refimprove date February 2009 no footnotes date February 2009 Kurmanji Kurmanc in Kurdish or Northern ... of the Kurdish language . Scripts and books The Kurmanji language, which uses the Latin script, is the most common dialect of Kurdish language and spoken by 80 of all Kurds. Kurmanji is the ceremonial ... are written and said in Kurmanji. Speakers Most important native communities in Kurdistan Kurmanji is the only Kurdish dialect that is spoken in all four areas which are vastly populated by Kurds. The vast majority of Kurds in Northern Kurdistan Eastern and Southeastern Turkey speak Kurmanji ... amount of Kurmanji speakers Kurmanji in Southern Kurdistan Northern Iraq is spoken in the cities of Mosul, Duhok, Zakho, Akre, Amedia, Sheikhan, Shangal, Zummar. In Iraq, Kurmanji is mistakenly called by some as Bahdini, simply because Kurmanji speaking Kurds live in Bahdinan region, which consists of the above mentioned cities and towns. In Iran, Kurmanji is spoken in the northern parts ... of Iran. In Iran, it is sometimes called Shikaki , due to major Kurmanji tribe Shikak which is the tribe .... Also Kurmanji was also the official language of the autonomous Red Kurdistan Russian ... between 1923 to 1929. Kurmanji is also spoken by the entire Kurdish population that was exiled ..., Ashkhane and Kalat speak Kurmanji. Kurdish exile community in Ankara, Konya, Kirsehir, Aksaray, Eskisehir and some other cities of Middle Anatolia of Turkey also speak Kurmanji. Entire Kurdish population ..., Russia and Ukraine, as well as the all Kurds in Lebanon are the speakers of Kurmanji language. Kurmanji is also spoken by 200,000 Kurdophones settled around Kabul, in Afghanistan and some in Pakistan. Etymology The main theory about the etymology of Kurmanji is that the term Kurmanji , according ... others . In earlier publications of this century, the term Kurmanji was sometimes spelled with a d like Kurdmanji but the standard spelling of the term is Kurmanji in English and Kurmanc in Kurdish ... more details
Kurmanc can refer to Peoples Kurmanji Kurmanc language , an Iranian language group spoken in Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. Kurmanc Kurmanc identity , Kurds who speak the Kurmanc dialect or group of dialects. Names Kurmanc magazine , a Kurdish linguistic magazine. disambig ... more details
Orphan date October 2008 The Sorans Kurdish Hozi Soranakan are a Kurds in Iraq Kurdish clan whose traditional homeland is the central region of Soran in northern Iraq . Their name is derived from the name of the mountainous region in the north of Iraq , the place they traditionally inhabit. They speak the Sorani variety of the Kurmanji dialect of the Kurdish language . Sorani The principal language used by Sorans is Sorani , used both at home and professionally. Speakers take pride in the Sorani language and have resisted using Arabic . However, English language English is often used in both trade and correspondence. Iraqi Arabic is the next most used second language. As of the twentieth century, all southern Kurmanji dialects which were almost identical to Sorani were named Sorani in honor of Soran emirate. However, the people speaking Sorani identify themselves after their respective clan origins such as Mukri, Ardalani, Babani, etc. All of these groups are categorized as southern Kurmanji Kurds. Categories Category Kurdish people ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Shakaki in Kurdish language Kurdish ikak is a sub dialect of Kurmanji Kurdish language Kurdish and is spoken in a parts of Kurdish people Kurdish regions in Iran and Iraq , especially in Badinan region in Iraqi Kurdistan and among Kurdish tribes around the city of Maku, Iran Maku and Urmiye in Iranian Kurdistan . See also Shekak Shekak or Shakkak , a Kurdish tribe Category Kurdish people Category Kurdish language Ie lang stub ... more details
