Mehmet Özdemir

Articles credited to Mehmet Özdemir in the Kurdish History archive.

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• The Ahmad Awa Waterfall of the Hawraman
• The Sulaymaniyah Museum: Treasure-House of Slemani
• The Cendere Bridge: A Roman Arch Near Mount Nemrut
• The Botan Valley: Gorge of the Bohtan Country
• The Karaftu Caves: An Ancient World in the Cliff
• Pirmam (Pîrmam): A Hill Retreat Above Erbil
• Lice (Licê): A Mountain Town of Diyarbakır
• Adıyaman (Semsûr): A City on the Kurdish Edge
• Doğubayazıt (Bazîd): The Palace Below Mount Ararat
• Turkish and Turkic Are Not the Same Thing Turkey Was Created in 1923
• Şırnak (Şirnex): The Kurdish City Beneath Mount Cudi
• Mahabad: The Kurdish City of the 1946 Republic
• Kellep aça: The Amed Dawn Soup and the Last Part of the Lamb
• Helise: The Kurdish Wedding Wheat and the Cauldron That Takes All Night
• Nanê Tirî: The Kurdish Nomadic Bread and the Morning Fire of Hakkari
• Izot: The Dark Kurdish Pepper and the Smoke of Bakur’s Kitchen
• Pestil: The Kurdish Grape Leather of the Autumn Vintage
• Kaburga Dolmasî: The Stuffed Lamb Ribs of Amed
• Meftûne: The Sour Garlic Stew of Amed
• Şamburek: The Kurdish Meat Hand Pie of Mardin
• Terxena: The Kurdish Winter Stew That Begins in Spring
• Keledoş: The Bitlis Winter Stew Built from Dried Yogurt
• Kengerli Pilaf: The Kurdish Spring Pilaf Made from a Plant Facing Extinction
• Ayran Aşı: The Kurdish Cold Yogurt Soup Filed Under “Turkish”
• Ava Kişmîş: The Kurdish Raisin Drink That Settles a Feast
• Şekalok: The Kurdish Lamb Stew Where Spinach Meets Dried Apricot
• Zalobiya: The Kurdish Fried Pastry That Travelled to Jerusalem
• Terxena: The Kurdish Fermented Herb Disks That Carry Spring Into Winter
• Glorik: The Kurdish Meatballs in Sour Broth
• Ciger Şîş: The Kurdish Liver Kebab That Diyarbakır Wakes Up To
• Biryanî: The Kurdish Celebration Rice That Marks Every Milestone
• Perde Pelav: The Kurdish Wedding Pilaf Wrapped in Secrets
• Ser û Pê: The Kurdish Head-and-Foot Stew That Warms a Nation
• World War I and the Interwar Kurdish Revolts: From the Ottoman Collapse to the Republic of Mahabad (1914–1947)
• The Marwanids of Diyar Bakr: Kurdistan's Greatest Medieval Dynasty (983–1085 CE)
• The War Against ISIS: How Kurdish Forces Fought and Defeated the Islamic State
• The Treaty of Lausanne (1923): The Treaty That Erased Kurdistan from the Map
• The Byzantine-Marwanid Agreement (1000 AD): When a Kurdish Emir Became Duke of the East
• Mahabad Qaradaghi: Kurdish Iraqi Scholar and Academic
• Widad Akrawi: Kurdish Iraqi-Swedish Educator and Global Peace Builder
• Herro Mustafa: Kurdish American Ambassador to NATO
• Asya Abdullah: Co-Chair of the PYD and Architect of Rojava's Gender Revolution
• Eskerê Boyîk: Kurdish Syrian Poet of the Jazira Tradition
• Tofy Mussivand: The Kurdish Inventor Who Saved Thousands of Hearts
• Ciwan Haco: The Kurdish Voice from Damascus Who Conquered the World Stage
• Mehdi Zana: Kurdish Mayor of Diyarbakır Imprisoned for Kurdish Rights
• Turgut Özal: The Kurdish-Origin President Who Transformed Turkey
• Nadir Nadirov: Kurdish Scholar and Last Great Voice of Soviet Kurdology
• Khalid Bakdash: The First Elected Communist in the Arab World
• Abdolqader Zahedi: Sunni Scholar and Kurdistan's Assembly Representative
• Cigerxwîn: The Bleeding Heart of Kurdish Poetry
• Nur Ali Elahi: Kurdish Sufi Master, Musician, and Saint of Yarsanism
• Ibrahim Pasha al-Dalati: Kurdish Ottoman Governor of the 18th Century
• Sarı Süleyman Bey: Kurdish Notable of the 17th Century
• Ezidi Mirza: Kurdish Figure of the 17th Century
• Şêx Şemsedînê Exlatî: Kurdish Sufi Scholar of the 16th Century
• Mahmud the Kurd: The Kurdish Artist Who Founded the Veneto-Saracenic Style
• Sayf al-Din al-Amidi: The Kurdish Jurist Who Unified Theology and Islamic Law
• Nusrat al-Din: Kurdish Hazaraspid Atabeg and Defender of Lorestan Against the Mongols
• Al-Muzaffar Ghazi: Kurdish Ayyubid Lord of Mayyafariqin and Son of Al-Adil I
• Al-Mu'azzam Isa: Kurdish Ayyubid Governor of Damascus and Defender of Jerusalem
• Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din: Saladin's Son and First Ruler of Damascus
• Abu'l-Aswar Shavur: Dvin, Ganja and a Surviving Gate Inscription
• Nasr al-Dawla Ahmad: The Golden Age of the Marwanid Kurdish Dynasty
• Shattuara II: The Last King of the Mitanni Empire
• Dada: The Late Lullubi King of the Zagros
• Irib: A Lullubian Ruler in an Ur III Record
• Irarum: Twelfth Kurdish King of the Gutian Dynasty
• Elulmesh: Fifth Kurdish King of the Gutian Dynasty
• Hasan Hayri: The Kurdish Deputy Who Was Used, Betrayed, and Hanged — and Called Himself a Donkey (1881–1925)
• Mehdi Hasan: Champion of Self-Determination or Selective Critic? Unpacking His Stance on Kurdish Independence
• The Socio-Cultural and Athletic Genesis of Arda Güler: An Exhaustive Analysis of Lineage, Identity, and Global