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Kurdish Lion of Elamits in Protoliterate period of Mesopotamia, 3000 AD (next)

 

Kalk stone, high 8.4cm, wide 6.2cm Gueunol collection of (next)

 

Mr and Mrs Bradleyn Martin, Brooklyn-Museum. New York Journal of the (next)

 

The Guennol Lioness was found at a site in Kurdistan about 80 years ago (next)

 




American Oriental Society, Vol. 70, No. 4. (Oct.-Dec. 1950), 223-226.

 


The Guennol Lioness was found at a site in Kurdistan for about 80 years ago and seems to be brought by British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley and brought in 1931 by Joseph Brummer, a New York art dealer. In 1948, he sold it to New Yorker Alastair Bradley Martin and his wife Edith. The couple - who have Welsh origins, called their estate Guennol - which is Welsh for Martin. For most of the time since the Martins bought the lioness, it has been on permanent loan to New York's Brooklyn Museum.

It was carved by a craftsman from Elam, the ancient Kurdistan. At Sotheby’s New York, the Guennol Lioness, sold for a remarkable $57.161.000, a record for any sculpture at auction.

 



T-shaped columns which has recently been founded (2003) in Girê Navokê (Gobekli Tepe) in Ruha is consedering belongs to the eldest temple in the world, Age over 11000 years

 

World's eldest temple is built by columns in 3 m high. On the stones there are holly picture sign - hieroglifs (communication system) - elder than the Egyptian hieroglifs

 

This building is consedering to be the eldest construction which has ever been built by ancient people

 

The arkeologist from the German Arceological Institute (DAI) Dr Klaus Schmidt has found this interesting place in the history of our civilisation

 

The worlds probably eldest statue has been found in this historical site. The statue is possibly the God of fertility because he is holding his pouch which has been considering the symbol of fertility in the ancient world. The arrow, the male sex organ and the first letter in the alphabet A. All these 3 things representing the higher powers "God" in the ancient society.

 

Whole the historical geografy of ancient Kurdistan (Northern Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent) is considering to be the cradle of mankind

 

At the Holly Mountain of Bible: Since many thousand of years people has built heap of stones and planted threes on Girê Navokê because the place has been considered as a holly place. In the bible the place is mentioned as the Holly Mountain where the prophet Abraham has prayed for his allmighty God.

 

 

Pira Dehderi 'The 10-Doors Bridge' on the Tigris river which is built by Romans, outside of Amida (Diyar Bekr)

 

 

 

Kurdish Wall Carpet Art in Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan

 

 

The mosaic of the Amazona Penthesileia, has been found in Haleplibakhce Garden in Ur-Ha (Ru-Ha/Urfa) city town at January, 2007. The item is a mosaic table from the 4th century AD. Historical Kurdistan - the ground of civilisations (Northern Mesopotamia) shuld be open for the INDEPENDENT arceologs, historians and scients. But the regimes not allowing this. Every historical object the arkeologists finding, it describes the objects from the Arabic, Armenian Assyrian or Turkish rules! This is a non-acceptable behaviour against the legacy of the humanity.

 

 

The quarry of the Amazona Penthesileia

 

 

The horse of the Amazona Penthesileia

 

The mosaic floor which is from the Roman era found in the city of Ur-Ha (Ru-Ha/Urfa)

 



The historical ruins in Kommagene (the thrones of the Gods and Godies), in the Kurdish city Semsour (Adiyaman)

 

 

The historical ruins in Kommagene (the thrones of the Gods and Godies), in the Kurdish city Semsour (Adiyaman) ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 

 

The historical ruins in Kommagene (the thrones of the Gods and Godies), in the Kurdish city Semsour (Adiyaman)

 

 

The historical ruins in Kommagene (the thrones of the Gods and Godies), in the Kurdish city Semsour (Adiyaman)

 

 


The historical ruins in Kommagene (the thrones of the Gods and Godies), in the Kurdish city (Adiyaman) ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 

 



The historical ruins in Kommagene (the thrones of the Gods and Godies), in the Kurdish city Semsour (Adiyaman)

