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Modern Kurdish history
Rojava and the Syrian war
A course plan with outcomes, modules and assessment, written before the lessons and reviewed before teaching starts. in preparation.
- Levels
- Scholar
- Study time
- To be set
- Wave
- 3
- Status
- Planned
Before you begin The Kurdish Cooperation Organization is a federation of communities that learn from one another. It is not a university, claims no public authority and serves no government, party or faith body.
A set of lessons with an outline, written and reviewed by peers; it carries no academic credit. are written and reviewed by peers. Outlines are A text awaiting review; it can change before it is used. until expert review.
In context
- Contested subject This subject is contested. Every side is shown with its sources, and nothing here endorses a position.
How this course handles evidence
Every figure carries its measure, year, source and label. Unknown is shown as unknown.
- Verified
- A label: the item matches its primary record, such as the official table or the Crossref entry.
- Secondary source
- A label: the figure comes from a reliable report about the source, not from the source itself.
- To verify
- A label: the item is listed as found and still needs checking against its source.
Sources
Open scholarly records on this subject, from approved indexes. Listed for reference, not yet reviewed.
- Cihat Yilmaz (2026). History and National Consciousness: A Critical Analysis of Kurdish Nationalist Historical Narratives. International Journal of Kurdish Studies. DOI 10.21600/ijoks.1870377
- Piotr Sosnowski (2022). Path Dependence from Proxy Agent to De Facto State: A History of ‘Strategic Exploitation’ of the Kurds as a Context of the Iraqi Kurdistan Security Policy. International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV). DOI 10.11576/ijcv-5688
- Zyad M. NURİ (2022). POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE DE-FACTO KURDISTAN REGION-IRAQ. Kurdiname. DOI 10.55106/kurdiname.1081809
- The Cambridge History of the Kurds (2021). Cambridge University Press eBooks. DOI 10.1017/9781108623711
- Gerald Martin Maclean (2019). British Travellers, the Kurds, and Kurdistan: a brief literary history, c. 1520-1673. Kurdish Studies. DOI 10.33182/ks.v7i2.461
Perspectives and disputes
Contested subjects show every side with sources. Nothing here endorses a position.
A map of the main positions, each with its own sources, is in preparation.
01About this course
Part of Modern Kurdish history. Modern Kurdish history follows Kurds from the end of the Ottoman Empire into the states that followed, with every side and its sources.
- Levels
- Scholar
- Wave
- Wave 3
- Discipline
- Modern Kurdish history
02What happens next
Its outline is written first, then reviewed by the responsible A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area.. Teaching starts only after review.
A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.
- It shows
- You finished the course and its assessment.
- Scope
- This course only. It is not an accredited qualification, a degree or a language certificate.
- Validity
- A permanent record of completion. It does not expire and is not renewed.
- Withdrawal
- Withdrawn if obtained by misrepresentation.
- Not an endorsement
- Completion does not mean KCO endorses you, your work or your views.
- Charter roles
- Roles under the charter have their own criteria, renewal and revocation rules.
03Your progress
Lessons, completion and your course A record that you completed a course or took part; it does not attest to competence for any role., kept for you.
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04Who teaches it
Teachers are named here when the course opens.
Course lead
Forming
A teacher of the subject, named here when the course opens.
- Outline review
- A community of practice in the Academy reviews the outline before teaching starts.
- Teach with us
- Offer to teach or review this course
05More from Modern Kurdish history
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Sèvres, Lausanne and Mosul
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Kurds in Turkey in the 20th century
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Kurds in Iraq in the 20th century
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Kurds in Iran in the 20th century
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Kurds in Syria in the 20th century
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Soviet and Central Asian Kurds
Outline in preparation.
Wave 3 Planned
06Further reading
Suggested by open metadata, not yet reviewed.
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History and National Consciousness: A Critical Analysis of Kurdish Nationalist Historical Narratives
Cihat Yilmaz · 2026 · International Journal of Kurdish Studies
ArticleCrossrefOpenAIRE
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Piotr Sosnowski · 2022 · International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV)
ArticleDataCiteDOAJOpen accessCC-BY-ND-2.0
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POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE DE-FACTO KURDISTAN REGION-IRAQ
Zyad M. NURİ · 2022 · Kurdiname
ArticleCrossref
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The Cambridge History of the Kurds
2021 · Cambridge University Press eBooks
BookOpenAlex
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British Travellers, the Kurds, and Kurdistan: a brief literary history, c. 1520-1673
Gerald Martin Maclean · 2019 · Kurdish Studies
ArticleCrossref
Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; DataCite (CC0 1.0 (DataCite metadata)), 2026-10-23; DOAJ (Metadata CC0 1.0 (DOAJ); articles under their own open licences), 2026-10-23; OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23.
07Record
Every course is a public good. Its record follows the charter’s publication rules.
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- Not yet drafted
- Review
- Not started
- Handling
- Public
- Provenance
- Listed in the curriculum plan
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Corrections
- Report an error
- Use
- Do not use this course or its completion to imply endorsement or political standing.
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- APA
The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Rojava and the Syrian war. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/rojava-and-the-syrian-war/
- Chicago
The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Rojava and the Syrian War.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/rojava-and-the-syrian-war/.
- BibTeX
@misc{kco2026_learn_catalogue_rojava_and_the_syrian_war, author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Rojava and the {Syrian} war}, url = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/rojava-and-the-syrian-war/}, howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/rojava-and-the-syrian-war/}, }- RIS
TY - ELEC AU - The Kurdish Cooperation Organization DA - 2026/// PY - 2026 ID - kco2026_learn_catalo N1 - Licence: CC BY 4.0 TI - Rojava and the Syrian war UR - https://kurds.global/learn/catalogue/rojava-and-the-syrian-war/ ER -

