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| popplace = 240,000<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKBRE92K18E20130321 |title= Europe's Kurds welcome ceasefire call, await Turkish response|date= 21 March 2013}}</ref>
| popplace = 240,000<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKBRE92K18E20130321 |title= Europe's Kurds welcome ceasefire call, await Turkish response|date= 21 March 2013}}</ref>
~0.3% of the population
~0.3% of the population
| langs = [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]], [[French language|French]], (some knowledge of [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and [[Persian language|Persian]])
| langs = {{hlist|[[Kurdish language|Kurdish]] | [[French language|French]]}}
| rels = [[Sunni Islam]], [[Yazidism]]
| rels = [[Sunni Islam]], [[Shia Islam]], [[Alevism]] and [[Yazidism]]
| related = [[Iranian peoples]]
| related = [[Iranian peoples]] • [[Turks in France]]
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{{Kurds}}
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'''Kurds in France''' may refer to people born in or residing in [[France]] of full or partial [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] origin.
'''Kurds in France''' may refer to people born in or residing in [[France]] of full or partial [[Kurds]] origin.


There is a large Kurdish community in France, numbering around 240,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKBRE92K18E20130321 |title= Europe's Kurds welcome ceasefire call, await Turkish response|date= 21 March 2013}}</ref> This makes the Kurdish community in France the second largest Kurdish community in the [[Kurdish diaspora]], after [[Kurds in Germany]].
There is a large Kurdish community in France, numbering around 240,000 people.<ref name="auto"/> This makes the Kurdish community in France the second largest Kurdish community in the [[Kurdish diaspora]], after [[Kurds in Germany]].


==Immigration history==
==Immigration history==
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On 12 October 2019, thousands of Kurds in France marched to protest the [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/10/12/berlin-stoppe-ses-ventes-a-la-turquie-d-armes-pouvant-etre-utilisees-en-syrie_6015278_3210.html|title=Offensive turque en Syrie : de violents combats sur le terrain, des milliers de manifestants en France|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|date=12 October 2019|access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>
On 12 October 2019, thousands of Kurds in France marched to protest the [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/10/12/berlin-stoppe-ses-ventes-a-la-turquie-d-armes-pouvant-etre-utilisees-en-syrie_6015278_3210.html|title=Offensive turque en Syrie : de violents combats sur le terrain, des milliers de manifestants en France|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|date=12 October 2019|access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>


On 23 December 2022, Kurdish protests responding to the [[2022_Paris_shooting|mass shooting of Kurds in Paris]] turned into violent demonstrations. The indifferent attitude of the French police in providing security to the Kurdish minority paved the way for clashes between members of Kurdish community and French police.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2022/12/23/tear-gas-fired-as-violent-protests-break-out-after-kurds-killed-in-paris-attack/.|title=Tear gas fired as violent protests break out after Kurds killed in Paris attack|newspaper=National News|date=24 December 2022|access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>
==Notable Kurds in France==

=== Academics ===

* [[Doğan Kuban]], Professor of Ottoman Architecture and History at [[Istanbul Technical University]]
* [[Farouk Mardam-Bey]], director of the Arab world collections at the French publishing house [[Actes Sud]]
* [[Pınar Selek]], sociologist and feminist
* [[Nora Şeni]], Professor of History at the [[Institut français de géopolitique]]

=== Arts and Literatur ===

* [[Reha Hutin]], American-born journalist and President of the [[30 millions d'amis]]<nowiki/>foundation
* [[Seyhan Kurt]], poet, writer, anthropologist and sociologist
* [[Amin Maalouf]], author (Lebanese born)
* [[Nihal Martli]], painter
* [[Kenizé Mourad]], novelist who descends from the exiled Ottoman royal family
* [[Yaman Okur]], dancer

=== Businness ===
[[Gökşin Sipahioğlu]], photographer who founded the Paris-based photo agency [[Sipa Press]]

=== Fashion and Design ===
[[Ali Suna]], model and creator of the brand Divercityz

=== Actress ===

* [[Cansel Elçin]], actor
* [[Deniz Gamze Ergüven]], film director
* [[Amira Casar]], Actor

=== Music ===

* [[Yilmaz Karaman]] (Lil maaz), rapper
* [[MRC (rappeur)|MRC]], rapper
* [[Faik Sardag]], musician
* [[Master Turc]], Singer

=== Politcians ===

* [[Hevrin Khalaf]], [[Kurds in Syria|Kurdish-Syrian]] politician and civil engineer
* [[Metin Yavuz]], elected mayor of [[Valenton]] in 2020

=== Sports ===
[[File: Saint-Lô - Rennes CFA2 20150523 - Zana Allée 1.JPG|thumb| Zana Allée]]
*[[Zana Allée]], Football Player
*[[Umut Bozok]], football player
*[[Ozkan Cetiner]], football player
*[[İbrahim Dağaşan]]. football player
*[[Mustafa Durak]], football player
*[[Mevlüt Erdinç]], football player
*[[Ayhan Güçlü]], football player
*[[Metehan Güçlü]], football player
*[[Ender Günlü]], football player
*[[Serdar Gürler]], football player
*[[Selim Ilgaz]], football player
*[[Burak Kardeş]], football player

==See also==
*[[Yazidis in France]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:French people of Kurdish descent]]
[[Category:Middle Eastern diaspora in France]]
[[Category:Middle Eastern diaspora in France]]
[[Category:Muslim communities in Europe]]
[[Category:Muslim communities in Europe]]
[[Category:Kurdish people]]
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[[Category:Kurdish culture in France]]
[[Category:Kurdish diaspora by country|France]]
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Latest revision as of 11:32, 8 January 2024

Kurds in France
Regions with significant populations
240,000[1] ~0.3% of the population
Languages
Religion
Sunni Islam, Shia Islam, Alevism and Yazidism
Related ethnic groups
Iranian peoples • Turks in France
 
People
Population
  • Homeland
History

Ancient

Karduchian dynasties

Corduene
Zabdicene
Cyrtians
Moxoene

Medieval

Modern
Culture
Languages
Kurdish languages
Religion

Kurds in France may refer to people born in or residing in France of full or partial Kurds origin.

There is a large Kurdish community in France, numbering around 240,000 people.[1] This makes the Kurdish community in France the second largest Kurdish community in the Kurdish diaspora, after Kurds in Germany.

Immigration history

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In France, Kurdish immigrant workers from Turkey first arrived in the second half of the 1960s.[2] Thousands of political Kurdish refugees fled from Turkey during the 1970s and onward, from Iraq and Iran during the 1980s and 1990s, and from Syria during the Syrian Civil War.[2]

Political activism

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In October 2014, Kurds in France and other European countries marched in protest at what they perceived as Turkish collaboration with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during the Siege of Kobani.[3]

On 25 July 2015, Kurds marched in Paris to protest Turkish airstrikes in Iraqi Kurdistan on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) positions.

On 12 October 2019, thousands of Kurds in France marched to protest the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria.[4]

On 23 December 2022, Kurdish protests responding to the mass shooting of Kurds in Paris turned into violent demonstrations. The indifferent attitude of the French police in providing security to the Kurdish minority paved the way for clashes between members of Kurdish community and French police.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Europe's Kurds welcome ceasefire call, await Turkish response". 21 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b "The Kurdish Diaspora". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Thousands march in France, Germany, Austria to support Kobane Kurds". 12 October 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Offensive turque en Syrie : de violents combats sur le terrain, des milliers de manifestants en France". Le Monde.fr. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Tear gas fired as violent protests break out after Kurds killed in Paris attack". National News. 24 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
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