernakh or Sernex) is a town in southeastern Turkey. It is the capital of Şırnak Province, a new province that split from the Hakkari province. The Habur border gate with Iraq which is one of Turkey's main links to Middle Eastern countries is also on Şırnak.
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Florent Malouda says hello Kurdistan for KTV.Namiq Khoshnaw with Ari Hawrami, Camera Zana Hamdi.
Florent Malouda says hello Kurdistan for KTV.Namiq Khoshnaw with Ari Hawrami, Camera Zana Hamdi.
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Hana Kaisian. ( Hello ).Kurdistan
ئهم بهرههمهم ئاماده کردبوو بۆ کارهساتێک که بهسهر دایکم و باوکم هاتبوو له سهردهمی بهعس که ببووه هۆی لهدهستدانی مناڵهکهیان به ناوی ههڵۆ. کهچی ئێستا دهبینم دهسهڵاتدارانی کوردی خۆیان کهوتونهته کوشتن و له ناوبردنی ڕۆڵهکانمان به گهورهو بچوکهوه، من دهمهوێت بهم کارهم نهک ههر هاوخهمیم بۆ خانهوادهکهم بهڵکو بۆ ههموو رۆڵهکانمان دهرببرم وه ئهم ناوهش به چهندین واتا دێت 1.ههڵۆی دایکم و باوکم. 2.ههلۆ به مانای رۆڵهی کورد ئازا و چاونهترسن و وهک ههڵۆن بۆ ئازادی.3.ههلۆ بهزمانی سویدی و ئینگلیزی به واتای سڵاو دێت که منیش سڵاو بۆ شههیدهکانمان دهنێرم. 4.به واتای ئاگادارکردنهوهش دێت کاتێک کهسێک بێئاگایه و تۆ پێی دهڵێیت ههلۆ منیش دهمهوێت بهم کارهم به دهسهڵاتدارانی کورد بڵێم ههلۆ ئێوه دهزانن چی دهکهن؟؟؟!!!. .... تد هیوادارم لهکهموو کوڕیم ئاگادارم بکهنهوه ڕێز و خۆشهویستیم بۆتان هانا کهیسیان 27/02/2011 22:07
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mala ali kurd with english subtitles
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- Duration: 6:21
- Published: 14 Nov 2010
- Uploaded: 16 Nov 2011
- Author: salihbarwary
mala ali kurd with english subtitles
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New Kurdish TV Channel " KBC "
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- Duration: 3:17
- Published: 22 Feb 2010
- Uploaded: 05 May 2011
- Author: PatriotKurdish
a new kurdish tv channel KBC says hello to world kurdistan Broadcasting Channel
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Mala Ali kurd shifay Quran (with english subtitles)
mala Ali heals Cancer
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Chelsea FC : Florent Malouda about Kurdistan
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- Duration: 4:45
- Published: 20 Jul 2010
- Uploaded: 12 Dec 2011
- Author: ROKET4T4R21
Florent Malouda from the british CHelsea FC club says hello to Kurdistan
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mala ali kurd shifay Quran with english subtitles
mala Ali cures Diabetes and Thalassemia
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karwan dlm zor xosha kurdish music comedy zor xosh
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- Duration: 3:19
- Published: 20 Aug 2009
- Uploaded: 24 Dec 2011
- Author: kurdstanb52
kuri lade
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Kirkuk TV New Kurdish Channel 2011
new kurdish tv channel says hello to the world Kirkuk is Kurdistan
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kidnapped 11-year-old Iraqi kurdish boy, is rescued
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- Duration: 1:29
- Published: 26 Oct 2008
- Uploaded: 22 Nov 2010
- Author: PlatoonSolder
Iraqi Kurdish-led forces, that shows a mission in which a kidnapped 11-year-old Iraqi boy is rescued after being held for ransom. Acting on a tip from a local Iraqi, the forces planned a surprise raid last week on a home in Kirkuk where an 11-year-old boy, the son of a Kurdish mechanic, was being held for a $100000 ransom by Criminal/Al Qaeda. The kidnappers had held the boy, Ammar, for four days. Kidnapping and extortion are how Al Qaeda in Iraq finances its attacks. It is big business. But this time there was a happy ending. "As he came out from under that curtain you could tell he looked terrified," Smith told FOX News in an interview, speaking about the boy. "He gave his name and they said, 'Youre the one we are looking for,' and you could tell he was much relieved at that point." The raid began before dawn. "They approached on foot," Smith said from Baghdad. "They knew precisely what door they needed to go to. They came down a small alleyway. The door was locked, they yelled inside for it to be unlocked, it was not unlocked so they broke the door down." The security forces entered a small room. "The Criminal member who had custody of this young boy was also in shock by the entrance and the quick operations by the Iraq security forces," Smith said. One of the kidnappers was caught inside the room where the boy was hiding. All of the shooting and shouting left the boy terrified, according to those who participated in the raid. "They got him into the car," Smith <b>...</b>
