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The ruling Barzani family of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish Regional Government has long had good relations with Turkey while maintaining Kurdish autonomy.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
It is communicated in Kurmanji, a language also known as Northern Kurdish, spoken by around 15 million people.
—Winthrop Rodgers, The Dial, 14 Nov. 2024
Edessa Restaurant Kurdish & Turkish Cuisine, 3802 Nolensville Pike: A popular Kurdish community hub serving excellent kabobs and fragrant stews.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 13 Mar. 2024
In the latter, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, the Kurdish Regional Government and Israel.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Intensive trips to areas such as Kurdish Iraq, Kiev, and the Balkan Peninsula also add experiential depth to student life.
—Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023
In the run-up to the Kurdish referendum, the head of Iran’s Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, met with Masoud Barzani, Mustafa Barzani’s son, president of the Kurdish Region, and architect of the referendum, even as Iranian forces were increasing pressure on the Kurds.
—Ariane M. Tabatabai, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2017
The New Welfare party and the Kurdish Free Cause party, both allied with the AKP, won only eight seats between them, but they are expected to push hard for their key demands, and could galvanize the government into action.
—Fariba Nawa, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2023
The Turkish president claimed the Nordic countries were soft on terrorism, especially toward Kurdish exiles and refugees affiliated with the Kurdish Workers’ Party, considered a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 29 May 2023
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
It is communicated in Kurmanji, a language also known as Northern Kurdish, spoken by around 15 million people.
—Winthrop Rodgers, The Dial, 14 Nov. 2024
Edessa Restaurant Kurdish & Turkish Cuisine, 3802 Nolensville Pike: A popular Kurdish community hub serving excellent kabobs and fragrant stews.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 13 Mar. 2024
In the latter, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, the Kurdish Regional Government and Israel.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Intensive trips to areas such as Kurdish Iraq, Kiev, and the Balkan Peninsula also add experiential depth to student life.
—Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023
In the run-up to the Kurdish referendum, the head of Iran’s Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, met with Masoud Barzani, Mustafa Barzani’s son, president of the Kurdish Region, and architect of the referendum, even as Iranian forces were increasing pressure on the Kurds.
—Ariane M. Tabatabai, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2017
The New Welfare party and the Kurdish Free Cause party, both allied with the AKP, won only eight seats between them, but they are expected to push hard for their key demands, and could galvanize the government into action.
—Fariba Nawa, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2023
The Turkish president claimed the Nordic countries were soft on terrorism, especially toward Kurdish exiles and refugees affiliated with the Kurdish Workers’ Party, considered a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union.
—Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 29 May 2023
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“Kurdish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kurdish. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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