Kurdistan Socialist Party Kurmanji lang ku , Sorani lang ku , Parti Socialisti Kurd is a political party in Iraq that was formed by Mahmoud Othman . It is a splinter of the Kurdistan Democratic Party . ref The Middle East and North Africa 2004 By Taylor & Francis Group, Lucy Dean, page 515. ref References references Category Kurdish organisations Category Political parties in Iraqi Kurdistan Iraq party stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Peyamner News Agency , or PNA , is a Kurdish language Kurdish news agency based in Arbil , Iraqi Kurdistan . It provides news, analysis and commentaries in Kurdish language Kurdish , English language English , Arabic language Arabic , Persian language Persian and Turkish language Turkish . It was founded in 2004 . Its Kurdish section, provides news in both dialects of Kurmanji and Sorani . Peyamner is mostly concentrated on news in Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurdish inhabited areas of Iran, Turkey, Syria and Kurdish diaspora in Europe and America. External links http www.peyamner.com index.php?lang english Peyamner News Agency Category News agencies Category Kurdish organisations ... more details
Washington Kurdish Institute is an educational and research organization focused on Kurdish people Kurds . It was established in September 1996 and is based in Washington DC . Its objectives are raising awareness of Kurdish issues, promoting human rights in Kurdish areas and supporting development of civil society among Kurds. The institute has a Board of Directors headed by Dr. Najmaldin Karim . It also has an advisory committee comprising of renowned Kurdologists such as Martin van Bruinessen , Abbas Vali , Amir Hassanpour and Michael Chyet . The institute offers Kurdish language courses at beginner and advanced levels for both dialects of Sorani and Kurmanji . External links http www.kurd.org Washington Kurdish Institute Category Kurdish organisations ... more details
pronouns it does use OBL. plural forms neither Kurmanji uses nominative plural forms. Pre and postpositions ... Notes references References W. M. Thackston 2006 Kurmanji Kurdish A Reference Grammar with Selected ... en library online grammar of the kurmanjiKurmanji grammar http www.kurdishacademy.org Kurdish Academy ... more details
spelling of the name of the most widely spoken dialect of the Kurdish language, Kurmanji . See also KurmanjiKurmanji Language Kurdish Institute of Paris Re o Z lan External links http www.institutkurde.org ... more details
File Kurdish Language Map.PNG thumb 350px Distribution of Kurdish dialects Kurdish dialects are dialects of the Kurdish language . They are linguistic varieties which differ in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar from each other and from the various standardised forms of Kurdish. Classification The Kurdish language and its dialects are part of the Northwestern Iranian languages group. The following macrodialects are commonly described for Kurdish although the debate continues whether some or indeed all of these should be classified as languages Kurmanji Northern Kurdish The branch with the most speakers, spoken in Turkey , Syria , Iraq , Iran , Armenia and the Lebanon . It has an estimated 8 10 million speakers and has been written in the Latin alphabet since the 19030s. Its main dialects are engal Mosul , Judikani Central Anatolia Qerejdax Urfa , Qamishlo etc Botan Boxt Botan , Serhedk Western Azerbaijan , Van, Erzurum, Kars, A r , Mu usw. , Hekkar Hakkari , Behd n Duhok, Iraq Dahuk and Western Azerbaijan Tor Mardin and Siirt Xerz Batman, Turkey Batman and Siirt Qochan Greater Khorasan Chorasan Birjand Chorasan Elburz Dailam Western Kurmanji Marashk Kahramanmara , Gaziantep , Sivas , Dersim , Adiyaman etc Central Kurmanji around Diyarbakir Sorani Central Kurdish Spoken to the South of the Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdish areas and in Western Iran by approx. 5 million speakers. It is written in a Kurdish variant of the Perso Arabic script but also in a Latin based system. Hewl r in Arbil , Pishdar s dlich von Arbil Xaneq n in Chanaqin , Mukr in Mukriyan , Sil man Soran Baban in Sulaimania , Erdelan in Ardalan , Siney in Sanandaj , Warmawa nord stlich von Arbil , Germiyan in Kirkuk , Jaffi von Jaff Stamm gesprochen , Judeo Kurdisch in Kermanshah und Hamadan Southern Kurdish Southern Kurdish diverges considerably from the other branches. Its main dialects are Kelhur , Kolyai, Kirmanshahi, Garrusi, Sanjabi, Malekshahi, Bayray, Kordali Leki, Bir ... more details
