WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Kurds (Kurdish: , Kurd) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Kurdish people are believed to be of heterogeneous origins combining a number of earlier tribal or ethnic groups including Lullubi, Guti, Cyrtians, Carduchi. Some of them have also absorbed some elements from Semitic, and Armenian people.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kurds are traditionally regarded as Iranians and of Iranian origin, and therefore as Indo-Europeans, mainly, because they speak Iranian. This hypothesis is largely based on linguistic considerations and was predominantly developed by linguists.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kurdish sources put the figure at 10 to 15 million Kurds in Turkey. Kurds mostly live in Northern Kurdistan, in Southeastern and Eastern Anatolia. But large Kurdish populations can be found in western Turkey due to internal migration.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Kurds are one of the indigenous peoples of the Middle East and the region’s fourth-largest ethnic group, with an estimated 30-40 million people. They live in large numbers in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. There are also about 2 million who live in Europe.