What religion is Kurdish peshmerga?

Muslim
The Peshmerga forces are secular with a Muslim majority and Assyrian and Yazidi units.

Is Kurdistan a part of Turkey?

Turkish Kurdistan or Northern Kurdistan (Kurdish: Bakurê Kurdistanê) refers to the southeastern part of Turkey, where Kurds form the predominant ethnic group. The Kurdish Institute of Paris estimates that there are 20 million Kurds living in Turkey, the majority of them in the southeast.

Was Kurdistan in the Ottoman Empire?

Nearly all of Kurdistan was part of the Iranian Empire until its western part was lost during the wars against the Ottoman Empire.

What is the religion of the Kurds in Turkey?

The majority of Kurds are Sunni Muslim, with Alevi Shi’a Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Yezidi communities. Religious divergences as well as varying political viewpoints account for a wide variety of Kurdish perspectives vis-à-vis the state, though political discourse is dominated by the Kurdish nationalist PKK.

Who are Turkish Kurds?

Kurds in Turkey refers to people born in or residing in Turkey who are of Kurdish origin. The Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Turkey. According to various estimates, they compose between 15% and 20% of the population of Turkey.

Do Kurds and Turks marry?

Turks living in the East of Turkey are much more likely to marry Kurds than Turks living in the other parts of Turkey. For the Kurds the percentage of mixed marriages is lowest in the East and quite high in all three other regions.

Is dating allowed in Turkey?

“Dating” (in the Western sense of the word) is not common in Turkey outside of universities or large urban areas. There is a strong social expectation that unmarried people from opposite genders should not show interest or affection towards one another alone in public.

Why is Turkey attacking Kurds?

The Kurdish–Turkish conflict is an armed conflict between the Republic of Turkey and various Kurdish insurgent groups who have either demanded separation from Turkey to create an independent Kurdistan, or attempted to secure autonomy and greater political and cultural rights for Kurds inside the Republic of Turkey.

Can you marry in Turkey?

Marriage Law in Turkey. Only civil marriage is legal in Turkey. You may have any religious ceremony you wish in addition to the civil one, but the religious service has no legal standing in Turkey. Also, notice that Turkish officials cannot perform a marriage that would not be approved in your own country.