https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/Published records of The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. Every value keeps its source and label.enWed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMThttps://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/gobekli-tepe/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/gobekli-tepe/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMTDeep historyneeds-citationTURMonumental enclosures near Urfa: deep human heritage of the lands where Kurds live today. Year: 9500 BCE (c.) Era: Deep history Places: TUR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/jarmo/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/jarmo/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMTDeep historyneeds-citationIRQOne of the earliest farming villages, in the foothills of the Zagros. Year: 7000 BCE (c.) Era: Deep history Places: IRQ Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/carduchoi/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/carduchoi/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 23:10:41 GMTAntiquityneeds-citationThe Anabasis describes the mountain people of the Carduchoi, often linked to Corduene. Year: 401 BCE Era: Antiquity Places: not recorded Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/syria-decree-2026/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/syria-decree-2026/Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTAfter 1991draftSYRReported in January 2026: citizenship restored to stateless Kurds and Kurdish recognised as a national language; to verify. Year: 2026 Era: After 1991 Places: SYR Sources: none yet [secondary]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/pkk-dissolution/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/pkk-dissolution/Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTAfter 1991draftReported on 12 May 2025, after a call by the group's founder of 27 February 2025; to verify against primary sources. Year: 2025 Era: After 1991 Places: not recorded Sources: none yet [secondary]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/assad-falls/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/assad-falls/Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTAfter 1991needs-citationSYR8 December 2024; a new phase for Kurds in Syria. Year: 2024 Era: After 1991 Places: SYR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/jina-amini/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/jina-amini/Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMTAfter 1991needs-citationIRNThe death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini, a young Kurdish woman from Saqqez, after her arrest by Iran's morality police is followed by nationwide protests under the Kurdish slogan Jin, Jiyan, Azadî. Year: 2022 Era: After 1991 Places: IRN Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/referendum-2017/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/referendum-2017/Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMTAfter 1991needs-citationIRQHeld on 25 September 2017; Iraqi federal forces take control of Kirkuk on 16 October. Year: 2017 Era: After 1991 Places: IRQ Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/yazidi-genocide/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/yazidi-genocide/Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMTAfter 1991needs-citationIRQAttack on Shingal (Sinjar) by an armed group on 3 August 2014: mass killings, abductions and enslavement; the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria found it a genocide (2016). Year: 2014 Era: After 1991 Places: IRQ Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/iraq-constitution/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/iraq-constitution/Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMTAfter 1991needs-citationIRQKurdish becomes an official language of Iraq. Year: 2005 Era: After 1991 Places: IRQ Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/mykonos/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/mykonos/Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMTAfter 1991needs-citationDEUFour Iranian Kurdish opposition figures are killed at the Mykonos restaurant in Berlin; a Berlin court's 1997 judgment attributed the order to Iran's leadership. Year: 1992 Era: After 1991 Places: DEU Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/uprising-1991/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/uprising-1991/Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMTAfter 1991needs-citationIRQAbout 1.5 million flee to Iran and Turkey; the safe haven leads to self-rule in the Kurdistan Region. Year: 1991 Era: After 1991 Places: IRQ Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/anfal/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/anfal/Fri, 01 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMTCold Warneeds-citationIRQChemical weapons attack on Halabja on 16 March 1988, within the Anfal campaign (1986 to 1989) against Kurdish civilians; the Iraqi High Tribunal ruled Anfal a genocide in 2007. Year: 1988 Era: Cold War Places: IRQ Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/coup-1980/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/coup-1980/Tue, 01 Jan 1980 00:00:00 GMTCold Warneeds-citationTURMass arrests, documented torture in Diyarbakır Prison, and a wave of political exiles to Europe. Year: 1980 Era: Cold War Places: TUR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/autonomy-1970/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/autonomy-1970/Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMTCold Warneeds-citationIRQSigned on 11 March 1970; it collapses after the 1975 Algiers Agreement. Year: 1970 Era: Cold War Places: IRQ Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/hasakah-census/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/hasakah-census/Mon, 01 Jan 1962 00:00:00 GMTCold Warneeds-citationSYRAbout 120,000 Kurds are stripped of citizenship. Year: 1962 Era: Cold War Places: