kurdistan

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English - Turkish
Kürdlerin oturdukları bölge, İran'ın Ardelân eyaletinin eski adı
kürdistan

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Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan
Kürdistan Teali Cemiyeti, which was founded in İstanbul in 1918
Turkish - Turkish

Definition of kurdistan in Turkish Turkish dictionary

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Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan
Türkiye'nin güneydoğusu, ırak'ın kuzeyi, Suriye'nin kuzeydoğusu ve İran'ın kuzeybatısını kapsayan bölgede bir devlet kurmayı amaçlayan ve bu amaçla söz konusu toprakların Türkiye Cumhuriyeti sınırları dahilinde kalan kısmına sahip olabilmek için Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri ve sivillere karşı silahlı terörist eylem yapan silahlı örgüt
English - English
A region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds. It encompasses parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria
A region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds. It encompasses parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, and Syria
an area of land which consists of parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Armenia where the Kurds live, but which is not a separate country. Mountainous region of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, inhabited predominantly by Kurds. It covers about 74,000 sq mi (191,660 sq km), and its chief towns are Diyarbakr, Bitlis, and Van in Turkey, Mosul and Karkk in Iraq, and Kermnshh in Iran. Since early times the region has been the home of the Kurds, a people whose ethnic origins are uncertain. The Treaty of Sèvres, signed in 1920, provided for the recognition of a Kurdish state, but the agreement was never ratified
{i} transnational region of southwest Asia (divided between Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Armenia)
an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability
an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability an extensive geographical region in the Middle East south of the Caucacus
an extensive geographical region in the Middle East south of the Caucacus

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Kurdistan Autonomous Oblast
Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Azerbaijan SSR from 1923 to 1929
Kurdistan Workers Party
{i} Partiya Karker Kurdistan, Marxist-Leninist militant organization of Kurds fighting for independence from Turkish rule, PKK
Kurdistan Workers' Party
Kurdish nationalist party. It was founded in Turkish Kurdistan in 1978 and sought to establish an independent Kurdish state in southeastern Turkey. It attacked Turkish interests and fellow Kurds suspected of collaboration with the Turkish government, often from bases in Iraq and Syria. The group's leader, Abdullah calan, was arrested by Turkey in 1999 and was thereafter tried and convicted of treason. At its peak, it claimed 5,000-10,000 members. See also Kurd
kurdistan workers party
a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey
Red Kurdistan
colloquial name for the Kurdistan Autonomous Oblast
Partiya Karker Kurdistan
{i} Kurdistan Workers Party, Marxist-Leninist militant organization of Kurds fighting for independence from Turkish rule, PKK
iraqi kurdistan
the part of Kurdistan that is in northwestern Iraq
Turkish - English

Definition of kurdistan in Turkish English dictionary

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Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan
It was founded in Turkish Kurdistan in 1978 and sought to establish an independent Kurdish state in southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq, northeastern Syria and northwestern Iran. It attacked Turkish interests and fellow Kurds suspected of collaboration with the Turkish government, often from bases in Iraq and Syria. The group's leader, Abdullah Öcalan, was arrested by Turkey in 1999 and was thereafter tried and convicted of treason
Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan
Kurdish nationalist party