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kurdistan love peace azadi freedoom
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- Duration: 2:51
- Published: 30 Dec 2008
- Uploaded: 15 Jun 2010
- Author: sirwansardashti82
hello kurdistan love peace azadi freedoom
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Learn Kurdish Assyrian Language
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- Duration: 5:00
- Published: 15 Dec 2009
- Uploaded: 04 Dec 2011
- Author: AssyrianMelodies
Learn Kurdish Assyrian Language
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KURDISH FOLK SONGS AND DANCES (published 1955) recorded by Ralph S. Solecki 1953
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- Duration: 3:30
- Published: 02 May 2011
- Uploaded: 03 May 2011
- Author: xxFEURIOxx
KURDISH FOLK SONGS AND DANCES (published 1955) recorded by Ralph S. Solecki 1953 Two songs sung in duet by two young brothers, both paramount Sheikhs of their tribes in Kurdistan. Both aris are in the "ZAZA" or "BADINAN" dialect. The first song is a call to a dance for his darling Mamiana, on a winter night. The second song is also of l...ove. Literal translation of part 2: Sing for me just a little more, Open your heart for just a few days, I cannot live without you, Come let me have a kiss -- it is not winter but spring. But alas! I cannot speak to her, not even a hello! Because of her mother who watches her day and night. The music was recorded as incidental to archaeological researches in Kurdistan directed by the author in 1953. Although the majority of the songs are tribal, sung by the Barzani workers emplyed in the excavation, others were contributed by the Kurdish police stationed at Shanidar village. Two songs heard on this recording were made by the paramount Sheikhs in Batas village to the south. Much like the ballads of Appalachian mountaineers, who the Kurds resemble in temperament, the songs deal with universal things, such as love, troubles and war. The musical instruments are of the simplest types. They consist of a two barreled reed flute called a juzale, and a skin head pottery drum called a tapil. The flute, about 10 inches long, consists of two hollowed reeds joined side by side, each barrel perforated along the upperside with fingerholes. More <b>...</b>
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mala Ali kurd with english subtitles
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- Duration: 9:56
- Published: 26 Jul 2010
- Uploaded: 21 Dec 2011
- Author: salihbarwary
mala Ali kurd cures HIV part 3
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Kurdish ha gule
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- Duration: 7:43
- Published: 13 Jun 2009
- Uploaded: 15 Sep 2011
- Author: bebegimbenim2008
kurdisch ha gule
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The voice of 7 year old son of executed Kurdish/Iranian Farhad Vakili - May 2010
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- Duration: 0:21
- Published: 15 May 2010
- Uploaded: 26 Aug 2010
- Author: sherlock72
Farhad Vakilis 7 year old son is saying: " I am Horwaz, I am 7 years old, I want to say hello to my father. My father and his friends are martyrs of freedom, and martyrs of freedom never dies..." Farhad Vakili was executed in Iran 9 May 2010, after being convicted a Mohareb (enmity towards God), a charge levelled against those accused of taking up arms against the state. Vakili was alleged a member of the armed group, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Text sources about Farhad Vakili: en.wikipedia.org and: blogs.amnesty.org.uk
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mala ali kurd with english subtitles
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- Duration: 5:14
- Published: 13 Jun 2010
- Uploaded: 16 Aug 2010
- Author: salihbarwary
mala ali kurd cures Cancer
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Bushido Merk dir eins
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- Duration: 3:33
- Published: 11 Jun 2011
- Uploaded: 20 Dec 2011
- Author: DjSoundLike
Bushido Merk dir eins
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Beyonce - Hello
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mala ali kurd with english subtitles
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- Duration: 6:24
- Published: 25 Apr 2010
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Kurdistan ("Land of the Kurds"; also formerly spelled ''Curdistan''; ancient name: ''Corduene'') is a roughly defined geo-cultural region wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population, and Kurdish culture, language, and national identity have historically been based.
