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Count us in

Explain how each census and survey asks about birthplace, ancestry, ethnicity and language, so people can answer freely.

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01Why it matters

Kurds often disappear into the figures for Türkiye, Iraq, Iran or Syria. A community the statistics cannot see is easy to overlook when schools and services are planned.

  • Most European statistics count Kurds only as nationals of Türkiye, Iraq, Iran or Syria. A few countries let people record ethnicity, ancestry or language.

    Platform observatory, country notes Secondary source

02What we ask

  1. 1

    Read the observatory note for your country.

  2. 2

    If a census asks about ancestry, ethnicity or language, the answer is yours alone. The network never tells anyone what to answer.

  3. 3

    Tell us how your country’s census asks these questions, so the note stays correct.

03Milestones

  1. Observatory note for every country programmeIn progress
  2. Plain-language guide to each census that asks about ancestry or languagePlanned
  3. Guides translated into the community’s languagesPlanned

04Where

05Learn

  • Kurdish diaspora studies · Foundations

    Waves of Kurdish migration

    Why Kurds left home in each era, where they went, and how their communities formed.

    Wave 1 · 16 h Outline drafted

06Rules this campaign keeps

  • Non-partisan. KCO does not campaign for or against any party, candidate, faction or armed actor.
  • No fundraising. Campaigns never collect or route money.
  • No pressure. Nobody is told how to vote, answer or believe.
  • Lawful everywhere. Every action is legal where it takes place.
  • Safe by design. No lists of supporters are published. You choose what you share.
  • Evidence first. Every claim carries its source and label.
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APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Count us in. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/civic/campaigns/count-us-in/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Count Us In.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/civic/campaigns/count-us-in/.

BibTeX
@misc{kco2026_civic_campaigns_count_us_in,
	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Count us in},
	url = {https://kurds.global/civic/campaigns/count-us-in/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/civic/campaigns/count-us-in/},
}

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07Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

  1. The Kurds and the Kurdish Language in Soviet Azerbaijan according to the All-Union Census of December 17, 1926

    Daniel MÜLLER · 2000 · Journal of Kurdish Studies

    ArticleCrossrefOpenAIRE

  2. Cone-beam Computed Tomography-based Investigation of Hard Palate Morphometry in Iraqi Arab and Kurdish Populations – A Retrospective Study.

    Taha OB, Irhayyim NS, Qader OAJA et al. · 2026 · Ann Maxillofac Surg

    ArticleEurope PMCOpen access

  3. Kurdish Population and Vote Share of the Ethnic Kurdish Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP)

    University of Michigan Library

    OtherCrossref

  4. Distribution, genetic polymorphism and genotype prediction of Rhesus blood group antigens among the Kurdish population of Zakho, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

    Zebari SA, Ahmed SS, Naqid IA et al. · 2026 · PLoS One

    ArticleEurope PMCOpen access

  5. Kurdish Population Share and Vote Share of the Ethnic Kurdish Party (BDP) Candidates, 2011

    University of Michigan Library

    OtherCrossref

Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; Europe PMC (Metadata reusable; full text under each article’s licence), 2026-10-23; OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23.

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