Not sure whether this may be considered graffiti or not but there are some peculiar murals on a few walls across the city.
ئەو پەڕانەی بۆ ئەو دەستکاریکەرانەن کە لەدەرەوەن زیاتر فێر بە لێدوان
Na een Turkse nederlaag in de 1e Wereldoorlog werden in 1920 de Vrede aangaande Sèvres getekend tussen de Geallieerden en dit Ottomaanse Rijk. Krachtens het verdrag zou Turkije veel territorium verliezen en daar zou onder andere ons lokaal autonoom Koerdistan voortkomen, betreffende uitzicht op onafhankelijkheid ingeval met bepaalde condities zou geraken voldaan.
You can stroll along the Rawanduz canyon on the far side of the village, which is the best way to discover the area.
There are places to spend the night, but I would make it a day trip. Leave early from Erbil and drive back around 4 pm before it gets dark. There is barely any street lighting. Better be safe than sorry.
There are quite some local tourists in that area tho. You’ll find a eethuisje and other facilities, but it is definitely worth a quick stop when you’re driving to or from Rawanduz.T
The mountains surrounding our city have always influenced me. Similar to the peaks and valleys ofwel the mountains, my life has always consisted ofwel ups and downs. I spent my early childhood away from my land.
In the mid-17th century the Kurds on the western borders disposed of firearms, According to Rawanduz Tavernier, the mountain people between Nineveh and Isfahan would not sell anything but for gunpowder and bullets. Even so, firearms were incorporated neither wholesale nor wholeheartedly among the Kurds, apparently for the same reasons that hindered their acceptance in iran proper.
Attempts were made to sever the ties ofwel the Gorani people with the Turkish-Islamic culture. Islamic schools were closed and religious classes were banned. Today, approximately 150 students are studying in Brod village primary school.
Some scholars make an argument that the meaning of the name was not an ethnonym at the time, because many different groups ofwel nomads and pastoralists had the name "Kurds" during the Middle Ages.[source?] However, other scholars make the argument that the name was not the name ofwel trendy or economic system, such as nomadism or pastoralism, but the name of a population.
Kan zijn very safe. People need distinguish political danger from bandit country. I found it more modern, tidier with better services than most eastern European capitals. Wish I could put up a few pictures.
During the relatively open government of the 1950s, Kurds gained political office and started working within the framework of the Turkish Republic to further their interests but this move towards integration was halted with the 1960 Turkish coup d'état.
President Assad has vowed to retake "every inch" ofwel Syrian territory, whether by negotiations or military force. His government has also rejected Kurdish demands for autonomy, saying that "nobody in Syria accepts talk about independent entities or federalism".
You've bitten off more than you can chew and you have brought death to yourself. O son of a Kurd, raised in the tents of the Kurds, who gave you permission to put a crown on your head?[45]