Contemporary use of Kurdistan refers to parts of eastern Turkey (Turkish Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan), northwestern Iran (Iranian Kurdistan) and northern Syria inhabited mainly by Kurds. Kurdistan roughly encompasses the northwestern Zagros and the eastern Taurus mountain ranges, and covers small portions of Armenia.
Iraqi Kurdistan first gained autonomous status in 1970 agreement with the Iraqi government and its status was re-confirmed as an autonomous entity within the federal Iraqi republic in 2005. There is also a province by the name ''Kurdistan'' in Iran, although it does not enjoy self-rule.
Some Kurdish nationalist organizations seek to create an independent nation state of Kurdistan, consisting of some or all of the areas with Kurdish majority, while others campaign for greater Kurdish autonomy within the existing national boundaries.
History
Ancient period
Various groups, among them the Guti, Hurrian , Mannai (Mannaeans), and Armenians had lived in this region in antiquity The original Mannaean homeland was situated east and south of the Lake Urmia, roughly centered around modern-day Mahabad. The Medes came under Persian rule during the reign of Cyrus the Great and Darius.The Kingdom of Corduene, which emerged from the declining Seleucid Empire, was located to the south and south-east of Lake Van between Persia and Mesopotamia and ruled northern Mesopotamia and southeastern Anatolia from 189 BC to AD 384. At its zenith, the Roman Empire ruled large Kurdish-inhabited areas, particularly the western and northern Kurdish areas in the Middle East. Corduene became a vassal state of the Roman Republic in 66 BC and remained allied with the Romans until AD 384. Corduene was situated to the east of Tigranocerta, that is, to the east and south of present-day Diyarbakır in south-eastern Turkey.
Some historians have correlated a connection between Corduene with the modern names of Kurds and Kurdistan; ''T. A. Sinclair'' dismissed this identification as false, while a common association is asserted in the Columbia Encyclopedia.
Some of the ancient districts of Kurdistan and their corresponding modern names:
#Corduene or Gordyene (Siirt, Bitlis and Şırnak) #Sophene (Diyarbakır) #Zabdicene or Bezabde (''Gozarto d'Qardu'' or ''Jazirat Ibn'' or Cizre) #Basenia (Bayazid) #Moxoene (Muş) #Nephercerta (''Miyafarkin'') #Artemita (Van)
One of the earliest records of the phrase ''land of the Kurds'' is found in a Syriac Christian document of late antiquity, describing the stories of Christian saints of the Middle East, such as the Abdisho. When the Sassanid Marzban asked Mar Abdisho about his place of origin, he replied that according to his parents, they were originally from ''Hazza'', a village in Assyria. However they were later driven out of Hazza by pagans, and settled in ''Tamanon'', which according to Abdisho was in the ''land of the Kurds''. Tamanon lies just north of the modern Iraq-Turkey border, while Hazza is 12 km southwest of modern Irbil. In another passage in the same document, the region of the Khabur River is also identified as ''land of the Kurds''.
Medieval period
In tenth and eleventh centuries, several Kurdish principalities emerged in the region: in the North the Shaddadid (951–1174) (in east Transcaucasia between the Kur and Araxes rivers) and the Rawadid (955–1221) (centered in Tabriz and ruled all of Azarbaijan), in the East the Hasanwayhid (959–1015) (in Zagros between Shahrizor and Khuzistan) and the Annazid (990–1116) (centered in Hulwan) and in the West the Marwanid (990–1096) in south of Diyarbakır and north of Jazira.
Kurdistan in the Middle Ages was a collection of semi-independent and independent states called "emirates". It was nominally under indirect political or religious influence of Khalifs or Shahs. A comprehensive history of these states and their relationship with their neighbors is given in the text of "Sharafnama", written by Prince Sharaf al-Din Bitlisi in 1597. The emirates included Baban, Soran, Badinan and Garmiyan in present-day Iraq; Bakran, Bohtan (or Botan) and Badlis in Turkey, and Mukriyan and Ardalan in Iran.
The earliest medieval attestation of the toponym ''Kurdistan'' is found in a 12th century Armenian historical text by Matteos Urhayeci. He described a battle near Amid and Siverek in 1062 as to have taken place in ''Kurdistan''. The second record occurs in the prayer from the colophon of an Armenian manuscript of the Gospels, written in 1200.
A later use of the term Kurdistan is found in Nuzhat-al-Qulub, written by Hamdollah Mostowfi in 1340.