 



The historical ruins in Kommagene (the thrones of the Gods and Godies), in the Kurdish city Semsour (Adiyaman)

 

 

An ancient temple in the Kurdish city Antakia, ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 

 

An ancient temple in the Kurdish city Antakia, ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 



According to the Old Testament the Kurdish Wan Lake
is The lake in the Garden of Eden

 

 

 

The baetifull Church, Akh Tamara from 10th century on an island on the Kurdish lake Wan ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 

 

The western side of Akh Tamara Church, on the island of the Kurdish lake Wan

 

 

Inside of the roof of the dome, Akh Tamara Church, on the island in the Kurdish lake Wan
which is in need of a restoration.

 

 

Reliefs on the wall of Akh Tamara Church, on the island of the Kurdish lake Wan

 

 

Reliefs on Akh Tamara Church wall, on the island in the Kurdish lake Wan ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 

 





Reliefs on Akh Tamara Church wall, on the island in the Kurdish lake Wan

 

 

The baetifull Church, Akh Tamara from 10th century on an island on the Kurdish Lake Wan

 

 



The baetifull Church, Akh Tamara from 10th century on an island on the Kurdish Lake Wan ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 

 

The baetifull Church, Akh Tamara from 10th century on an island in the Kurdish lake Wan

 

 

The baetifull Church, Akh Tamara from 10th century on an island on the Kurdish Lake Wan

 

The baetifull Armenian Church, in Eastern Kurdistan from 10th century on the Kurdish Lake Urumia

 

 

The Kurdish Castle of Wan














The Kurdish Castle of Kharpet

 

 

The Kurdish Castle of Khoshab

 

 





Another fort in Kurdish Region Wan ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 

 

 

The Castle of Hawlêr: in Southern Kurdistan

 

 

Median reliefs

 



Median flagg

 

 


Golden Ryton from Ecbatana (Eastern Kurdistan)

 



A bucket from 1600 BC found by a Kurdish farmer in Kurdistan belongs Kurdish Mittani Kingdom

 

 

The Median Emperor Cyxsares - Key Xosro

 

Historical ruins in Kurdistan

 

 

Historical ruins in Kurdistan

 

Historical ruins in Kurdistan

 

Amîda (Diyar Bekr) in 1960:ies

 

urfa kapi

(The port of Rome) in the western side of the Kurdish city wall of Amîda (Diyar Bekr). This port closed at sunset and opened in sunrise in the ancient time

 

 



The Kurdish Amîda (Diyar Bekr), an ancient misterious

 

 

Amîda with its city wall-the second one in the world after the Chinese: 5 km long, 17 m high and 4 m wide

 

 

Tower of the city wall-the second one in the world after the Chinese: 5 km long, 17 m high and 4 m wide

 

 

The Kurdish Amîda (Diyar Bekr), an ancient misterious

 

 

A traditional House in the Kurdish Amida (Diyar Bekr) from the 15th century

 

A traditional House in the Kurdish Amida (Diyar Bekr) from the 15th century

 

 

Inside of the traditional Kurdish residence in Amida (Diyar Bekr)

 

Inside of the traditional Kurdish residence in Amida (Diyar Bekr)

 

 

A lion relief - on the one of city wall tower in Kurdish Amida

 

 



A hunting lion relief - on the one of city wall tower in Kurdish Amida

 

A hunting lion relief - on the one of city wall tower in Kurdish Amida

 

The hunting lion relief - on the one of city wall tower in Kurdish Amida

 

Animal figures - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

The cross - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

Vaults on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

Inscriptions from ancient cultures - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

Inscriptions from ancient cultures - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

Animal figures - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

Animal figure - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

Animal figure - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

Inscriptions from ancient cultures - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

Animal figure - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

Animal figure (lion) - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

Animal figures - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

 

 

Animal figure - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 


Reliefs - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 



Animal figure - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

Animal figure - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

Animal figures - on the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

The guard - on the tower of the city wall of Kurdish Amida

 

A relief - on the one of city wall tower in Kurdish Amida

 

