Kurds of European ancestry
Kurds of European ancestry are individuals of Kurdish ethnicity who have ancestors from Europe, and have went through a process of Kurdification.[1] Kurds are an ethnically diverse group, with a complex history shaped by migrations and interactions with neighboring populations. Genetic studies have shown that some Kurdish populations have genetic markers associated with European ancestry,[2][3] which reflect the diverse genetic makeup of the Kurds.[4]
During the Ottoman Empire, Kurdish rulers and tribal leaders would often assimilate non-Kurdish populations into Kurdish culture and society.[5]
In the aftermath of World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, European colonial powers such as France and Britain imposed new borders and boundaries on the Middle East, which led to the displacement of Kurdish populations and the fragmentation of Kurdish identity and culture. This process was further complicated by the policies of nation-states such as Turkey, which sought to assimilate Kurdish populations into a homogeneous Turkish identity[6]
History[edit]
Migration to Kurdistan[edit]
The Ottoman Empire also resettled Assyrians, an Eastern Christian minority, in the Hakkari region of southeastern Turkey, which is a predominantly Kurdish area. The Assyrians had been displaced from their original homeland in northern Iraq due to the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire during World War I.[7]
Demographics[edit]
| Region | City | Approximate number of families | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurdistan Region | Kirkuk (disputed) | 190 | Chechen, Dagestani, Adyghe[8] |
| Erbil | 10 | Mostly Dagestanis[8] | |
| Sulaymaniyah | 630 | Mostly Dagestanis[8] | |
| Duhok | 3 | Circassian, Dagestani, Adyghe[8] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Kayıp Türkler (in Turkish). Crypto. 2013. p. 39. ISBN 9786054125821.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- ↑ Albarzinji, Balnd Mustafa (November 2022). "Population genetic study of 17 Y-STR Loci of the Sorani Kurds in the Province of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq". BMC Genomics. 23 (1): 763. doi:10.1186/s12864-022-09005-6. PMC 9682651 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 36414939 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Lumsden, S. (2018). Unmixing the Mix: Ethnic Identity in Kurdistan. In S. Lumsden (Ed.), Ethnicity and Nation-building in the Middle East. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 99–115. Search this book on
- ↑ Zarei, Fatah; Rajabi-Maham, Hassan (December 2016). "Phylogeography, genetic diversity and demographic history of the Iranian Kurdish groups based on mtDNA sequences". Journal of Genetics. 95 (4): 767–776. doi:10.1007/s12041-016-0692-4. PMID 27994175 – via ResearchGate. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Bajalan, Djene Rhys (2021), Gunes, Cengiz; Bozarslan, Hamit; Yadirgi, Veli, eds., "The Kurdish Movement and the End of the Ottoman Empire, 1880–1923", The Cambridge History of the Kurds, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 104–137, ISBN 978-1-108-47335-4, retrieved 2023-02-12
- ↑ McDowall, David (February 1996). A Modern History of the Kurds. London: I. B. Tauris. pp. 129–131. Search this book on
- ↑ Donabed, Sargon (2017). Assyrians of Iraq: Genocide and Ethnocide. Routledge. p. 46. Search this book on
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Hüseyin, Ahmet (November 2012). "Report No: 134". ORTADOĞU STRATEJİK ARAŞTIRMALAR MERKEZİ.
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