I am just playing with formats
- PLEASE post dates and LINKS and I will SLOWLY add them
- 1992 - 1996 Over 3,000 Kurdish villages destroyed by Turkey
ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/val/sospo/vk/koivunen/theinvis.pdf
- 1992 KRG ( Kurdistan Regional Government) established
http://www.krg.org/
- 1980 Turkish Military coup d'état. Declared martial law throughout Turkey, banned all political parties.
Strong Kemalist tradition, opposed to Kurdish separatism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Turk ... 7%C3%A9tat
- 1946 The Republic of Mahabad
http://www.kurdmedia.com/article.aspx?id=7681
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Mahabad
- 1937-1938 Dersim Massacre
http://www.massviolence.org/Dersim-Mass ... 8?cs=print
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dersim_Massacre
- 1925-1928 About 500,000 Kurds were removed from their homes and lands to other parts of the country.
About 200,000 Kurds died in the forced relocation. Doubt that they teach that in Turkish schools
http://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-pr ... 2-present/
- 1925 Sheikh Said Rebellion
http://english.turkcebilgi.com/Sheikh+Said+Rebellion
- 1923 Treaty of Lausanne
http://www.hri.org/docs/lausanne/ (excellent info on treaty)
- 1919 Britain dropped chemical weapons and bombs on the Kurds
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/apr/19/iraq.arts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_B ... ia_in_1920
- 1916 Sykes–Picot Agreement (Asia Minor Agreement) control of Middle East
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes-Picot_Agreement
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11094 (thank you Bahoz)
- 5,000BC Derinkuyu underground city (date unconfirmed research continuing)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derinkuyu ... round_City
http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/turkeyderinkuyu.htm
- 10,000BC Gobekli Tepe
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-a ... -tepe.html
http://gobeklitepe.info/