16 Facts About Kurdish nationalism

Kurdish nationalism, is a nationalist political movement which asserts that Kurds are a nation and espouses the creation of a sovereign Kurdistan state, in opposition to the various nationalisms of the states to which Kurds are native.

Early Kurdish nationalism had its roots in the Ottoman Empire, within which Kurds were a significant ethnic group.

Some Kurds in Iran are nationalists, although Kurdish nationalism is traditionally weaker there than in the other parts of Kurdistan.

Kurdish nationalism has long been espoused and promoted by the worldwide Kurdish diaspora.

Kurdish nationalism spent the war years in Monte Carlo waiting for another opportunity.

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Kurdish nationalism argued for similar arrangements in Mesopotamia and elsewhere, describing something akin to the mandate system.

Kurdish nationalism argued for a British sponsored committee aimed at reconciling relations between the Kurds and the Armenians.

Kurdish nationalism's claims were based on areas where Kurds constituted the dominant population.

Kurdish nationalism included the Persian Empire's Kurdish territories in addition to Ottoman lands.

Kurdish nationalism began with historical claims to the lands, noting many academic works on the geography of Kurdistan and taking care to distinguish between Kurdish and Armenian lands.

Kurdish nationalism likely made this last statement out of anger from being sidelined at the conference.

Kurdish nationalism regions were placed under martial law and the use of the Kurdish nationalism language, dress, folklore, and names prohibited.

In 1991, Law 2932 was repealed and the Kurdish nationalism language was allowed for informal speech and music but not for political or education purposes or in the mass media.

Kurdish nationalism rights were further entrenched in 1932 by the Local Languages Law, a condition of the League of Nations being that to join, Iraq had to enact constitutional protection for the Kurds.

Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the downfall of Saddam Hussein, the Kurdish nationalism population has found itself drawn back into Iraq with promises of autonomy and citizenship based on a federal, ethnically inclusive model with strong minority rights and guarantees against discrimination.

Kurdish nationalism military forced helped defeat ISIL during the Iraqi Civil War and gained territory, including Kirkuk and surrounding oil fields.