Modern period
In the 16th century, after prolonged wars, Kurdish-inhabited areas were split between the Safavid and Ottoman empires. A major division of Kurdistan occurred in the aftermath of the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514, and was formalized in the 1639 Treaty of Zuhab. Prior to World War I, most Kurds lived within the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire in the province of Kurdistan.. After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Allies contrived to create several countries within its former boundaries – according to the never-ratified Treaty of Sèvres, Kurdistan, along with Armenia, were to be among them. However, the reconquest of these areas by the forces of Kemal Atatürk (and other pressing issues) caused the Allies to accept the renegotiated Treaty of Lausanne and the borders of the modern Republic of Turkey – leaving the Kurds without a self-ruled region. Other Kurdish areas were assigned to the new British and French mandated states of Iraq and Syria.At the San Francisco Peace Conference of 1945, the Kurdish delegation proposed consideration of territory claimed by the Kurds, which encompassed an area extending from the Mediterranean shores near Adana to the shores of the Persian Gulf near Bushehr, and included the Lur inhabited areas of southern Zagros.
At the end of the First Gulf War, the Allies established a safe haven in northern Iraq. Amid the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from three northern provinces, Iraqi Kurdistan emerged in 1992 as an autonomous entity inside Iraq with its own local government and parliament.
People
The Kurds are a people of Indo-European origin. They speak an Iranic language known as Kurdish, and comprise the majority of the population of the region – however, included therein are Arab, Armenian, Assyrian, Azeri, Jewish, Ossetian, Persian, and Turkic communities. Most inhabitants are Muslim, but adherents to other religions are present as well- including Yazidis, the Yarsan, Alevis, Christians, and Jews.
Geography
According to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', Kurdistan covers about 190,000 km², and its chief towns are Diyarbakır (Amed), Bitlis (Bedlîs) and Van (Wan) in Turkey, Arbil (Hewlêr) and Slemani in Iraq, and Kermanshah (Kirmanşan), Sanandaj (Sine) and Mahabad (Mehabad) in Iran. According to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, Kurdistan covers around 190,000 km² in Turkey, 125,000 km² in Iran, 65,000 km² in Iraq, and 12,000 km² in Syria, with a total area of approximately 392,000 km².
Iraqi Kurdistan is divided into six governorates, three of which (and parts of others) are under the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government. Iranian Kurdistan encompasses Kurdistan Province and the greater parts of West Azerbaijan, Kermanshah, and Īlām provinces. Syrian Kurdistan (Kurdish: ''Kurdistana Binxetê'') is located primarily in northeastern Syria, and covers the greater part of the province of Al Hasakah. The major cities in this region are Al-Qamishli (Kurdish: ''Qamişlû'') and Al Hasakah (Kurdish: ''Hesaka'').
Turkish Kurdistan encompasses a large area of south eastern Turkey and it is home to an estimated 15 to 20 million Kurds.
Subdivisions (Upper and Lower Kurdistan)
In ''A Dictionary of Scripture Geography'' (published 1846), John Miles describes Upper and Lower Kurdistan as following:The northern, northwestern and northeastern parts of Kurdistan are referred to as upper Kurdistan, and includes the areas from west of Amed to lake Urmia.
The lowlands of southern Kurdistan are called lower Kurdistan. The main cities in this area are Kirkuk and Arbil.
Climate
Much of the region is typified by an extreme continental climate – hot in the summer, bitterly cold in the winter. Despite this, much of the region is fertile and has historically exported grain and livestock. Precipitation varies between 200 and 400 mm a year in the plains, and between 700 and 3,000 mm a year on the high plateaux between mountain chains.
Forests
Kurdistan is a mountainous region with a cold climate receiving annual precipitation adequate to sustain temperate forests and shrubs. Mountain chains harbor pastures and forested valleys, totaling approximately 16 million hectares (160,000 km²), including firs and other conifers, oaks, platanus, willow, and poplar.
Mountains
Mountains are important geographical and symbolic features of Kurdish life, as evidenced by the saying "Kurds have no friends but the mountains". Included in the region are Mount Judi and Ararat (both prominent in Kurdish folklore), Zagros, Shingar, Qendil, Shaho, Gabar, Hamrin, and Nisir.
