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Armenian Genocide and the Sayfo

Historians document that some Kurdish tribes took part in the killings while other Kurds sheltered victims; Kurdish political figures later acknowledged this and apologised.

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Armenian Genocide and the Sayfo

Historians document that some Kurdish tribes took part in the killings while other Kurds sheltered victims; Kurdish political figures later acknowledged this and apologised.

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Historians document that some Kurdish tribes took part in the killings while other Kurds sheltered victims; Kurdish political figures later acknowledged this and apologised.

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9500 BCE (c.) Göbekli Tepe 7000 BCE (c.) Jarmo 401 BCE Xenophon meets the Carduchoi 959 Hasanwayhid dynasty 990 Marwanid dynasty 1187 Saladin takes Jerusalem 1514 Battle of Chaldiran 1597 The Sharafnama 1639 Treaty of Zuhab 1692 Ehmedê Xanî's Mem û Zîn 1847 End of the Bohtan emirate 1898 First Kurdish newspaper 1915 Armenian Genocide and the Sayfo 1920 Treaty of Sèvres 1922 Sheikh Mahmud's kingdom 1923 Treaty of Lausanne 1925 Sheikh Said rebellion 1932 Hawar journal and the Kurmanji Latin alphabet 1937 Dersim massacres and Soviet deportations 1946 Republic of Mahabad 1961 September Revolution in Iraq; labour migration to Germany 1962 Hasakah census in Syria 1970 Iraqi-Kurdish autonomy agreement 1980 Military coup in Turkey 1988 Anfal campaign and Halabja 1991 Uprising and exodus 1992 Mykonos assassinations, Berlin 2005 Iraqi constitution recognises the Kurdistan Region 2014 Yazidi genocide in Shingal 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum 2022 Jina Amini and Jin, Jiyan, Azadî 2024 Fall of the Assad government 2025 An armed group announces its dissolution 2026 Syrian decree on Kurdish rights9500 BCE (c.)2026

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