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Turkey Kurdistan maps removed from
official cars in Iraq's Kurdistan
10.12.2007
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December
10, 2007
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', -- Maps showing
Kurdistan as including certain Kurdish cities and
areas of southeastern Turkey (Turkey Kurdistan) have
been removed from the Kurdistan traffic police cars
and other official vehicles in Kurdistan autonomous
region in 'northern Iraq'.
The existence of the maps was made public when
photographs of them appeared in newspapers last
week,www.ekurd.net
after which the regional
Kurdistan authority ordered the removal of the maps
as a precaution against violent reactions during the
"sensitive" period in the region.
hurriyet com.tr
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Kurds are not recognized as an official minority in
Turkey and are denied rights granted to other
minority groups. Under EU pressure, Turkey recently
granted Kurds limited rights for broadcasts and
education in the Kurdish language, but critics say
the measures do not go far enough.
The use of the term "Kurdistan" is vigorously
rejected due to its alleged political implications
by the Republic of Turkey, which does not recognize
the existence of a "Turkish Kurdistan" Southeast
Turkey. |
Map of Kurdistan |
Others estimate over 40 million Kurds live in
Big Kurdistan (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Armenia),
which covers an area as big as France, about half of
all Kurds which estimate to 20 million live in
Turkey.
Turkey is home to over 25 million ethnic Kurds,
large Kurdish community openly sympathise with the Kurdish PKK for a
Kurdish homeland in the country's mainly Kurdish
southeast of Turkey.
Before August 2002, the Turkish government placed
severe restrictions on the use of Kurdish language,
prohibiting the language in education and broadcast
media.
The Kurdish alphabet is still not recognized
in Turkey, and use of the Kurdish letters X, W, Q
which do not exist in the Turkish
alphabet has led to judicial persecution in 2000 and
2003
The Kurdish flag flown officially in Iraqi Kurdistan
but unofficially flown by Kurds in Armenia. The flag
is banned in Iran, Syria, and Turkey where flying it
is a criminal offence"
Southeastern Turkey:
North Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey)
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