Ria Taza , lit. New Path is was? a newspaper published in Kurmanji Kurdish language Kurdish in the Cyrillic alphabet . It was published in Yerevan , Armenia since 1930, ref cite news url http www.groong.org orig ja 19980702.html title The Yezidi movement in Armenia last Abrahamian first Jackie date 1998 07 02 work Armenian News Network Groong accessdate 2008 10 04 ref ref cite news url http www.puk.org web htm news nws news071015.html title Kurds in Armenia last Hovhannisyan first Hasmik date October 15, 2007 work Patriotic Union of Kurdistan accessdate 2008 10 04 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref twice a week, with a run of 4,000. References Reflist Armenia stub asia newspaper stub Category Newspapers published in Armenia Category Newspapers published in the Soviet Union Category Kurdish language newspapers ku Riya Teze rojname ru ... more details
Mala Ahmade Bate or Bateyi Mela Ehmed Bat or Melay Bat in Kurdish language Kurdish 1417 1491 was a Kurdish people Kurdish poet and cleric. His real name was Hussein . He belonged to the Artushi tribe. He was born in Bate , a village in Hakkari Province , in present day south eastern Turkey . Works His main work is called Mewl da Kurmanc Birthday in Kurmanji , written in Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish language Kurdish , a celebration of the birth of prophet Muhammad . The book contains 19 chapters. It was used as a textbook for teaching Kurdish in the past. It is also very popular among Muslim Kurds in northern Kurdistan and many people recite its poems by heart. Its poems are also recited in other occasions such as in charity. This book was published for the first time in 1905 in Egypt . It was published for the second time in 1919 in Istanbul . References http hem.bredband.net serkay Doc Pirtuk pirtuk b Nr 4.htm Mewl da Kurmanc , Pencinar Publishers for Kurdish Culture, Sweden, in Kurdish http www.navkurd.de edebiyat.htm bate Melay Bat in Famous Kurdish poets, writers and philosophers , NavKurd, in Kurdish Mel Batey , Mewl da Kurmanc , kurd kurmanc , Roja Nu Publishers, Sverige Stockholm, 1987, 64 r pel, ISBN 91 7672 018 7. Kurdish Literature DEFAULTSORT Bate, Ahmade Category 1417 births Category 1491 deaths Category Kurdish people Category Kurdish poets MEast writer stub ku Mela His n Batey sl Ahmade Bate ... more details
Qanate Kurdo or Qanat Kurdo or Kanat Kalashevich Kurdoev , 1909&ndash 1985 , was a Kurdish people Kurdish writer, linguist and academic. He was born in the village of S siz near Kars, Turkey Kars in north eastern Turkey . He attended a Kurdish school in Tbilisi . Many other Kurdish writers such as Dr. erkez Bakay v in the former Soviet Union were also educated in that school. In 1928, he went to Saint Petersburg to continue his studies, where he attended the Language, history and literature department of University of Leningrad. He received his PhD in 1941. After World War II he began teaching Kurdology and Kurdish language in the faculty of Oriental Studies. In 1960, he became the head of the new Kurdology section of the faculty. He died in Saint Petersburg Leningrad on October 31, 1985. Works Qanate Kurdo wrote more than 100 monographs, books and articles on the Kurdish language, history and folklore. He also supervised more than 20 other Kurdologists. Books on Kurdish language Kurdoev, K. K., Grammatika kurdskogo jazyka kurmandzhi fonetika, morfologija The grammar of the Kurdish language Phonetic, Morphology , Moscow, 1957 Kurdoev, K. K., Kurdsko Russki Slovar Kurmanji Russian Dictionary , 890 p., Moscow, 1960. Kurdoev, K. K. and Yusupova, Z.A., Kurdsko Russki Slovar Sorani Russkii yazik Sorani Russian Dictionary , 752 p. ,Moscow, 1983. Kurdoev, K. K., Grammatika kurdskogo iazyka na materiale dialektov kurmandzhi i sorani Moskva The comparison of the grammar of Kurdish dialects North Kurmanji and south Kurmanji , 293 p., 1978. Literature and Folklore Tar xa Edebiyata Kurd , cilda 1 The history of Kurdish Literature , two volumes ,1983 1985. Duwanzdeh var ant, Mem Z n Twelve versions of Mam and Zin , 1996. References More footnotes date June 2009 citation last Boyik first Esker title QANAT KURDO ZANYAR KURD BI NAV DENG url http www.peyama kurd.com 9 14.pdf archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20050516142125 http www.peyama kurd.com 9 14.pdf archivedate 1 ... more details
