Image of sheet 19901070 photo 29: market shop open street Irakische Kurden leben als Flüchtlinge in Diyarbakir. Iraqi kurdish refugees in Turkey. Kurds Kurdish Turkey Türkei Kurdische Ostanatolien 1990 √ Peshmerga or Peshmerge (Kurdish: پێشمەرگە Pêşmerge) is the term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters. Literally meaning "those who face death" (Pesh front + marg death) the Peshmerga forces of Kurdistan have been in existence since the advent of the Kurdish independence movement in the early 1920s, following the collapse of the Ottoman and Qajar empires which had jointly ruled over the area. Peshmerga forces include women in their ranks. Many Kurds will say that all Kurds willing to fight for their rights are Peshmerga. The term remains in contemporary usage, sometimes written as pesh merga in Anglophone media.

Peschmerga verkaufen importierte Billigwaren, Diyarbakir Kurdische Türkei 1990.

Sheet 19901070 Photo 29

Color: Black & White
Type: Positive, Negative, Digital
Country: Türkei
Region: Kurdistan
Place: Djyarbakir
Date: Dec 14, 1990