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Turkish Kurdistan or Northern Kurdistan ((クルド語:Bakurê Kurdistanê)) is an unofficial name for the southeastern part of Turkey. The unofficial term references the region's geographical and historical location with respect to the larger Kurdish region. Kurds generally consider what they refer to as Northern Kurdistan to be one of the four parts of a greater Kurdistan, which also includes parts of northern Syria (Rojava/Western Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Southern Kurdistan), and western Iran (Eastern Kurdistan).〔''Kurdish Awakening: Nation Building in a Fragmented Homeland'', (2014), by Ofra Bengio, University of Texas Press〕 A search through the Turkish Grand National Assembly online portal shows on 9 October 1920 (25.1.1339 Ottoman calendar) the word "Kurdistan" used at least six times.〔(TBMM Tutanak dergisi ), Grand National Assembly of Turkey minutes. Retrieved 19th November 2013〕 ==Geography and economy== In the census of 1965, Kurdish-speakers made up the absolute majority in Ağrı, Batman, Bitlis, Mardin, Hakkâri, Siirt, Şırnak, Van and relative majority in Diyarbakır.〔〔 The ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'' describes Turkish Kurdistan, historically, as covering at least 17 provinces of Turkey: Erzincan, Erzurum, Kars, Malatya, Tunceli, Elazığ, Bingöl, Muş, Ağrı, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Siirt, Bitlis, Van, Şanlıurfa, Mardin and Hakkâri, stressing at the same time that "the imprecise limits of the frontiers of Kurdistan hardly allow an exact appreciation of the area." In Turkey, the 17 provinces covered around 190,000 km².〔''Kurds, Kurdistan'', The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Edited by C.E. Bosworth, E. Van Donzel, B. Lewis and C. Pellat, Vol.V: KHE-MAHI, E.J. BRILL Publishers, Leiden, Netherlands, 1986, ISBN 90-04-07819-3 (see pp. 439-440)〕 Since 1987, four new provinces - Şırnak, Batman, Iğdır and Ardahan - have been created inside the Turkish administrative system out of the territory of some of these provinces. The region has no unified administrative identity and the Turkish state rejects the use of the term "Kurdistan" to describe it. In addition to the provinces already mentioned, the region forms part of the wider geographic subdivisions of Southeastern Anatolia Region (''Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi'') and Eastern Anatolia Region (''Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi''). The region forms the south-eastern edge of Anatolia. It is dominated by high peaks rising to over 3,700m (12,000 ft) and arid mountain plateaux, forming part of the arc of the Taurus Mountains. It has an extreme continental climate — hot in the summer, bitterly cold in the winter. Despite this, much of the region is fertile and has traditionally exported grain and livestock to the cities in the plains. The local economy is dominated by animal husbandry and small-scale agriculture, with cross-border smuggling (especially of petroleum) providing a major source of income in the border areas. Larger-scale agriculture and industrial activities dominate the economic life of the lower-lying region around Diyarbakır, the largest Kurdish-populated city in the region. Elsewhere, however, decades of conflict and high unemployment has led to extensive migration from the region to other parts of Turkey and abroad.〔van Bruinessen, Martin. "Kurdistan." ''Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World'', 2nd edition. Joel Krieger, ed. Oxford University Press, 2001.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Turkish Kurdistan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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