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BBC

Bbc News: Turkey's Kurdish War Reignites

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC correspondent Jonathan Head examines the conflict occurring in Turkey and the measures being taken by Turkey's government to put an end to it. (July 2, 2010)
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Article
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: Turkey: Kurdish Party Members' Trial Violates Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the trial of 152 pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party members and the implications of the trial for Turkey's stringent anti-terrorist laws. (April 18, 2011)
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Other

Aljazeera.com: Iraqi Kurds Fight for Independence

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents an account which describes the efforts of the Kurdish minority to obtain their rights and freedoms under the new Iraqi government. (21 March 2004)
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of Kurdistan

For Students 9th - 10th
Kurdish Jews, a largely rural people, have lived in the mountains and plains of Kurdistan since time immemorial. They have been geographically isolated throughout much of their history and are thought to have retained some old Jewish...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Kurds

For Students 9th - 10th
The Kurds have inhabited an area of rugged mountains and high plains at the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for over two thousand years. Their traditional mode of subsistence is pastoralism and agriculture. The territory...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Nestorians

For Students 9th - 10th
The designation "Nestorian" connotes both a religious rite and a linguistic minority, a phenomenon that is often misunderstood. Nestorians today, some 100,000 of them, have found a lasting home in the mountains of Kurdistan, the...