Rivers
The plateaus and mountains of Kurdistan, which are characterized by heavy rain and snow fall, act as a water reservoir for the Near and Middle East, forming the source of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, as well as other numerous smaller rivers, such as the Khabur, Tharthar, Ceyhan, Araxes, Kura, Sefidrud, Karkha, and Hezil. Among rivers of historical importance to Kurds are the Murat (Arasān) and Buhtān rivers in in Turkey; the Peshkhābur, the Little Zab, the Great Zab, and the Diyala in Iraq; and the Jaghatu (Zarrinarud), the Tātā'u (Siminarud), the Zohāb (Zahāb), and the Gāmāsiyāb in Iran.
These rivers, which flow from heights of three to four thousand meters above sea level, are significant both as water sources and for the production of energy. Iraq and Syria dammed many of these rivers and their tributaries, and Turkey has an extensive dam system under construction as part of the GAP (Southeast Anatolia Project); though incomplete, the GAP already supplies a significant proportion of Turkey's electrical energy needs. Due to the extraordinary archaeological richness of the region, almost any dam impacts historic sites.
Lakes
Kurdistan extends to Lake Urmia in Iran on the east and to semi-contiguous Kurdish-inhabited regions to the west on the Mediterranean. The region includes Lake Van, the largest body of water in Turkey; the only lake in the Middle East with a larger surface is Lake Urmia – though not nearly as deep as Lake Van, which has a much larger volume. Urmia, Van, as well as Zarivar Lake west of Marivan, and Lake Dukan near the city of Sulaymaniyah, are frequented by tourists.
Petroleum and mineral resources
KRG-controlled parts of Iraqi Kurdistan are estimated to contain around of oil, making it the sixth largest reserve in the world. Extraction of these reserves began in 2007. Iraq's former Baath regime controls the resources of Kirkuk and Mosul, cities claimed by the KRG to be included in its territory.As of July 2007, the Kurdish government solicited foreign companies to invest in 40 new oil sites, with the hope of increasing regional oil production over the following 5 years by a factor of five, to about . Gas and associated gas reserves are in excess of 100 TCF.
Other mineral resources that exist in significant quantities in the region include coal, copper, gold, iron, limestone (which is used to produce cement), marble, and zinc. The world's largest deposit of rock sulfur is located just southwest of Arbil (Hewlêr).
Conflict and controversy
The incorporation into Turkey of the Kurdish-inhabited regions of eastern Anatolia was opposed by many Kurds, and has resulted in a long-running separatist conflict in which thousands of lives have been lost. The region saw several major Kurdish rebellions, including the Koçkiri Rebellion of 1920 under the Ottomans, then successive insurrection under the Turkish state – including the 1924 Sheikh Said Rebellion, the Republic of Ararat in 1927, and the 1937 Dersim Rebellion. All were forcefully put down by the authorities. The region was declared a closed military area from which foreigners were banned between 1925 and 1965.In 1983, the Kurdish provinces were placed under martial law in response to the activities of the militant separatist and terrorist organization, Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). A guerrilla war took place through the 1980s and 1990s in which much of the countryside was evacuated, thousands of Kurdish-populated villages were destroyed, and numerous extrajudicial summary executions were carried out by both sides. More than 37,000 people were killed in the violence and hundreds of thousands more were forced to leave their homes. Volatility in the region eased following the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan in 1999, and, with the encouragement of European Union, the adoption of tolerance policies toward Kurdish cultural activities by the Turkish state. After 2004, political violence increased, and the Turkish-Iraqi border region remains tense.
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| playername | Florent Malouda |
|---|---|
| fullname | Florent Johan Malouda |
| dateofbirth | June 13, 1980 |
| cityofbirth | Cayenne |
| countryofbirth | French Guyana |
| height | |
| position | Left winger |
| currentclub | Chelsea |
| clubnumber | 15 |
| youthclubs1 | ASC Remiré |
| years1 | 1996–2000 |
| years2 | 2000–2003 |
| years3 | 2003–2007 |
| years4 | 2007– |
| clubs1 | Châteauroux |
| clubs2 | Guingamp |
| clubs3 | Lyon |
| clubs4 | Chelsea |
| caps1 | 59 |
| goals1 | 5 |
| caps2 | 92 |
| goals2 | 15 |
| caps3 | 138 |
| goals3 | 25 |
| caps4 | 126 |
| goals4 | 34 |
| nationalyears1 | 2004– |
| nationalteam1 | France |
| nationalcaps1 | 69 |
| nationalgoals1 | 6 |
| pcupdate | 2:17, 22 August 2011 (UTC) |
| ntupdate | 23:24, 10 August 2011 (UTC) }} |
Club career
Châteauroux
A street footballer in his teen years, Malouda gradually developed into an interesting, new football talent, able to penetrate defenses with his technical skills and imaginative play.Malouda soon attracted the interest of scouts from French club Châteauroux and he soon moved to Paris to join the club. Despite the difficulties of living far away from his family home in French Guiana, Malouda was able to continue his studies and play professional football. Malouda played 57 games for Châteauroux, making his senior debut at the age of 16 in the French Ligue 2. He also got sent off in his second game for the club.
