The total number of Kurds in Istanbul is estimated variously from 3 to 4 million.[1][2][3] Because Istanbul is widely accepted to house the largest Kurdish population in any city in the world, it is often dubbed as the biggest Kurdish city.[1][4] The influx of Kurds to Istanbul was also motivated by the forced depopulation of Kurdish villages during the Kurdish Turkish conflict.[4]
^ abToivanen, Mari (21 September 2021). The Kobane Generation: Kurdish Diaspora Mobilising in France. Helsinki University Press. pp. 54–55. Retrieved 6 December 2022. For instance, Istanbul hosts approximately three million Kurds and therefore can be said to be the biggest 'Kurdish city'.
^""Sizin ağaç dikmeniz de siyasettir."". Kırık Saat. 2 (46). 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2022. Çünkü İstanbul'da 3 milyon Kürt var.
^Çiçek, Cuma (22 December 2016). The Kurds of Turkey: National, Religious and Economic Identities. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 149. Retrieved 6 December 2022. The city where the largest Kurdish population lives in Istanbul. Now there are neither historical, nor political, nor ethical, nor economic conditions to displace the 3-4 million Kurds who live in Istanbul.
^ abHouston, Christopher (2005), "Creating a Diaspora within a Country: Kurds in Turkey", in Ember, Melvin; Ember, Carol R.; Skoggard, Ian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World, Boston, MA: Springer US, p. 408, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-29904-4_40, ISBN 978-0-387-29904-4, retrieved 2022-12-16
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