assyrian claimed a homeland in parts of turkey, iran and iraq.
assyrian claimed a homeland in parts of turkey, iran and iraq.
who claimed a homeland in parts of turkey iran and iraq?
assyrian
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.
six days: three activists, three wars, one dream
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









































bullet::::- (kwadi is a "click language".)









































ladakhi - ལ་དྭགས་སྐད།









































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









































ladin – ladin









































bullet::::- spoken in: italy
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