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Kurds in Germany
Regions with significant populations
800,000[1][2] ~1% of the population
Languages
Kurdish, German, (some knowledge of Turkish, Arabic and Persian)
Religion
Majority Sunni Islam Minority Alevism
Related ethnic groups
Iranian people (Yazidis, Zazas)

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

There is a large Kurdish community in Germany, numbering around 800,000[3][4] people. This makes the Kurdish community in Germany the largest Kurdish community in the Kurdish diaspora. In addition, the Kurdish community in Germany is expanding as a result of the turmoil in Syria and many of the refugees of the Syrian Civil War are Syrian Kurds and also Iraqi Kurds applying for asylum in Germany.[5][6]

Immigration history

In Germany, Kurdish immigrant workers from Turkey first arrived in the second half of the 1960s.[7] Thousands of Kurdish refugees and political refugees fled from Turkey during the 1970s and onward, from Iraq and Iran during the 1980s and 1990s, and from Syria especially during the Syrian Civil War.[8]

Issues

Honour killings are also prevalent among the Kurdish diaspora in the West [9] In Germany in March 2009, a Kurdish immigrant from Turkey, Gülsüm S., was killed for a relationship not in keeping with her family's plan for an arranged marriage.[10] Hatun Sürücü was murdered at the age of 23 in Berlin, by her own youngest brother, in an honor killing.[11]

Political activism

In October 2014, Kurds in Germany marched in protest over the ISIS offensive on the Syrian town of Ayn al-Arab, known in Kurdish as Kobani.[12][13]

On 8 August 2015, thousands of Kurds in Germany marched against Turkish Army air strikes on the Kurdish PKK party .[14]

The Kurdish street gang "Sondame", purportedly fighting for a free Kurdistan, was formed in Stuttgart, and in 2015 had about 1,000 members in Germany and Switzerland.[15]

Notable Kurds in Germany

See also

References

  1. ^ "Camps built in Germany, Austria to win new members for PKK, reports reveal". TodaysZaman. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. ^ http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2013/05/201358161349732897.html
  3. ^ "Camps built in Germany, Austria to win new members for PKK, reports reveal". TodaysZaman. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. ^ http://www.aljazeera.com/video/europe/2013/05/201358161349732897.html
  5. ^ Hundreds of Syrian Kurdish migrants seek shelter in Serbia
  6. ^ For Iraqi, Syrian Kurdish refugees, fantastic dreams and silent deaths
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ [2]
  9. ^ Palash R. Ghosh. "Honor Crimes in Britain Far More Prevalent than Formerly Thought". International Business Times. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  10. ^ "Erschlagen, weil sie schwanger war? – Killed, because she was pregnant?". Der Bild.
  11. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4345459.stm
  12. ^ "Kurds protested in Germany over 'IS' attacks on the Syrian town of Kobani". DW.DE. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Thousands march in France, Germany, Austria to support Kobane Kurds". RFI. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  14. ^ Thousands of Kurds in Germany march against Turkish air strikes
  15. ^ http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/zuerich/der-auftritt-ist-sehr-aggressiv-wie-gefaehrlich-sind-die-kurden-rocker-sondame-id3722772.html


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