On the ancient wall of Diyar Bekr, 5000m lång, 17m high and 4m wide

 

Inside of the historical Sun Temple, today Big Mosque in Diyarbekir

 

Historical ruins from the Kurdish city of Afrin in Western Kurdistan (Syria)

 

 

Spice market in Kurdish city Amîda (Diyar Bakr) ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 


An ancient Kurdish town: Midyad

 

An ancient Kurdish city Mêrdîn (Mardin)

 

An ancient Kurdish city Mêrdîn (Mardin)

 

An ancient Kurdish city Mêrdîn (Mardin)

 

An ancient Kurdish city Mêrdîn (Mardin)

 

Mardin

An ancient Kurdish city Mêrdîn (Mardin)

 

Mardin

The Church Deyr-o Yoldath Aloho (Santa Maria) the 3th Century in Hah villiage in the ancient Kurdish city Midyad

 

 

"Jurn" a giant mortar which is used for crushing wheat to prepare "Savar", in the ancient Kurdish City Rûha ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 

 

The Prophet Abraham's lake in the Kurdish city Rûha. The fishs in this lake are protected by law ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 

 

The Prophet Abraham's lake in the Kurdish city Rûha. ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 

 

The Kurdish folkloric dressing from the Cûlemerg (Hekkari) Province. ©- Kurdish Book Bank - SARA

 

 

A Kurdish folkloric dressing, anonimous

 

 

Sweet little girl

 

 

Kurdish little girl with hope for freedom ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 

Temple of the "Yezidian Faith" Lalesh, Southern Kurdistan

 

At the temple of the "Yezidian Faith" Lalesh, Southern Kurdistan, ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 

 


Peacock - a central symbol in the old Kurdish religion the "Yezidian Faith"

 

 

The Syriac manastry in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq)

 

 

A Modern Church in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq). Building of the modern churchs in whole Turkey is not usual

 

 

A church wich has been converted to a mosque by the muslim Turkish conqurors: Ishaq Pasha

 


The Kurdish Bazîd & Khoshab Castel ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 



The most important church of the Celdan and Syriac christians ; Dêra Zahferan in the in the Kurdish province of Mêrdîn ©-ROXANE PHOTOS

 

 

Duhok, Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq)

 

 

Hewler - The province capital of Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq)

 

 

A palace in Kurdish city Sina in Eastern Kurdistan (Iranian Kurdistan)

 

Kurdistan is the paradise on the earth. Here is a lake underground - Eastern Kurdistan (Iranian Kurdistan)

 

 

Guerillas in the nature in Eastern Kurdistan (Iranian Kurdistan)

 

 



Winter, Kurdish montains and peshmergas/guerillas

 

 

The Tigris river, nearby the ancient Kurdish city Amîda (Diar-î Bakr)

 

 



Septimus Severus Bridge in the Kurdish Semsûr Region

 

 

Kirkuk, The heart of Kurd in the Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq)

 

 

An absolutely paradise: Munzur Valley, in the Kurdish Dersim province

 



The ancient bidge of Afrîn: in Western Kurdistan waiting restoration. But the Syrian authorities are not aware of any cultural haritage at all

 

 


The Kurdish warriors from the earlier century

 

Kurdish Dagger

 

 

 

 

The tipical Kurdish Dagger

 

 

The tipical Kurdish Dagger

 

 

The tipical Kurdish Dagger

 

The windows of the former Kurdish Library in the hall of the grand mosque of Kurdish Amida

 

The marmor column from the old church (in present Grand Mosque) of Amida

 

Sheik Said The Leader of the Kurdish upprising in 1925 in Diyar Bekr. His body is an massgrave in Diyarkeir city (Derê Ciyê, 'Dag Kapi')

 

Gazi Muhammed

Ghazi Muhammed, the president of the Kurdish Republic Mahabad in 1947, Eastern Kurdistan

 

 

 

Khalid Begê Cibrî - The leader of the Kurdish Rezistance Movement Azadî (Freedom) (Azadi - Kürdistan Istiklal Cemiyeti) ) in 1920:ies. Hanged by Turkish forces in 14th April 1925 in the Kurdish city Bitlis

 

 



The Kurdish hero YADO: Lehengê millî Yadîn Mehmûd Ebas -(YADO)

 

 

The Kurdish intellectual Osman Sebrî from Syrian Kurdistan

 

 

Dr Yûsif Ezîzoxlî - a beloved and helpful doctor who lived in Amed (Diyarbekr) in 1960:ies. Azizoglu treated poor people for free every friday.

