WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Besides Turkey, Kurds form a significant part of which countries?
A
Iran, Iraq, and Syria
B
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Jordan
C
Egypt, Iran, and Iraq
D
Turkey, Syria, and Egypt
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kurdistan Region (Kurdish: ‌ / Herêmî Kurdistan) is an autonomous region in Northern Iraq. It borders the Kurdish regions of Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, and Syria to the west, along with the rest of Iraq to the south. The regional capital is Erbil, known in Kurdish as Hewlêr.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kurdistan generally comprises the following four regions: southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Southern Kurdistan), northwestern Iran (Eastern Kurdistan), and northern Syria (Western Kurdistan).

Detailed explanation-3: -Between 25 and 35 million Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia. They make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, but they have never obtained a permanent nation state.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most of the Kurds live in contiguous areas of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey-a somewhat loosely defined geographic region generally referred to as Kurdistan (“Land of the Kurds”).

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