SYR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/september-revolution/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/september-revolution/Sun, 01 Jan 1961 00:00:00 GMTCold Warneeds-citationIRQMustafa Barzani's uprising begins; the Turkey-West Germany recruitment agreement starts the labour migration. Year: 1961 Era: Cold War Places: IRQ Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/mahabad/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/mahabad/Tue, 01 Jan 1946 00:00:00 GMTPartitionneeds-citationIRNProclaimed on 22 January 1946 under Qazi Muhammad; it falls within the year, and he is hanged in 1947. Year: 1946 Era: Partition Places: IRN Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/dersim/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/dersim/Fri, 01 Jan 1937 00:00:00 GMTPartitionneeds-citationTURMilitary operations in Dersim (1937 to 1938) kill thousands of civilians and deport many more, as documented by historians; the death toll is contested. In 1937 Kurds of the South Caucasus are deported to Central Asia. Year: 1937 Era: Partition Places: TUR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/hawar/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/hawar/Fri, 01 Jan 1932 00:00:00 GMTPartitionneeds-citationSYRCeladet and Kamuran Bedirxan publish Hawar in Damascus; 15 May is now Kurdish Language Day. Year: 1932 Era: Partition Places: SYR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/sheikh-said/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/sheikh-said/Thu, 01 Jan 1925 00:00:00 GMTPartitionneeds-citationTURUprising in Turkey, followed by military suppression, deportations and policies that denied Kurdish identity, as historians document them. Year: 1925 Era: Partition Places: TUR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/lausanne/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/lausanne/Mon, 01 Jan 1923 00:00:00 GMTPartitionneeds-citationCHEThe Republic of Turkey is recognised without Kurdish provisions; the Kurdish lands are divided among four states. Year: 1923 Era: Partition Places: CHE Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/sheikh-mahmud/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/sheikh-mahmud/Sun, 01 Jan 1922 00:00:00 GMTPartitionneeds-citationIRQA Kingdom of Kurdistan is declared in Sulaymaniyah and suppressed by British forces. Year: 1922 Era: Partition Places: IRQ Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/sevres/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/sevres/Thu, 01 Jan 1920 00:00:00 GMTPartitionneeds-citationFRAArticles 62 to 64 envisage Kurdish autonomy; never ratified. Year: 1920 Era: Partition Places: FRA Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/genocides-1915/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/genocides-1915/Fri, 01 Jan 1915 00:00:00 GMTOttoman centralisationneeds-citationTURHistorians document that some Kurdish tribes took part in the killings while other Kurds sheltered victims; Kurdish political figures later acknowledged this and apologised. Year: 1915 Era: Ottoman centralisation Places: TUR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/kurdistan-newspaper/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/kurdistan-newspaper/Sat, 01 Jan 1898 00:00:00 GMTOttoman centralisationneeds-citationEGYKurdistan is published in Cairo on 22 April 1898; the date is now Kurdish Journalism Day. Year: 1898 Era: Ottoman centralisation Places: EGY Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/bohtan/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/bohtan/Fri, 01 Jan 1847 00:00:00 GMTOttoman centralisationneeds-citationTUROttoman centralisation defeats Bedir Khan Beg; the emirates are abolished. Year: 1847 Era: Ottoman centralisation Places: TUR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/mem-u-zin/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/mem-u-zin/Tue, 01 Jan 1692 00:00:00 GMTOttoman-Safavid partitionneeds-citationTURThe Kurdish national epic, often read as a call for Kurdish unity. Year: 1692 Era: Ottoman-Safavid partition Places: TUR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/zuhab/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/zuhab/Sat, 01 Jan 1639 00:00:00 GMTOttoman-Safavid partitionneeds-citationIRNFixes the Ottoman-Safavid frontier across the Kurdish lands. Year: 1639 Era: Ottoman-Safavid partition Places: IRN Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/sharafnama/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/sharafnama/Wed, 01 Jan 1597 00:00:00 GMTOttoman-Safavid partitionneeds-citationTURSharaf Khan Bidlisi writes the first history of the Kurds, in Persian. Year: 1597 Era: Ottoman-Safavid partition Places: TUR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/chaldiran/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/chaldiran/Thu, 01 Jan 1514 00:00:00 GMTOttoman-Safavid partitionneeds-citationIRNOttoman victory over the Safavids begins the division of the Kurdish lands between two empires. Year: 1514 Era: Ottoman-Safavid partition Places: IRN Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/saladin-jerusalem/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/saladin-jerusalem/Thu, 01 Jan 1187 00:00:00 GMTMedieval dynastiesneeds-citationSalah al-Din, of a Kurdish family from Dvin, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Year: 1187 Era: Medieval dynasties Places: not recorded Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/marwanids/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/marwanids/Fri, 01 Jan 0990 00:00:00 GMTMedieval dynastiesneeds-citationTURKurdish dynasty of Diyarbakır (Amed) and Silvan, patrons of learning. Year: 990 Era: Medieval dynasties Places: TUR Sources: none yet [to verify]https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/hasanwayhids/https://kurds.global/heritage/chronology/hasanwayhids/Mon, 01 Jan 0959 00:00:00 GMTMedieval dynastiesneeds-citationIRNKurdish dynasty in the Zagros around Dinawar and Kermanshah. Year: 959 Era: Medieval dynasties Places: IRN Sources: none yet [to verify]