Transformation of Kurdish Identity and Cultural Rights Since the Regime Change A Study of Kurds in Iraq

This paper is an attempt to understand that how Kurdish identity and cultural rights transformed from one regime to another in Iraq. Since 2003 new regime taken place in Iraq known as K.R.G. therefore paper highlighted the existing conditions of Kurds by analyzing various dimensions of Kurdish life such as socio economic condition, educational and cultural status of Kurds. Kurds are considered as a largest ethnic group in West Asia with the ethnic background comprising many regions viz. Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria. According to the World Bank data 2012 , the Kurd constitutes about 5.1 million of the total Iraqi population and is considered as one of the oppressed community in West Asia. The paper argued that how Kurdish people demanded for constructing of national identity and wished for protecting their cultural rights. The study will assist in outlining the existing social and cultural nature of this society through a sociological and critical study of Kurdish people. The study based on qualitative, descriptive and exploratory in nature, data collected by secondary sources and available literature on the topic. Faizan Haque "Transformation of Kurdish Identity and Cultural Rights Since the Regime Change: A Study of Kurds in Iraq" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-3 , April 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30838.pdf