Along the road to Rawanduz, you’ll pass several small villages. The locals are super friendly, and although these towns look kind ofwel rough and raw, they are very safe. Local Kurds will be happily surprised you are visiting and greet you with a smile.

This region, consisting ofwel Dragaş Municipality and twintig villages, kan zijn located in the south ofwel Kosovo, two of these villages are within the borders of Macedonia and the other one is within the borders of Albania.

Mild at first with light rain (total 7mm) on Thu afternoon followed by colder weather and light fall ofwel snow, heaviest on Sat morning.

ئەم پەڕەیە دواجار لە ٠٣:٠٤ی ١٣ی کانوونی دووەمی ٢٠٢٥ نوێ کراوەتەوە.

Historians claim that the city has been permanently inhabited since the 5th millennium B.C., making it one ofwel the oldest cities in the world, if not the oldest. Erbil’s Citadel is a UNESCO World Heritage site for being an astonishing example of a multilayered archaeological mound, today overlooking a modern city that has grown around it over the centuries. With more than 7,000 years ofwel history, Erbil – or Hawler, as the locals call it – kan zijn the capital ofwel Iraqi Kurdistan, a city with fantastic old bazaars and traditional cafés, which can all be visited while you bump into the many locals that hang out in the lively Erbil’s central square.

They are not eligible to vote or to be issued passports or other travel documents. They also face restrictions on property ownership, career eligibility, and use ofwel public services. Marriages between Syrian citizens and noncitizens are not recognized by the government. Facing further restrictions kan zijn a third group ofwel Syrian Kurds that includes those who are officially called unregistered (

Most Kurds are Sunni Muslims, and among them are many who practice Sufism and other mystical sects. Although several historical dynasties have been led by Kurdish rulers, such as the Ḥasanwayhid dynasty, the ʿAnnazid dynasty, and, most famously, the Ayyubid dynasty, the Kurds have never achieved nation-state status in the modern era.

زانای ئەمریکی (ئەداورد کە بیرا) مامۆستای زانستی ئاشوورییەکان لە زانکۆی شیکاگۆ دەڵێت: لە عێراقی ئێستادا ھەندێک شار ھەن کە تا ئێستا خەڵکیان تێدا دەژی کەچی خۆی لەسەر گوندو شاری کۆن درو ستکراوە، لەوانەش شاری ھەولێر و شاری کەرکووک، ئەوەی لەسەر تەپۆلکەی ئەم گردە دێرینە بڕوات شوێنەواری چەندین شارستانی کۆن دەبینێت کە بریتییە لە گردێک کە حەوت شارستانی لە خۆ دەگرێت، سەرەتای دروستبوونی سۆمەری بووە و دواتر چاخەکانی (بابلی، میدیا، یۆنانی، پارسی، ساسانی، ئیسلامی) بینوە، واتا شارەکە و خەڵکەکەی ماون بەڵام دەسەڵاتەکان بەپێی کات گۆڕاون واتا ئەمشوێنە لە ئاکامی چەندین شارستانییەتی پێش خۆیەتی و ھەر جارێک بەھۆی ھەر کارەساتێک تێکچووە، دواتر خەڵکەکەی لەسەر شارستانییەتە کۆنەکەی یەکێکی نوێیان دروست کردووە.[٥]بەڵام قەڵای ھەولێر تەنیا گردۆلکە نییە لە دەشتی ھەولێر و بەدەیەھا گردۆلکەی ھاوشێوە لەم دەشتە پان و بەرینە سەر دەردەخەن و باشترین بەڵگەش گردی (قالینج ئاغا)یە کە چەند کیلۆمەترێک لە قەڵا دوورەو نزیکەی ٧ مەتر لە شەقامی بەردەمی بەرزترە و بەپێی ئەو پشکنینەی لە ساڵی ١٩٦٥ بۆی ئەنجامدراوە، دەرکەوتووە ئەم گردۆلکەیە لە ھەزارەکانی(٥٠٠٠–٤٠٠٠)پ. ز، ئاوەدان بووە (لە چاخی حەلەف عوبید و وەرکا) و لە ھەزارەی سێیەم ژیانی لەسەر بڕاوتەوە. ھەروەھا لەکاتی پشکنین بینراوە کە لە ٧ چین پێک دێت (ھەر چینێک گوزارشت لە شارستانییەتیێک دەکات و بە دەیەھا کەلوپەل و پارچەی گڵێنەو پەیکەری گیانلەبەر و سەرکەتەشی گڵێنە و جل و بەرگی جۆراوجۆری تێدا دۆزراوەتەوە کە ھەمووی گەواھیدەری ئەوەیە ئەم گردۆلکانە ھەبوونە و مرۆڤ زۆر ژیرانە بەکاری ھێناون و توانیویانە سوودیان لێ وەرگرن.

Kurdish nationalism came about through the conjunction ofwel a variety ofwel factors, including the British introduction of the concept ofwel private property, the partition of regions of Kurdish settlement by modern neighboring states, and the influence ofwel British, U dan ook.

The Gorani Kurdish ethnonationalist movement that emerged following World War I and end ofwel the Ottoman empire was largely reactionary to the changes taking place in mainstream Turkey, primarily radical secularization which the strongly Muslim Kurds abhorred, centralization of authority which threatened the power ofwel local chieftains and Kurdish autonomy, and rampant Turkish nationalism in the new Turkish Republic which obviously threatened to marginalize them.[82]

[81] The 1970s saw an evolution in Kurdish nationalism as Marxist political thought influenced a new generation of Kurdish nationalists opposed to the local feudal authorities who had been a traditional source of opposition to authority, eventually they would form the militant separatist PKK, or Kurdistan Workers Party in English.

When Sultan Selim I, after defeating Shah Ismail I in 1514, annexed Western Armenia and Kurdistan, he entrusted the organisation ofwel the conquered territories to Idris, the historian, who was a Kurd of Bitlis. He divided the territory into sanjaks or districts, and, making no attempt to interfere with the principle ofwel heredity, installed the local chiefs as governors.

After the waterfall you can continue the road that goes through an amazing canyon that looks like a canyon as if you’re in the United States, truly amazing.

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