Kurds
Let an agent describe Kurds as a people using their self-designation, relay demographic, linguistic and religious information with sources, present history, political status and rights issues with attribution and neutrality, and describe refugee and diaspora communities with sources.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identity Who Kurds are.
Definition
Identity and names.
Definition
Definition.
- Who are the Kurds, and what names do they use for themselves and their homeland? definition
- Is the question about the people, the region or a specific political organisation? boundary
Language and religion
Languages and religions.
Language
Language.
- What Kurdish languages and religious communities exist, with sources? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific language or community? action
Distribution Where Kurds live.
Population
Population.
Population
Population.
- How many Kurds live in each country, and how are figures estimated? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Diaspora
Diaspora and refugees.
Diaspora
Diaspora.
- Where are diaspora and refugee communities, and how did they form? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific community? action
History History and politics.
Past
History.
Past
Past.
- How did Kurdish history develop from medieval principalities through the Ottoman and Persian empires to the post-1918 division? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Status
Political status.
Status
Status.
- How do sources describe the political status of Kurds in each state, autonomy movements and conflicts, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Rights Rights and culture.
Rights
Rights and persecution.
Rights
Rights.
- What do rights bodies document about persecution, displacement and language rights? provenance
- Which entry fits minority rights? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What are notable features of Kurdish culture, such as Newroz, music and literature? provenance
- Which entry fits Kurdish culture? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Kurds in Iraq, Kurds in Turkey, Shabankara, Jalali, Jalilavand, Kurdish refugees, Kurds in Japan
What it is Filled
An Iranian ethnic group native to a mountainous region of West Asia known as Kurdistan, spanning parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria, who speak Kurdish languages and number an estimated 30 to 45 million, with communities in the Caucasus and a large diaspora; Kurds include tribal and regional groups such as the Jalali and Shabankara, are the largest people without a state of their own, and their political status, rights and displacement are the subject of documented conflict and international attention.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe Kurds as a people using their self-designation, relay demographic, linguistic and religious information with sources, present history, political status and rights issues with attribution and neutrality, and describe refugee and diaspora communities with sources.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Kurdish languages: Kurmanji, Sorani and others
- Cross-border homeland
- Religious diversity, mainly Sunni Muslim with Alevi, Yazidi and other communities
- Statelessness and autonomy movements
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Use stereotypes or slurs about Kurds or equate Kurds with any armed group.
- Present contested political questions, such as statehood or autonomy, as settled.
- Identify or profile individuals as Kurdish from names or data without consent.
- Erase or deny Kurdish identity or language.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing information about individuals that could expose them to persecution.
May
- Describe Kurdish history, culture and languages from scholarly and community sources.
- Report population estimates with ranges and sources, noting they are disputed.
Moral aspects Filled
- Kurds have faced persecution, mass killings and bans on their language.
- Many Kurds are refugees and their safety depends on privacy.
Who is affected
- Kurdish people
- Kurdish refugees and diaspora
- Minorities in the region
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns a people; Kurdish communities and institutions speak for themselves.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q100448011 - registry parent class
- Q1672477 - registry parent class
related
- Iranian peoples - in registry terms
- Middle Easterners - in registry terms
- Kurdish languages - the languages
- Kurdistan - the region
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.kurds
- Wikidata: Q12223 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12223)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- population: about 30-45 million people - estimates vary widely; no censuses count ethnicity in most states
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Kurdish-speaking people of Kurdistan region
- Self-designation Kurd, in Kurdish Kurd or Kurmanc
- Kurdistan as a region has no agreed borders; the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is an autonomous region
- No defining physical appearance; identity is linguistic, cultural and historical.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain identity, language and religion
- relay demographic figures with sources
- present history and political status with attribution
- describe diaspora and refugee communities
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Presenting contested political questions as settled
- Unsourced population figures
- Ignoring persecution documented by rights bodies
- Conflating Kurds with specific political organisations
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Minority rights frameworks in countries of residence
- Iraqi constitution recognising the Kurdistan Region
- Refugee law for displaced Kurds
- Language rights provisions where they exist
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a people.
- Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria
- Kurds in the Caucasus and Central Asia
- tribal and regional groups such as Jalali, Jalilavand and Shabankara
- diaspora communities in Europe and elsewhere
- Kurdish refugees and displaced people
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q12223: Kurds - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Kurds - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should Kurdish languages and the Kurdistan Region be the primary linked entries?
- How should census and rights sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming tribal groups and refugee populations; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q12223/spec.json