Kurdi

Kurdi su iranski narod koji živi regijama Kurdistan i Horasan, koje se nalaze u okrilju Irana, Iraka, Sirije i Turske. Kurdske zajednice se također mogu pronaći u Libanonu, Armeniji, Azerbejdžanu (Kalbajar i Lachin, zapadno od Nagorno Karabaha) a u posljednjim decenijama postoje i u mnogim evropskim državama i SAD (V. Kurdska dijaspora). Etnički su srodni drugim iranskim narodima te govore kurdski jezik, indoevropski jezik iz iranske grane.

Procjene govore da ih ima 30-40 miliona.Od toga 15-20 miliona u Turskoj,7 miliona u Iraku,6-9 miliona u Iranu,1,3-2,5 miliona u Siriji preko milion u zapadnoj Evropi. U 20. vijeku su Britanija, Irak, Sirija i Turska često gušili kurdske ustanke.

Literatura

• Barth, F. 1953. Principles of Social Organization in Southern Kurdistan. Bulletin of the University Ethnographic Museum 7. Oslo.
• Hansen, H.H. 1961. The Kurdish Woman's Life. Copenhagen. Ethnographic Museum Record 7:1-213.
• Leach, E.R. 1938. Social and Economic Organization of the Rowanduz Kurds. London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology 3:1-74.
• Longrigg, S.H. 1953. Iraq, 1900-1950. London.
• Masters, W.M. 1953. Rowanduz. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan.

Eksterni linkovi

U Wikimedijinom spremniku nalazi se još materijala vezanih uz temu:

Kurdi

• Kurds and Kurdistan, Encyclopaedia of Islam.
• Kurds, Encyclopaedia Britannica.
• Kurd, Encyclopaedia Britannica.
• The Kurdish Institute of Paris Kurdish language, history, books and latest news articles.
• The Encyclopaedia of Kurdistan
• Istanbul Kurdish Institute
• The Kurdish Center of International Pen
• Kurdish Library, supported by the Swedish Government.
• Yazidism: Historical Roots, International Journal of Kurdish Studies, Jan. 2005.
• Ethnic Cleansing and the Kurds
• The Kurds in the Ottoman Hungary by Zurab Aloian
• Kurdish Tribes entry in the Encyclopædia Iranica
• "The Other Iraq"
• "Kurd û Cîhaniyan"

Kurdsko pitanje u Turskoj

• A report on the Kurdish IDP's - 2005
• A German newspaper's take on the Kurdish issue - 2005
• The Guardian - What's in a name? Too much in Turkey - 2001
• The Emblem of Turkey: "The Kurdish Problem" Documentary