KURDISH PROVERB

The Kurds are an ethnic people—Sunni Muslims by religion who like Armenians and Jews before Israel had no country of their own. There are large contingencies of Kurds in Iraq, Iran and Turkey where historically each of those countries saw the Kurds as part of their Nation. In Turkey, it could be said that almost half the population are Kurds. The Turkish government takes the position that all its citizens are Turks—there is no such thing as a Kurd. Turkey once banned the speaking of Kurdish and would not allow the language to be used in schools insisting that Turkish was the language of the country. Kurds outside of Turkey established terrorist cells and murdered many innocent Turkish people including Turkish Kurds. Turkey, Iraq and Iran have all tried to eliminate any semblance of a Kurdish state or province using force and military means. No country has really aided the Kurds but they have been able to avoid annihilation because of the mountains where they could hide and endure.

The Kurds are an ethnic people—Sunni Muslims by religion who like Armenians and Jews before Israel had no country of their own. There are large contingencies of Kurds in Iraq, Iran and Turkey where historically each of those countries saw the Kurds as part of their Nation. In Turkey, it could be said that almost half the population are Kurds. The Turkish government takes the position that all its citizens are Turks—there is no such thing as a Kurd. Turkey once banned the speaking of Kurdish and would not allow the language to be used in schools insisting that Turkish was the language of the country. Kurds outside of Turkey established terrorist cells and murdered many innocent Turkish people including Turkish Kurds. Turkey, Iraq and Iran have all tried to eliminate any semblance of a Kurdish state or province using force and military means. No country has really aided the Kurds but they have been able to avoid annihilation because of the mountains where they could hide and endure.