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A Short Introduction to Kurdish Online Resources

By Bahadin H. Kerborani

A General view from Silêmanî/Sulaymaniyah “The Capital of Kurdistan” which was founded by the leader of Kurdish Baban Principality, Ibrahim Pasha Baban in 1784.  Silêmanî has been one of the major centers for education, culture, and history in Kurdistan. William Heude, A Voyage up to the Persian Gulf, and a Journey Overland from India to England in 1817” (London: 1819).  

Kurds, especially in Turkey, have faced some of the most systematic assimilationist policies in the Middle East since the early years of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey. The Kurds have not been allowed to establish their own centers for the production of knowledge under the uncertain and perilous conditions in Northern Kurdistan and Turkey. Therefore, the Kurds and their friends have created some indispensable organizations and platforms in diaspora to preserve Kurdish written materials and cultural artifacts from attempted state annihilation.

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