Guingamp
Malouda was then signed by top division side Guingamp following Châteauroux's inability to secure a Ligue 1 berth. It was in Guingamp where his talent was showcased in French top-flight football. Under the tutelage of coach Guy Lacombe, Malouda demonstrated his tremendous ability and formed a superb assister and finisher combination with then team-mate Didier Drogba.
Lyon
Malouda's performances at Guingamp began catching the attention of French club Olympique Lyonnais who, after claiming their second consecutive title during the 2002–03 season, decided to sign Malouda. In an outstanding Lyon team containing Juninho, Michael Essien, Grégory Coupet, and Mahamadou Diarra, Malouda established himself on the left side of Lyon's attack, forming great link-ups with all of Lyon's strikers. His performances for Lyon finally earned him a much deserved call up to the French national team.The highlights of Malouda's career at Lyon were a man of the match display against Michael Daly and Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League and his 10 goals which led Lyon to their sixth consecutive Ligue 1 title, both during the 2006–07 season. He also won the Ligue 1 Player of the Year that season, succeeding teammate Juninho, Lille OSC's Abdul Kader Keïta, Toulouse FC's Johan Elmander and RC Lens' Seydou Keïta to the accolade.
Malouda made public his wish to leave Lyon at the end of the 2006–07 season, with Chelsea, Liverpool and Real Madrid showing interest in the winger. On 29 June 2007, Malouda told Lyon based newspaper ''Le Progres'' that he has his heart set on a move to Chelsea, confirming that Chelsea had lodged a €17 million bid for him. Malouda later repeated this comment in an interview with the ''Daily Star''. On 5 July 2007, Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon told ''Sky Sports News'' that Chelsea had been in discussions with Lyon regarding Malouda's transfer and were hoping to tie up the deal before Chelsea's pre-season tour in the USA.
Chelsea
On 8 July 2007, Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas announced that Lyon had accepted an undisclosed bid, rumoured to be around $20 MIL/£13 MIL, from Chelsea for Malouda. Chelsea later officially revealed that Malouda would be traveling to London on 9 July for a medical and to discuss personal terms. Malouda had looked set to join Liverpool until the Premiership rivals Chelsea intervened, and the opportunity to play for Liverpool faded. At 7pm on the same day, Malouda officially signed a three-year contract with the club. He was handed the number 15 shirt. Chelsea manager José Mourinho described Malouda as a mature and proven player who was up to the challenge of adapting to the fast pace of English football, and hinted that Malouda would be fielded in tandem with Dutch winger Arjen Robben.In his first game for Chelsea, a pre-season friendly against Mexican side Club América, Malouda scored the equaliser and set up John Terry for the winning goal as Chelsea went on to win 2–1.
Malouda made his competitive debut for Chelsea against Manchester United in the 2007 FA Community Shield on 5 August 2007 in a 1–1 draw, despite Chelsea going on to lose on penalties, he scored in what was an impressive display.
Malouda started against Birmingham City on 12 August on the left wing, a position previously adopted by Arjen Robben and Joe Cole. Malouda scored Chelsea's second goal in a 3–2 victory, before being replaced by Steve Sidwell in the 83rd minute.
On 19 August, Malouda won a penalty awarded by referee Rob Styles in a Premier League game against Liverpool. Replays of the incident indicated Malouda had backed into the Liverpool defender, Jamie Carragher, after trying to leave the ball for the unmarked Didier Drogba. The penalty kick was given and Frank Lampard scored. Referee Rob Styles was dropped from the next weekend Premier League games as a result of this incident and some other contentious decisions during the game. He scored against Schalke 04 in his first Champions League game for Chelsea, squeezing the ball through keeper Manuel Neuer's legs after turning his marker Rafinha. On 23 January, Malouda set up Joe Cole with a long pass to score against Everton in the Carling Cup, Chelsea won 3–1 on aggregate. On 5 May 2008, Malouda scored his second Premier League goal in the penultimate game of the season against Newcastle United, converting Samuel Scicluna's through ball. Malouda ended his first season in English football with two goals and one assist in the league, a relatively poor return due to being second choice on the left wing to Salomon Kalou for the majority of the season and the shock arrival of Avram Grant as Chelsea manager.