 

 

The laughing Kurdish politicians; Barzani and Talabani

 

Common press conference, PKK & PUK

 



Common press conference, PKK, PUK, SPK (psk) & PDL (dep)

 

 

Bedr Khans Brothers, son of the last prince of Kurdistan Emin Ali Badr Khan; Kamuran, Sureyya and Jaladet

 

A Kurdish meeting in USA at the earlier 1920ies

 

 

The founder of Kurdish Latin alphabeth, founder and editor of the Kurdish magazines, Hawar, Ronahî, Prince Jaladat Alî Badr Khan

 

 

Mazlum Dogan , a Kurdish intellectual student leader died in the military prison of Diyarbakir

(click on the picture to read his historical defence speach in the Turkish military court)

 

 

The Kurdish avantgardist Necmedîn Buyukkaya, killed in the military prison of Diyarbekir. (Sêwreg, 1943 - Diyarbekir, 22/1/1984)


 

The untiring human rights defender, Dr Ismail Besikci

 

Edîb Karahan, Kurdish journalist and politician from 1960:ies, from Qosar (Kiziltepe)

 

Kurdish historian and linguist: Taufîq Wahby

 

Mihemmed-î Mîhrî, (1889 Ciwanro - ?), Istanbul (1957)

 

Erdewan Zakhoyî, the Kurdish singer who has been killed by Saddam because he refused to sing for Saddam

 

 

Faik Bucak (1919 - 4/7-1966) a Kurdish politician in 1950 and 1960:ies in the Kurdish city Amîda

 

Wîlayet El Kerkûk Fî El Memleket-ul Kurdistan Fî El Memleket-ul Usmaniye: The map from 1893 - Ottoman era showing the Kurdish city Kirkuk = in the Autonom KURDISTAN Province

 

 

Kurdistan 550 000 km2

 



KURDISTAN

 

 

 

 

Dancing Kurdish women from Caucassus

 

 

Aware Kurdish woman in Turkish trial

 

 

The heaviest load is carried by the Kurdish woman

 

 

The Newroz (New Day, March 21th) celebrations in the country side

 

 

The Kurdish women from 18th century, sourche: A von SCHWEIGER LERCHENFELD, Stockholm 1881

 

 

The Nastorian woman from the Kurdish province Hekkarî at the 18th century, sourche: A von SCHWEIGER LERCHENFELD, Stockholm 1881

 

 

An illustration from the earlier centuries showing Kurdish folk costumes

 

Kurdish king (Mîr) with his queen (Banû)

 

Kurds of Mako, Mamasanî Kurds, Kurd of Yerevan

 

 

The heaviest load is carried by the Kurdish woman

 

 



Andrea Wolf (Ronahī) an internationalist German woman who fighted side by side with Kurdish gerilla, Kurdistan Rapport, Nr 128, December 2006

 

Rahîme KAHRAMAN

 

 

Leîla Qasem, a patriotic Kurdish student, became hanged by the Iraqi Baas regime (1952-1974)

 

 


Rewshen Salih Bedir Xan (1909 – 1992) - The wife of the Kurdish intellectual Mîr Jaladet Bedir Khan

 

 

Margaret Shello, the legendary freedom fighter from Southern Kurdistan

 




Kurdish Intellectual and politician Hero Talebanî

 

 

Danseuse l'oriente: Laila Badr Khan, 1960:ies at La Scala Theatre

 

 

 



Gulbehar (1932-) The Kurdish Legendary singer from 1950-ies from Southern Kurdistan

 

 

