Sheet 19901080 Photo 6

Image of sheet 19901080 photo 6: Portrait vom irakischen Leiter der Peschmerga aus dem Irak. Salih Hagi Husseiyn Kurdish Turkey Kurds 1990 Türkei Kurden √ 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 © 1990, OLIVIA HEUSSLER / www.clic.li
Color: Black & White
Type: Negative
Country: Türkei
Region: Kurdistan
Place: Lice
Date: Dec 13, 1990