Kurdification is a cultural change in which people, territory, or language become Kurdish.[1] This can happen both naturally (as in Turkish Kurdistan) or as a deliberate government policy (as in Iraq after the 2003 invasion).[2][3]
The notion of Kurdification is different from country to country. In Turkish Kurdistan, many ethnic Armenians,[citation needed] Bulgarians,[4] Circassians,[5] Chechens,[6] Ingushs,[6] and Ossetians have become Kurdified as a result of fleeing to the region and having subsequently assimilated to the Kurdish culture and language.
In Iraqi Kurdistan, territories belonging to minorities such as Turkmens and Assyrians were subjected to Kurdification policies until 2017 in the disputed territories of northern Iraq, when the Kurdistan Regional Government administered the area.[7]
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^Al-Ali, Pratt, Nadje Sadig, Nicola Christine (2009). What kind of liberation?: women and the occupation of Iraq. University of California Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-520-25729-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Preti Taneja, Minority Rights Group International (2007). Assimilation, exodus, eradication: Iraq's minority communities since 2003. Minority Rights Group International. p. 19.
^Harmen van der Wilt. The Genocide Convention: The Legacy of 60 Years. p. 147.
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^ abCite error: The named reference checheningush was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"On Vulnerable Ground | Violence against Minority Communities in Nineveh Province's Disputed Territories". Human Rights Watch. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
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