by others. http www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk siamakr Kurdish Papers Hassanpour98.html . Kurmanji Literature A Yezidi religious work, the Meshefa Re , is in a classic form of Kurmanji, and could well have ... be considered as the oldest piece of prose in Kurmanji. The Kurdish poet Muhammad Faqi Tayran 1590 ... Malaye Jaziri . Some of the well known Kurmanji poets and writers are listed below. Ali Hariri ... ot grp7 ot kurdishwritten 20050223.html ref . Ismail Bayazidi 1654 1710 , author of a Kurmanji Arabic ... between the lovers graves, separating the two even after their death. Contemporary Kurmanji Literature The first Kurmanji newspaper, titled Kurdistan , was published in Cairo in 1898. The Kurds in the Soviet ... out by the Institute for reviving Kurdish language and literature. Sorani Literature Contrary to Kurmanji ... after Nali . Closeness of the two dialects of Sorani and Kurmanji, is cited as one of the reasons for the late ... literary tradition in the Kurmanji dialect. Despite its late start, Sorani literature progressed with a rapid ... in Kurmanji , a collection of poems. Sel m Selman, mid 16th century romance of Yusif u Zulaykha ... more details
Orphan date June 2008 Lexin is an online Swedish language Swedish lexicon that can translate between Swedish and a number of other languages. Its original use was to help immigrants translate between their native languages and Swedish, but at least the English to Swedish lexicon is so complete that many Swedes use it for everyday use. It supports bidirectional translation between Swedish and English language English , Albanian language Albanian , Arabic language Arabic , Bosnian language Bosnian , Croatian language Croatian , Finnish language Finnish , Greek language Greek , Kurmanji , Russian language Russian , Serbian language Serbian , Somali language Somali , Sorani , Spanish language Spanish , and Turkish language Turkish . External links http lexin.nada.kth.se sve eng.html Lexin sv icon http lexin.nada.kth.se swe eng.html Lexin en icon http decentius.hit.uib.no lexin.html?ui lang eng Lexin , Norway s web edition Primarysources date December 2006 Category Swedish language Category Swedish websites website stub ie lang stub ca Lexin ja sv Lexin ... more details
09L pronounced Oh Nine Lima is a Military Occupational Specialty in the United States army involving translators interpreters. History 09L began in February 2003 as a pilot program for recruiting Arabic language Arabic , Dari Persian Dari Persian , and Pushto language Pushto speakers. It became an official Military Occupational Specialty in February 2006. Current demand The languages dialects needed are Arabic Modern Standard Arabic Gulf Iraqi Arabic Egyptian Arabic Jordanian Arabic Syrian Arabic Lebanese Arabic Yemeni Arabic Sudanese Arabic Maghrebi Arabic Algerian Arabic Libyan Arabic Moroccan Arabic Tunisian Pushtu Pashto Pachto Pushtu Afghan Kurdish Kurmanji Kurdish Sorani Kurdish Dari Persian Iranian Persian References http www.goarmy.com JobDetail.do?id 342 Interpreter Translator 09L http www.armyinterpreters 09l.com official site See also 33W List of United States Army MOS DEFAULTSORT 09l Category United States Army Military Occupational Specialty US mil stub ... more details
ckb ld1 Sorani ll1 Sorani lc2 kmr ld2 Kurmanji ll2 Kurmanji lc3 sdh ld3 Southern Kurdish ll3 Southern .... In its written form today Kurdish has two regional standards, namely Kurmanji in the northern ... users can express themselves in their native Kurdish or in other languages. Kurmanji Kurdish versus ... . The northern version, commonly called Kurmanji , is spoken in Turkey, Syria, and the northern part of the Kurdish speaking areas of Iraq and Iran, ref Additionally, Kurmanji Kurdish is spoken ... . ref In historical evolution terms, Kurmanji is less modified than Sorani in both phonetic and morphological ... writing in 1992, says quote Since 1932 most Kurds have used