Summary
Kurds in Greece (Greek: Οι Κούρδοι στην Ελλάδα, Kurdish: کوردێن یەونانستانـێ, lit. 'Kurdên li Yewnanîstanê') are the people in Greece of Kurdish origin. Kurds have primarily migrated to Greece due to war and persecution.[3] Most asylum seekers in Greece during the 1990s were Kurds from mainly Iraq but also from southeastern Turkey. A total of 43,759 Kurds entered in Greece in the latter part of 1990s, in which 40,932 were from Iraq and 2,827 from Turkey. However, only 9,797 of these sought asylum in Greece.[8]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| No official census statistics 1,000 (1993 KIP estimate)[1] 40,000 (2016 KIP estimate)[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Athens,[3] Laurium,[4] Lesbos,[5] Nea Smyrni,[6] Patras,[6] Thessaloniki[3] | |
| Languages | |
| Greek, Kurdish | |
| Religion | |
| Islam, Yazidism[7] |
The social relations between Greeks and Kurds are described as 'good' and researcher Papadopoulou argues that the reason for this is the experience of fleeing among Greeks themselves.[6] In an interview with Kurdistan 24, Greek Minister for Migration Ioannis Mouzalas stated that Greeks and Kurds of Greece have exceptional ties.[9] The Kurds of Greece frequently hold pro-Kurdish protests[4][10] and various Kurdish cultural centers have been opened all around Greece.[3] During the 1990s, Turkey frequently accused Greece of harboring Kurdish rebels of Kurdistan Workers' Party.[11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Rigoni, Isabelle (1998). "Les mobilisations des Kurdes en Europe". Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales (in French). 14 (3): 204. doi:10.3406/remi.1998.1654. ISSN 0765-0752. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Diaspora Kurde (2016)". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Kurds In Greece Protest About Their Home, Away From Home". Sara AbdelRahim. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Kurds in Greece to stage three-day march for Ocalan". ANF. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "UPDATED: Ten Syrian Kurds in critical condition after attack at refugee camp in Greece". Kurdistan24. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ a b c Aspasia Papadopoulou (2002). "Kurdish Asylum Seekers in Greece: the Role of Networks in the Migration Process" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Kurds attacked in Greek camp, accused of not fasting on Ramadan". Jerusalem Post. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Επισυνάπτονται κείμενα ανακοίνωσης Υπουργείου Εξωτερικών 18/11/98, δήλωσης Κυβερνητικού Εκπροσώπου 14/11/98 και δήλωση κ.Υπουργού Εξωτερικών 16/2/99) (4 March 1999). "ΣΗΜΕΙΩΜΑ: Κούρδοι και Κουρδικό ζήτημα" (PDF). Simitis Foundation (in Greek). Athens. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Greek Minister: 'Kurds want to fight terrorism'". Kurdistan24. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Οι Κούρδοι στην Ελλάδα ζητούν την καταδίκη της εισβολής στο Αφρίν". Pontos News. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Spiros Ch. Kaminaris (June 1999). "Greece and the Middle East". Middle East Review of International Affairs - MERIA. 3 (2): 41.
Further reading edit
- "Οι μετανάστες της πλατείας Κουμουνδούρου". Το Βήμα Online (in Greek). 24 November 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- "Professor Emeritus of International Politics Christodoulos Yiallourides: "Greeks and Kurds have similar existences regarding the preservation of their identities."". Înfo Welat. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.