kurdish population Map

 M y friends dont worry about Kurds, they are happy in Turkey

We are equal

All of the cities is our cities. Kurds live in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir....Only a minority dont like this. We fight together in wars

The cities like Elaz�g, Malatya, Erzurum, Gaziantep are yhe most nationalist cities. For example Edirne is social democrat, but Elaz�g is nationalist. I say that east doesnt mean Kurd. We are all sunni muslims

Let us talk about Kurds in Iran, In Iran kurds are sunni, but persians are sh*te , let us discuss

"And if most of these maps are propaganda, i think that this is a good reason for the turk-users to find(or to make) and to post other maps, who are showing the truth about the ethnic distribution of the kurds..."

Yes, many are propaganda maps, but who says that Turks will give you the truth about the ethnic distribution of the Kurds?

Seko, of course.

...but who says that Turks will give you the truth about the ethnic distribution of the Kurds?

Well, i think it will be good if the other users post maps too. Every map is interesting, neverheless/notwithstanding that some maps are more propaganda than others.

I think that the truth can be born in the dispute, but the dispute is more visual and more interesting with maps.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/country_sites.html

make a search for Kurdistan, 3 links should show up, with maps

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Originally posted by Evrenosgazi Let us talk about Kurds in Iran, In Iran kurds are sunni, but persians are sh*te , let us discuss

there are both sunni and shiite kurds in iran.

in iran kurds are allowed to speak their language and learn it.

they are allowed to keep  their traditions and customs.

they are allowed to call themsevles kurds.

we talk about turkey for a reason, the only country to have had a major war with the kurds.

Originally posted by erci not with all Kurds! you make it sound as we are in a total war with Kurds.We had a war with Kurdish terorists not Kurds.most of the terorrists in the Middle East are Arabs in origin, do you think they represent  the common Arabs? a real map of Kurds should include Istanbul as well

ok, if you were fighting just a terrorist organisation, why did the war take decades and cost the lives of 30,000 people? that sounds like a civil war to me. the terrorist group obviously had support among the majority of kurds for that to happen.

Originally posted by prsn41ife ok, if you were fighting just a terrorist organisation, why did the war take decades and cost the lives of 30,000 people? that sounds like a civil war to me. the terrorist group obviously had support among the majority of kurds for that to happen.

not quite.It's not easy to win over a guerilla war.No country has ever acsomplished that yet, including Turkey, tho we did prove that they can not win this by using guns or bomb attacks.did you know more than half of that 30.000 lifes they took away were Kurdish, they didn't spare anyone.

You don't need support from people to form terorrist organizations.you just need money, that simple.How did they find the money?



above is a cypriot passport of leader of the Kurdish terorrists provided by Greeks.He was carrying it when he was captured by Turkish Intelligence  in Kenya.He is the guy who ordered death of 30.000 Turkish citizens.

Syria as well supported Kurdish terrorists against Turkey.Syria was the main base of Terorist Kurds, the largest camps were formed in Syria.Main reason for them to support terorist kurds was the disputes we had over use of waters and Hatay/Iskenderun in past.

And Iran.Iranians started to help PKK when Kurds started loose power.They gave them the guns free of charge.Two reasons why they supported pkk was, Turkey's influence in the Middle East and Turkey's secular government.

you may believe whatever you want but don't believe everything what your and western media say.Even if %10 of the Turkish citizen Kurds wanted to support terrorist kurds, things would get even worse for Turkey.It is Turkey's stand point and why Pkk lost the war.

Originally posted by prsn41ife Originally posted by erci not with all Kurds! you make it sound as we are in a total war with Kurds.We had a war with Kurdish terorists not Kurds.most of the terorrists in the Middle East are Arabs in origin, do you think they represent  the common Arabs? a real map of Kurds should include Istanbul as well ok, if you were fighting just a terrorist organisation, why did the war take decades and cost the lives of 30,000 people? that sounds like a civil war to me. the terrorist group obviously had support among the majority of kurds for that to happen.

prsn41life

That wasnt a civil war, in 15 years 30000 people died. You know that there is millions of Kurds in Turkey. If it was a civil war I think in 15 years  much more people would be killed. You have also millions of Kurds in your country. Your Iran Islam Republic is a young republic. A new Kurdish state is forming in Iraq. I think you should becareful to. The maps also include Iranian soil.This isnt only our problem, I think our common problem. Blaming Turkey isnt fair, we know that terrorism in Turkey is backed by our neighbours.  USA is know in Iraq maybe they will support terrorists in your country to. I think Iran must be very careful.

I live in Turkey,I am a doctor and we have lot of patients of Kurdish origin, we never think that their nationality, we do best for their health. Last I had a patient from Hakkari who`s age was 75 with bladder cancer and he really liked me, because he knows that I dont care his nationality and I am doing my best.Turks and Kurds lived for 1000 years , we have common properties and traditions. In Turkey nationality is weak Cent, nobody can understand who is kurd or turk. Nobody cares this. But if some people who is trying to give harm to the republic of Turkey, kurd or turk, response comes. We are all friends, there is lot of mine Kurd doctor friends, and we are fine. Turkish state isnt a terrorist state as you said. We are the one of the democratic states in Middle East. You must admit that Turkey is a unitary state. This isnt against kurds