the Roman script to write Kurmanji.... Sorani is normally written in an adapted form of the Arabic script.... Reasons for describing Kurmanji ... point of view, however, Kurmanji and Sorani differ as much from each other as English and German ... nor case endings, whereas Kurmanji has both.... Differences in vocabulary and pronunciation are not as great ... The reality is that the average Kurmanji speaker does not find it easy to communicate with the inhabitants ... on six grammatical points from Kurmanji . This appears to be a result of Gorani language Gorani Haurami ... ra corresponds to y ya in Gorani language Gorani and Zazaki language Zazaki , while Kurmanji employs ... postverb ewe, corresponding to Kurmanji preverbal ve an open compound construction with a suffix ... have disappeared in Kurmanji and in Zazaki a simplified iz fa system. Some linguistic scholars assert ... to their language as Kurmanji , Sorani , Hewrami , Kalhery or whatever other dialect or language ... Main Zazaki language Gorani language Gorani is a language that appears to be distinct from Kurmanji ... with the Kurmanji language group, while ethnic Kurds maintain that Kurdish encompasses any ... Kurmanji English, Yale Language Series, U.S., 2003 896 pages see ref http yalepress.yale.edu yupbooks ... culture Sorani Kurmanji Bahd n Laki language References reflist 2 External links InterWiki code ... more details
script This is in contrast to the other Kurdish dialect, Kurmanji which is spoken mainly in Turkey ... Soran speaking Kurds but it has disappointed Northern Kurmanji Kurmanjis . ref http www.kurdishacademy.org ... Grammar with Selected Readings, by W. M. Thackston ref Sorani and Kurmanji Northern Kurdish comparison class wikitable Sorani Kurmanji English language English min for all verbs min for transitive ... more details
for Reading and Writing , 1936. Folklora Kurmanca, Kurmanji Folklore with Hec y Cind , 644 pp., 1936. M tod ka Ziman Kurmanc , Method of Kurmanji Language , 1937. Kit ba Ziman Kurmanc , Bona Dersxana ... more details
Infobox TV channel name TRT 6 logofile Trt 6 logo.png logosize 200px logoalt launch January 1, 2009 closed date picture format 4 3 576i , SDTV share share as of share source owner Turkish Radio and Television Corporation slogan country Turkey broadcast area Turkey headquarters Ankara former names replaced names sister names timeshift names web http www.trt.net.tr www.trt.net.tr terr serv 1 terr chan 1 sat serv 1 T rksat 3A sat chan 1 12685 H, SR 30000, FEC 5 6 sat serv 2 Eutelsat W3A sat chan 2 Digiturk channel 58 11492 V, SR 30000, FEC 3 4 cable serv 1 cable chan 1 sat radio serv 1 sat radio chan 1 adsl serv 1 adsl chan 1 online serv 1 online chan 1 TRT 6 , part of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation , is Turkey s first national Kurdish language television station. It broadcasts in the Kurmanji language Kurmanji and Sorani dialects of the Kurdish language and in the Zaza language , offering programs aimed at all ages and promoting the perspective of the Turkish state and its values. TRT 6 programs include films, documentaries, drama series and music programs, as well as programs aimed at children and women. Further broadcasting on TRT 6 in Arabic language Arabic and Persian language Persian are also planned. ref cite web url http www.trt.net.tr title Turkish Radio and Television Corporation ref The main objective of TRT 6 is to reflect Turkey s cultural diversity on the screen. TRT 6 coordinator Sinan lhan has said that their aim is to serve for the benefit of the Turkish state and its citizens, in line with the Turkish Constitution , and provide broadcasts contributing to the democratic awareness of the country s people. Politicians say that the new channel will help contribute to the unity and solidarity of Turkey s citizens and will meet an important social need as well. ref cite web url http www.hurriyet.com.tr english domestic 10683033.asp?scr 1 title TRT starts broadcasting in Kurdish ref Another unofficial reason is to counter alleged PKK propagand ... more details