Malouda scored his first two goals in the Luis Felipe Scolari era against French team Girondins de Bordeaux in the Champions League group stages on 16 September 2008, and in the Carling Cup third round tie against Portsmouth. Both games went on to be 4–0 victories for Chelsea. His first league goal of the season was against Middlesbrough in a 5–0 win. The Frenchman scored the crucial second goal in a 2–0 win against Newcastle United, scoring from Frank Lampard's pass in what was almost a carbon copy of he goal he scored at St James' Park the previous season. Malouda then played one of his best games for Chelsea in a 3–1 win over Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League, supplying crosses for Branislav Ivanović and Didier Drogba to score. He then scored the leveling goal against Arsenal in what would be a 2–1 victory for Chelsea in their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley Stadium. On 2 May, he netted in Chelsea's 3–1 win over Fulham at Stamford Bridge. On 6th may in a Champions league semi final against FC Barcelona Malouda was disallowed a potential penalty by the controversial referee, who dissalowed numerous other Chelsea appeals for a penalty. He scored the fourth goal in a famous 4–1 victory over Arsenal which was they biggest defeat in the league at home for 38 years. In the game which marked his 50th Premier League match for the Blues. The next match in the Premier League was against Blackburn Rovers. He scored the first goal in the game from a fine header. In the 2009 FA Cup Final against Everton, he played a pivotal role in Chelsea's 2–1 win setting up Didier Drogba's equaliser but was then later denied a superb goal when his 36 yard strike hit the underside of the crossbar which in replays showed it crossed the line. Malouda's impressive form in the last half of the season prompted interest from big teams such as FC Barcelona and AC Milan.
Although on June 23, 2009, Malouda proved his loyalty by signing a new four-year deal with Chelsea which will keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2013. Since the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti in the 2009/2010 season Malouda has found himself playing in a more central role on the left of Ancelotti's preferred diamond formation in midfield. On 12 September 2009 against Stoke City he grabbed the winner on the 94th minute to get Chelsea all three points. On October 4, 2009, Malouda scored the final goal in a 2–0 win over Liverpool. Malouda continued his fine form scoring the second goal in a 4–0 win over Bolton Wanderers in the Carling Cup. On 3 November 2009, Malouda made his 100th appearance for Chelsea in a Champions League match against Atletico Madrid. On November 21, 2009, Malouda scored the first goal in a 4–0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers, which was in the 4th minute and from 25 yards out. On December 25, 2009 Malouda was sent off for the first time this season for tackling Stephen Carr in a league game against Birmingham City at St Andrew's. And on January 16, Malouda scored a superb solo goal against Sunderland in a 7–2 win. In a Premier League match against West Ham United, Florent Malouda was voted Man of the Match, delivering 16 crosses, two of which were turned into goals (thus counted as assists) and scoring one. Malouda scored a brace against Portsmouth on 24 March, a match won by Chelsea 5–0. On March 27, Malouda scored two more goals against Aston Villa in the match which Chelsea won with a 7–1 score.
In Chelsea's most important fixture of the 2009–10 Premier League campaign against title rivals Manchester United, Malouda played a pivotal role in setting up the first goal of the match. By evading Antonio Valencia and Darren Fletcher on his way into the penalty area, Malouda was able to deliver a low cross to Joe Cole who redirected the ball with his back heel past Edwin van Der Sar. Chelsea would go on to win the game 2–1. He was designated for the first time as Premier League's Player of the Month in March 2010. He scored the second goal for Chelsea in a 3–0 win over Aston Villa in the FA Cup Semi-Final for the second successive year on the 10th April 2010.
Malouda was one of the stand-out players in the league during the 2009–10 campaign. He was controversially not included in the team of the season – despite compiling an impressive 12 goals and 8 assists. Overall he scored 15 goals and provided 15 assists during the 2009–10 season. He finished joint 12th top scorer in the Premier League that season, with Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov.
