Kurds in Turkmenistan
Total population | |
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6,097 (0,1%) (1995 census)[1] 50,000 (estimate)[2] |
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Regions with significant populations | |
Ashgabat, Baýramaly, Firjuza, Kara Kala, Mary & near the Atrek River and the Kopet Dag.[3][4][5][6] | |
Languages | |
Kurdish, Turkmen, Russian | |
Religion | |
Islam,[7][8] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
other Iranian peoples |
Kurds in Turkmenistan refers to people born in or residing in Turkmenistan who are of Kurdish origin. In the 17th century, Abbas I of Persia and Nader Shah settled Kurdish tribes alongside the Iranian-Turkmen border.[9] More Kurds arrived to Turkmenistan in the 19th century to find unclaimed land and to escape starvation.[3]
After the dissolution of Kurdistan Uyezd, many Kurds were deported to Turkmenistan.[10] Stalin deported many Kurds from Caucasus to Turkmenistan in 1937 and again in 1944.[11] Since the 1980s, The Kurds of Turkmenistan have been subject to government sponsored assimilation programmes.[9][12] Under 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.[9]
The majority of the Turkmen Kurds are followers of Sunni Islam, with a small minority of Shia Islam followers.[7] Christian, Shiite and the ethno-religious group of the Yazidis are unable to practice their religion freely and often face problems regarding their freedom of religion.[8]
Population
Year | Population | Note |
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1926[13] | 2,308 | In the Turkmen SSR |
1936[14] | 1,954 | In the Turkmen SSR |
1959[15] | 2,263 | In the Turkmen SSR |
1970[16] | 2,933 | In the Turkmen SSR |
1979[17] | 3,521 | In the Turkmen SSR |
1989[18] | 4,387 | In the Turkmen SSR |
1995[1] | 6,097 (0,1%) | In Turkmenistan |
See also
References
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- ↑ 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)
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