Zaradachet Hajo , or Zerde t Haco born 1950 is a Kurdish people Kurdish writer, linguist and researcher, born in Syria in 1950. He has studied linguistics, German language German and Iranian languages at the Free University of Berlin , and wrote his doctoral thesis on Indo Iranian languages Indo Iranian language studies. Since 1982, he has been teaching as the universities of Berlin, Bremen city Bremen and Hamburg . He has been the president of the Kurdish language Kurdish chapter of the literary organization International PEN PEN since 1998. Works Zaradachet Hajo has been involved in the translation of the Bible into Kurdish language Kurdish language. He has also published many linguistic essays and papers in Kurdish people Kurdish newspapers and journals. He has published a collection of his poems in a book titled Songs from the exile . External links http www.pen kurd.org index en.html The Kurdish Center of International PEN http www.yekiti.ch frame 14.10.05b haco.htm The historical development of the Syrian state and the situation of the Kurds in Syria, By Dr. Hajo, in German http www.kurdish bible.org Holy Bible in Kurmanji Kurdish Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Haco, Zaradachet ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1950 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Haco, Zaradachet Category Kurdish language writers Category 1950 births Category Living people MEast writer stub ku Zerde t Haco ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2010 Kurdish Institute of Paris lang fr Institut Kurde de Paris , founded in February 1983, is an organization focused on Kurdish language and culture. It is one of the main Kurdish academic centers in Europe . Its main publications include a linguistic journal titled Kurmanc magazine Kurmanc in Kurdish language Kurdish , a monthly press review about Kurdish issues titled Bulletin de liaison et d information Bulletin of Contact and Information and tudes Kurdes , a research journal in French language French . Most of the activities of the Institute are focused on the Northern Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish language Kurdish . The institute has a library preserving thousands of historical documents, pamphlets and periodicals about Kurds . Two representatives from the French Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Culture provide the link between the Institute and the Government of France . The Institute is headed by Kendal Nezan as the president and Abbas Vali Swansea University and Fuad Hussein University of Amsterdam as the two vice presidents. See also Kurmanci magazine Kurmanc Linguistic magazine. The Kurdish Digital Library online since December 10, 2010. Links http www.institutkurde.org en Kurdish Institute of Paris en http www.institutkurde.org en library online On line books available in the library of the Kurdish Institute of Paris Category Kurdish culture Category Kurdish organisations Category Organizations based in Paris cs Institut kurde de Paris de Kurdisches Institut in Paris fr Institut kurde de Paris ku Enst tuya Kurd ya Par s pl Instytut Kurdyjski w Pary u tr Paris K rt Enstit s ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox settlement official name Jirindih native name image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal image map map caption pushpin map Iran pushpin label position bottom pushpin mapsize 300 pushpin map caption Location in Iran coordinates display inline,title coordinates region IR subdivision type Countries of the world Country subdivision type1 Provinces of Iran Province subdivision name Image Flag of Iran.svg 25px Iran subdivision name1 Gilan Province subdivision type2 subdivision name2 established title established date government type leader title leader name area magnitude area total sq mi area total km2 area land sq mi area land km2 area urban sq mi area urban km2 area metro km2 area metro sq mi population as of population footnotes population total population urban population metro population density sq mi population density km2 timezone utc offset timezone DST utc offset DST latd 36 latm 41 lats 43 latNS N longd 49 longm 48 longs 04 longEW E elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft postal code type postal code area code website footnotes Jirindih Persian is the capital of Amarlu district, Gilan , in the north of Iran Persia . Alternates names Jirandeh Coordinates UTM UA96 Geographical coordinates in decimal degrees WGS84 Latitude 36.695 Longitude 49.801 Geographical coordinates in degrees minutes seconds WGS84 Latitude 36 41 43 Longitude 49 48 04 Places near Jirindih Ainahdih Dosalan Askabon Lavarbon Mianah kushk Rivers Rudxan People Kurmanji Kurd s Tati Iran Tats From Book of Amarlu M.M. Zand Category Populated places in Gilan Province Gilan geo stub ar fa it Jirindih ku Cirindih tr Cirindih ... more details