Nalîn Baksî, The Secretary of the Swedish Social Demokratic Women

 

 

Nasrin Barwary, The former reconstruction minister of the Kurdistan Federal State in Iraq

 

Kurdish author researcher Shukriye Resol

 

Aslîka Qadir, famous singer in 1960'ies, Kurd from Qauqasus

 

 

 

The grand Kurdish Trubador. Folklorvan û dengbêja granbuha ya serdemê Ayshe Shan (1938 Amed - 18-12-1996 Îzmir)

 

 

Gulistan the Grand Kurdish trobadur

 

 

Frîca Cewarî (1932-1993) Kurdish Author from the former Soviet

 

 

The legendary Kurdish singer in 1950's: ZADINA SHEKIR, The Kurdish Radio, Yerevan

 

A Kurdish girl with traditional tatoo and haed-shal from Dêrik province, Northern Kurdistan (The Kurdish artist Rojîn)

 

Kurdish artist Canê

 

Kurdish artist Natalya

 

Kurdish artist Natalya

 

Kurdish artist Natalya

 

Kurdish artist Natalya

 

Kurdish artist Natalya

 

Kurdish artist Natalya

 

Kurdish artist Natalya

 

 

Kurdish nomad teen-girls in traditional cloths

 

 

Two generations

 

 






Kurdish Music Group in 1970-ies, Southern Kurdistan


















Kurdish Music Group in 1970-ies, Southern Kurdistan

 

 

Kurdish teen-girls in traditional cloths from Mahabad, 1941, Eastern Kurdistan

 

 




A view from the begining of the last century (1920) from Mahabad, Eastern Kurdistan

 

 

Kurdish leader Masud Barzani in the younger age, as a peshmerga (Kurdish guerilla) soldier

 

 

Giant watwermellon from Amîda (Diyar-î Bekr)

 

 

Giant watwermellon from Amîda (Diyar-î Bekr)

 

 

Dame Kurde, painting from 1800-century

 

Kurdish nomad women from Khorasan (Land of the sun) in Eastern Kurdistan

 


Kurdish nomad woman from Khorasan (Land of the sun) in Eastern Kurdistan

 

M. Remzi Bucak with his wife Zehra Khanom

 

 

 

 


With the daughter of the Kurdish prince Emîr Jaladet Alî Bedr Khan: Oseyma Bedr Khan in exile (in the middle).

 

 

Khasro Goran Mosul deputy Governor

 

 

Goran Candan with Dr Vera Saedpoor, founder of the Kurdish Library & Museum (1986), Brooklyn, New York

 

 

Goran Candan with head of Cyprus State Library Mr Antonis Maratheftis

 

 

Cyprus State Library: Kipriaki Biblioteki

 

 

A Kurdish elementary school class in Amman

 

 




A glad view from a Kurdish city in Eastern Kurdistan

 

 



The Kurdish Poet Cegerxwîn (1903 Mêrdîn, Stockholm 22/10/1984)

 

The Kurdish Poet Cegerxwîn (1903 Mêrdîn, Stockholm 22/10/1984)

 

The Kurdish politician, leader Abdurrehman Qasimlo from Eastern Kurdistan,
killed by the Islamic Republic of Iran's agents during negotiations by the same regime's reperesentetives

 

 



The Kurdish politician, leader Sherefkendî from Eastern Kurdistan,
killed by the Islamic Republic of Iran's agents during negotiations by the same regime's reperesentetives, 1995

 

 

The Kurdish rebellian, leader Seyid Riza from the begining of earlier century. Seyid Riza hanged by Turkish military in 15, November 1937

 

 

The Kurdish jouurnalist and intellectual Hamresh Resho (1939 - 2003)

 

 


Nêchîrvan Barzanî - the prime minister of the Kurdistan regional Government in Iraq

 



Kurdish politician Berhem Salih the vice president of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan - PUK

 

 

The legendary Kurdish Leader Mahmoud Berzinjî

 

The legendary Kurdish Fighter and leader Simko Shikak

 

 

Diyap Agha from Dêrsim Province in Kurdistan with Ataturk (Turks' Father). Ataturk needs Kurds in that time.

