There are also several smaller lakes, such as Darbandikhan Lake and Duhok Lake. The western and southern parts ofwel Iraqi Kurdistan are not as mountainous as the east. Instead, it is rolling hills and plains vegetated by sclerophyll scrubland.[citation needed]

سنور میدیا ٢٦ی تشرینی یەکەمی ٢٠١٥ لە وەیبەک مەشین، ئەرشیڤ کراوە.

After 1996, 13% ofwel the Iraqi oil sales were allocated for Iraqi Kurdistan and this led to relative prosperity in the region.[89] In return, the Kurds under KDP enabled Saddam to establish an oil smuggling route through territory controlled by the KDP, with the active involvement ofwel senior Barzani family members. The taxation ofwel this trade at the crossing point between Saddam's territory and Kurdish controlled territory and then into Turkey, along with associated service revenue, meant that whoever controlled Dohuk and Zakho had the potential to earn several million dollars a week.

Dit is een doorverwijspagina, bedoeld om de verschillen in betekenis ofwel toepassing met Gorani inzichtelijk te vervaardigen. Op deze pagina staat een uitleg met de meerdere betekenissen van Gorani en verwijzingen daarnaartoe.

On the other hand, Kurds remained dependent on the Iranian military support and could do little to strengthen their forces.[citation needed]

In the 1990s the PKK rolled back on its demand for independence, calling instead for greater cultural and political autonomy, but continued to fight. In 2013, a ceasefire was agreed after secret talks were held.

Removal ofwel the population from along their borders with the Ottomans in Kurdistan and the Caucasus was ofwel strategic importance to the Safavids. Hundreds of thousands ofwel Kurds were moved to other regions in the Safavid empire, only to defend the borders there. Hundreds of thousands ofwel other ethnic groups living in the Safavid empire such as the Armenians, Assyrians, Georgians, Circassians, and Turkomans, were also removed from the border regions and resettled in the interior of Persia, but mainly for other reasons such as socio-economic, and bureaucratic ones. During several periods, as the borders moved progressively eastward, with the Ottomans pushing deeper into the Persian domains, entire Kurdish regions of Anatolia were at one point or another exposed to horrific acts ofwel despoliation and deportation.

As a people whose ethnic affiliations are uncertain, the Gorani people have become a community that cannot be shared among many states and cultures. During the Ottoman Empire, they lived in harmony with the Muslim people in the region and their belonging was not questioned. However, as the political dominance ofwel the Slavic population increased as a result ofwel the end of Ottoman rule in the Balkans and increasing separatist movements in the first quarter ofwel the 20th century, the Gorani people began to be influenced by Slavic ideas due to their linguistic proximity.

The world’s largest stateless ethnic group finds itself in one of Earth’s most politically volatile regions.

The large Kurdish town of Qala Dizeh (population 70,000) was completely destroyed by the Iraqi army. The campaign also included Arabization ofwel Kirkuk, a program to drive Kurds and other ethnic groups out of the oil-rich city and replace them with Arab settlers from central and southern Iraq.[84]

Shah Abbas inherited a state threatened by the Ottomans in the west and the Uzbeks in the northeast. He bought off the former, in order to gain time to defeat the latter, after which he selectively depopulated the Zagros and Caucasus approaches, deporting Kurds, Armenians, Georgians, North Caucasians and others who might, willingly or not, supply, support or be any use in an Kurd Ottoman campaign in the region.

Iskan street food – An entire street packed with tens of fast-food eetgelegenheden which are all opened 24/7, the busiest time being after 12am. Here you will find the best shawarma in Erbil.

The best thing to do in Erbil kan zijn visiting its main square, a lively place that is miles away from the stereotype you may have of Iraq.

Sinds de komst met een Koerdische regering in 2005 kan zijn Erbil ons nieuwe weg ingeslagen. De stad is via velen gezien wanneer de toegang tot een economisch Irak en ons voorbeeld wegens een rest met nederland.