Kurds in Turkmenistan

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Turkmen Kurds
Total population
6,097 (0.1%)
(1995 census)
Kurdish diaspora
 
People
Population
  • Homeland
  • Kurdistan
  • Northern Kurdistan
    )
  • Eastern Kurdistan
    )
  • Southern Kurdistan
    )
  • Western Kurdistan
    )
  • Diaspora
History

Ancient

Karduchian dynasties

Corduene
Zabdicene
Cyrtians
Moxoene
  • Kayusids

Medieval

Modern
Culture
Languages
Kurdish languages
Religion

The Kurds in Turkmenistan form a part of the historically significant

Khuzestan alongside the Iranian-Turkmen border.[8] More Kurds arrived to Turkmenistan in the 19th century to find unclaimed land and to escape starvation.[3]

After the dissolution of

Soviet Turkmenistan the Kurds had their own newspapers and schools, but since the independence of Turkmenistan, the Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov had closed almost all non-Turkmen schools.[8] The majority of the Turkmen Kurds are followers of Shia Islam, with a small minority of Sunni Islam followers.[7]

Despite that the History of current Kurds in Turkmenistan started in 17th Century. The relations and first Contacts between Kurds and Turkmens started with the arrival of the Seljuks in the Middle East.

Population

Year Population Note
1926[11] 2,308 In the
Turkmen SSR
1936[12] 1,954 In the
Turkmen SSR
1959[13] 2,263 In the
Turkmen SSR
1970[14] 2,933 In the
Turkmen SSR
1979[15] 3,521 In the
Turkmen SSR
1989[16] 4,387 In the
Turkmen SSR
1995[1] 6,097 (0.1%) In Turkmenistan

See also
  • Kurdish diaspora
  • Ethnic groups in Turkmenistan
  • Kurds of Khorasan

References

  1. ^ a b Итоги всеобщей переписи населения Туркменистана по национальному составу в 1995 году. (in Russian). asgabat.net. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. ^ Ismet Chériff Vanly, "The Kurds in the Soviet Union", in: Philip G. Kreyenbroek & S. Sperl (eds.), The Kurds: A Contemporary Overview (London: Routledge, 1992). pg 164: Table based on 1990 estimates: Turkmenistan (50,000)
  3. ^ a b "Kurds". Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  4. ISBN 9780313274978
    . Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  5. ISBN 9780415072656
    . Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  6. ISBN 978-1-85043-416-0
    . Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  7. ^
    ISBN 9780765637093
    . Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  8. ^ a b c "Жизнь курдской общины в Туркменистане [The life of the Kurdish community in Turkmenistan]". Gündogar (in Russian). Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  9. ISBN 9781884630057
    . Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  10. ISBN 9781856492881
    . Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  11. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1926 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР (in Russian). Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  12. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1939 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР (in Russian). Demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  13. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1959 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР (in Russian). Demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  14. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1970 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР (in Russian). Demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  15. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР (in Russian). Demoscope.ru. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  16. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года. Национальный состав населения по республикам СССР (in Russian). Demoscope.ru. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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