Image Kelardasht r2.jpg thumb 300px Road from Kelardasht to Abbasabad . Image Kelardasht r.jpg thumb 250px Outside Kelardasht. Kelardasht is a large valley in the Elborz Mountains of northern Iran in Chalus county, Mazandaran province. It s 30km south of Abbasabad city on the Caspian Sea and west of Marzanabad city on Chalus Road . There are 20,000 inhabitants and 30 villages. ref http malinga.net ref Kelardasht City is the center of the Kelardasht area. In 1996 the population was 5131, or 1191 families. The city is composed of 5 districts. Hasankif has been the business district for many years and is currently also the political center. ref Saeidian, Abdolhossein. Know the Cities of Iran Persian title is Shenakht e Sharha ye Iran . Alam va Zendagi, Tehran 2000. Second printing 2004. Pages 705 708. Text is in Persian ref Originally a farming area, in recent years much of its land was sold in small lots to build numerous villas ref Pur, Ali Malek. Kelardasht geography, History & Culture . Tehran Kar Afrinan, 1999. ref which are occupied by summer visitors trying to escape the heat of Tehran and points further south. Its attractions mainly consist of its natural beauty and cooler climate. But picnicing and mountain climbing in the area surrounding Rud Barak is also popular, as well as in the lush Abbasabad Forest nearby. The Kelardasht area has enclaves of Kurmanji speaking Iranian Kurds. They practice the Dervish variation of Islam. There are also enclaves of people from Gilan province. ref Pur, Ali Malek. Kelardasht geography, History & Culture . ref See also Kelar Mound , Neolithic dwelling site in Kelardasht External links http www.falamak.com ?pageId photo Kelardasht Photo Album Counties of Mazandaran References Reflist coord 36 30 N 51 09 E region IR type city source kolossus dewiki display title Category Populated places in Mazandaran Province Mazandaran geo stub ar de Kel rdascht fa it Kalardasht ... more details
Seyid Riza , in Zazaki Sey R za , in Kurmanji Sey d Riza was born in 1863 in the village Lirtik that is bound to the city Dersim. His father s name was Seyid Ibrahim from the Hesenan tribe. He was a leader of the Zaza people Zazas ref Altan Tan, K rt sorunu , Timas Basim Ticaret San As, 2009, ISBN 9789752638846, p. 28. ref and a leader of the Kurdish people Kurdish movement ref Celal Sayan, La construction de l tat national turc et le mouvement national kurde, 1918 1938 , Volume 1, 2002, Presses universitaires du septentrion, p. 680. ref in Turkey during the 1937 1938 Dersim Rebellion . In explaining the reason for the Kurdish people Kurdish rebellion to the British foreign secretary Anthony Eden he said the following ref McDowall, David. A Modern History of the Kurds , page 208. I.B. Tauris , 2004. ref blockquote The government has tried to assimilate the Kurdish people for years, oppressing them, banning publications in Kurdish language Kurdish , persecuting those who speak Kurdish language Kurdish , forcibly deporting people from fertile parts of Kurdistan for uncultivated areas of Anatolia where many have perished. The prisons are full of non combatants, intellectuals are shot, hanged or exiled to remote places. Three million Kurdish people Kurds , demand to live in freedom and peace in their own country. blockquote He was captured on 5 September 1937 and was hanged. References references Category Turkish people of Zaza descent Category Kurdish people Category Secession in Turkey Category 1937 deaths de Said R za diq Sey R za fr Seyid Riza ku Sey d Riza tr Seyit R za ... more details
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