 

 

A thirsty prison of Kurdish war against Turkish military which resulted a genoside on Kurds in Dêrsim, 1938

 

Mistefa Pasa-y Yamûlkî (Suleimani, 1868 - Bagdad, 25/1/1936)

 

4 days after the Turkish military coup t'Etat in May 27th, 1960, many Kurdish intellectuals from entire country collected in a military consentration camp in Sêwas

 

 


Ebdul-Ezîz Yamûlkî (Mekke, 21/12/1890 - Bagdad, 25/7/1981)

 

 

Abdul Azîz-î Yamûlkî (Mekke, 21/12/1890 - Bagdad, 25/7/1981)

 

 

Evdurrehman Muhemmed Emîn ZEBÎHÎ - the Kurdish author

 

Evdurrehman Muhemmed Emîn ZEBÎHÎ - the Kurdish author

 

 

Sherîf Pasha - the Kurdish-Ottoman general

 

 

Îhsan Nûrî Pasha (Bedlîs 1893 - Tehran 25 Marsh 1976) with his wife Khadîje Yashar

 

 

From right: Ali Khosroyî, Hac Seyid Ebdulla Efendî Geylanîzade, Dr Shîrazî, Îhsan Nûrî Pasha

 

From the left: the Kurdish trabadurs; Mihemed Arif Cizîrî (1912-1986), Seîd Yûsif and Îsa Berwarî (1933 Mûsil - 2002 Mûsil).
This picture is taken in 1972 in Beirut

 

 

 

Kurdish singer Fûad Ehmed Southern Kurdistan

 

The welknown artist with Kurdish origin Yilmaz Guney ("The Ugly King")

 

 

The welknown artist with Kurdish origin Yilmaz Guney ("The Ugly King")

 

Yilmaz Guney ("The Ugly King") in discussions with Turkish militaries

 

 

Fûad Ehmed with other Kurdish singers in 1960-ies . From the right: Tahir Tewfîq, Fûad Ehmed, Îsa Berwarî, Bakurî, Ehmed El-Xelîl, Nivîsevan Tariq Brahîm Sherîf, Yas Xizir

 

 

Fûad Ehmed with other Kurdish singers in 1960-ies . From the right: Hesen Cizîrî, Nivîsevan Hashim Cibarî, Mihemmed Arif Cizrawî û nivîsevan Evdulla Ebas

 

 

Fûad Ehmed with Kurdish singers Heyder Evdurrehman û hunermend Bakurî

 

 

Helbestvan Hemdî




Kurdish Jews, Shabi Avraham with the son

 

A Kurdish Jew woman in 18th Century

 

 



Two musician brothers Boêz and Ronên Yona from Israel

 

The musician kurd from Israel in a Israeli journal

 

 



Hilwa - Kurdish Jew living in Israel

 

 

Shemûn Levî - Kurdish Jew living in Israel

 

 

Sorchî - Kurdish Jew living in Israel, listening Kurdish Broadcasting from Kurdish Radio in Baghdad

 

 

Boêz Yona - The Kurdish musician living in Israel

 

 

Ronên Yona - The Kurdish musician living in Israel

 

 

Nîsan Sorchi (husband): "I can not live whithout listening the Kurdish language."
Regîna Sorchi (wife): There is nothing better than the Kurdish life."

 

 

Kurds in Israel wearing the traditional costumes dancing during a wedding

 

 

Kurds in Israel wearing the traditional costumes during a wedding

 

 

Kurds in Israel dancing the traditional dances during a wedding

 

 

Kurds in Israel dancing the traditional dances during a wedding

 

 

Kurds in Israel during a wedding

 

 

 


Mihemmed-î Mihrî (1889-1957) with his family, Istanbul, 1940


 



Kurdistan for the Deaf People - Kurdistan ji bo Kerran (Guhgiranan)


 



Sahmeran- Queen of the snakes (A Kurdish mitological tale)

 

 

The Lake Wan

 

