Kurds

Cultural  

1. A linguistically and culturally distinct people who inhabit parts of Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and the former Soviet Union. Once part of the Ottoman Empire, they long have sought an independent nation-state, but without success. After his defeat in the Persian Gulf War, Saddam Hussein brutally repressed rebellious Kurds in northern Iraq.

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Example Sentences

Syrian government forces entered the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on Tuesday as part of a deal agreed last week to gradually integrate the Kurds' forces and institutions into the state.

From Barron's

The Kurds are a great people divided into four entities, imprisoned in four different states: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sharaa also issued a decree recognising Kurdish cultural, linguistic and civil rights by making Kurdish a national language, granting nationality to stateless Kurds, and declaring their new year a national holiday.

From BBC

After IS seized around a third of Syria and Iraq in 2014, the US and the Kurds worked hand in glove to drive them out.

From BBC

“The worst outcome for the region in America is for the Kurds to be abandoned. There’s no reason for them to be punished for helping America.”

From The Wall Street Journal