Malouda began the 2010/2011 season for Chelsea by scoring the first goal of their Premier League campaign against West Bromwich Albion, and later getting another in a record 6–0 opening day win. He scored his third goal of the season in another 6–0 demolition of Wigan Athletic. Malouda scored his fourth goal of the season against Stoke in a 2–0 win. He continued this prolific form against Blackpool, scoring 2 more goals to take his goal tally to 6 only 5 games into the season. On 24 January 2011, Malouda scored in the 41st minute against Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium in a 4-0 victory for Chelsea in a game in which he completed the full 90 minutes. On 20 April 2011 he scored 2 goals in the game against Birmingham City at Stamford Bridge, starting in a 3-1 win. As of May 2011, he had scored 41 goals in 179 matches in all competitions since making his debut back in 2007. Florent is also widely known for his hairstyle changes. During the 2010-11 Premier League season he was Chelsea's top league goalscorer, with a total of 13 goals, ahead of the likes of Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka.
During the summer of 2011, following Chelsea's signing of Spanish World Cup winning winger Juan Mata, and the possible arrival of Porto's left winger Alvaro Pereira, Italian Serie A giants Juventus were strongly linked with a move for Malouda, having previously been linked with the winger, and were reportedly looking to make a bid for Malouda. Following the speculation Malouda, speaking ahead of France's European Championship qualifier against Albania, the 31-year-old insists he wants to stay at Stamford Bridge until the next World Cup at least. As France captain speaking on 31st August 2011 He said: "I've always been clear in my choices. It's going to be very difficult to take me out of my club. "I've still got two years left on my Chelsea contract. My objective is to extend by one year until the 2014 World Cup. "That hasn't changed and it won't change tonight."
International career
Malouda made his debut for France on 17 November 2004 in a match against Poland. He then became a squad regular, scoring his first goal for his country on May 31, 2005 against Hungary.After playing almost throughout France's qualifying campaign for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Malouda earned a call up to the final squad. Malouda continued to play regularly in the tournament, where the French eventually lost on penalties to Italy in the final. He won a penalty for France in that game, which was converted by Zinédine Zidane. To date, Malouda has scored five goals in 63 appearances for the France national football team.
On June 22, 2010, during the 2010 World Cup, Malouda scored a goal during the match against host nation South Africa, which ended in a 2–1 defeat in favour of Bafana Bafana. It was the only goal scored by France during their campaign in the group stage before they were eliminated in last place, having drawn 0–0 with Uruguay, and losing 2–0 to Mexico. Malouda also played in the final game scoring to pull one back to make it 1–2 but they still lost to South Africa On September 3, 2010, Malouda was handed the captain's armband in France's first Euro 2012 qualifier against Belarus, while a five-game suspension was being served by the previous captain, Patrice Evra. France went on to lose the match 1–0.
Career statistics
| + All-time club performance | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Season | Domestic league | Domestic cups | Continental games | Total | ||||||||||||
| !App | !Goals | !App | !Goals | !App | !Goals | !App | !Goals | ||||||||||
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–11 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 50 | 14 | |||||||||
| 2009–10 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 50 | 15 | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 47 | 9 | |||||||||
| 2007–08 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 37 | 3 | |||||||||
| Total !! 124 !! 33 !! 22 !! 5 !! 39 !! 4 !! 185 !! 42 | |||||||||||||||||
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–06 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2004–05 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 47 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 45 | 4 | |||||||||
| Total !! 138 !! 25 !! 5 !! 1 !! 36 !! 5 !! 179 !! 30 | |||||||||||||||||
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–02 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2000–01 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 24 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total !! 92 !! 15 !! 5 !! 3 !! !! !! 92 !! 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–99 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1997–98 | 1 | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1996–97 | 2 | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | |||||||||||||
| ! Total !! 59 !! 5 !! 4 !! 2 !! !! !! 63 !! 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career totals | 350 | 74 | 36 | 11 | 74 | 9 | 447 | 90 | |||||||||
Honours
Club
Lyon
Country
France
Individual
Personal
Malouda's younger brother Lesly is also professional footballer, playing in the Ligue 1 team Dijon FCO. He is married to Florencia, a Brazilian national. They have three daughters, Kelys, Satya and Flora and a son, Aaron.
References
Florent married actress Nandi Ntini, now known as Nandi Malouda. the have four children, Bianca, Mo'nique, Solange and Lilian.
External links
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The Child's Right's Information Network called Vakili's trial a "grossly flawed process that fell far short of international standards for a fair trial."
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