Kurds - the ancient people of the Middle East, living in Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria - in Kurdistan, their historical homeland. Kurds are called a nation without a state. They speak their languages, have preserved their original culture and traditions. Attempts to assimilate them in the countries of residence have never been successful.
Kurdish resettlement
The largest Kurdish ethnic territory occupies the southeast of Turkey in the area of the city of Diyarbakir and Lake Van. The number of Turkish Kurds, according to rough estimates, is 15-20 million people. About 7 million Kurds live in Iran, a little less in Iraq and Syria, small Kurdish diasporas live in Germany, Sweden, the UK and France. In Russia, there are about 20 thousand Kurds living in Adygea, Stavropol and Krasnodar territories, Novosibirsk and Saratov regions. In general, the size of this people is estimated at 40 million people.
The main problem of the Kurds is that they do not have their own state. Kurds residing in Syria and Turkey are oppressed in their rights: in Syria they are not recognized as citizens of the country, in Turkey, Kurds cannot speak their own language, or promote their culture. The problem is complicated by the oil-rich territories of Kurdistan, in connection with which large world states want to control this serious source of energy. The political disunity of the Kurds plays a role. The majority of the population strives for independence and believes that their people meet all the criteria necessary for this (language, territorial continuity, culture, history).