The Lake Wan

 



An old church, at present a mosque in the Kurdish ancient city Farqîn (Slîva) - an ancient misterious

 

Colemerg (Hekarî)

 

Historical buildings in Farqîn

 

Historical buildings in Farqîn

 

Historical buildings in Farqîn

 

Historical buildings in Farqîn

 

Historical buildings in Farqîn

 

The ancient city Husnkef on the historical river Tigris which has it's roots from 10 thousand years will be drown by giant water dam

 


Husnkef, One of the oldest cultural haritage of the ancient civilisations in upper Mesopotamia (Ancient Kurdistan) on Tigris

 

The paradise nature on the earth: Kurdistan

 

The paradise nature on the earth: Kurdistan (Dersim)









The wild nature of Kurdistan - Bêkhal: in Southern Kurdistan (Grand Canyons of Kurdistan)

 

AkhTamara

 

 


The montainious highlands of Kurdistan

 

 



The montainious highlands of Kurdistan

 

 



The montainious highlands of Kurdistan

 

 

The montainious highlands of Kurdistan

 

 

The montainious highlands of Kurdistan

 

 

elbistan

Elbistan

 

 

A symbol of the God Ahura Mazda (the allmighty sour masta =sour Yogurd) in Zaraoastranian faith

 

 

Kurdish Army forces

 

 

Condoleezza Rize, Mesud Barzani

 

 

Masoud Barzanî & George Bush, White House 26/10-2005

 

 

Kurdish leader Mesud Barzani and the former Turkish president Turgut Özal (originaly Kurd) who had private ambitions
to help to solve the Kurdish question in a peaceful way, but Özal "died" under unclear circumstances.

 

 

Dr. Shivan (Saîd Kirmizitoprak) Dersim 1935 - Zaxo 26 Çiriya Duwem 1971)

 

 


Pulitzer Prize photo

In 1979, the U.S.-backed Shah of Iran was overthrown by Islamic radicals, led by Ayatollah Khomeini. Later that year, a group of 11 Kurdish men were lined up and shot to death, accused of various crimes. Their executions at a municipal airport in Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan, followed a brief trial during which no evidence was presented.

Iranian photographer Jahangir Razmi, took 70 pictures of this execution in Kurdistan on Aug. 27, 1979. One picture won the Pulitzer Prize. It was, however, awarded to an unnamed photographer - the only anonymous recipient in the 90-year history of the award. Mr. Razmi preserved 27 of the photos on a contact sheet and stowed it away in his home.

A photograph capturing this event was published and eventually won a Pulitzer Prize, but the photographer's identity was kept secret to protect him. An account Saturday in The Wall Street Journal reveals the photographer's name -- Jahangir Razmi -- and story.

Iranian Islamic Militia (Pasdaran) killing Kurds without trial, August 1979. This picture was taken by a Persian journalist, Jihangir Razmi.
But because of the fear for the Iranian Islamic regime, he didn't proclamate his name even though this picture
won a Pulitzer Prize. For security of his life he has been hold this a secret for 27 years. Source: Wall Street Journal.

 

 

Kurdish National Assembly in Hewlêr, Southern Kurdistan

 

The legendary Kurdish politician Mehdī Zana - At the Agirī meeting holding a political speech - 1968

 

Barzani & Talabanî

 

Nechirvan Barzani & The leader of the Yezidians Sheik Tehsin

 

 



Kurdish guerillas from 1980-ies

 

The legendary Kurdish wariors, freedom fighters from 1960-1990ies: Pash Mergas

 

 

Kurdish Guerilla soldiers

 

 

Jalal Talebani, in the middle

 

 

 

 

The legendary student leader and the Kurdish intellectual: Înglîz with the Kurdish peshmergas at the begining of 1980'ies in Eastern Kurdistan

 

 

The legendary student leader and the Kurdish intellectual: Înglîz with the Kurdish peshmergas at the begining of 1980'ies in Eastern Kurdistan

 

 


Kurdistan's caves are safe places for the Kurdish freedom fighters as has been used as residents by ancient, prehistori