Talk:Kurdish immigration into Syria

Diyarbakir background

@Ayıntaplı:, thanks for your edits. However, I think the background on Diyarbakir province gives a good context and lays the ground for how/why the immigration started. Which part of it you don't like? Thank you. New Aramean (talk) 06:04, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

It’s not that I don’t “like” it. I don’t see the change in the demographics of Diyarbakır as something necessarily related to the Kurdish immigration into Syria. It is something important to note, but this page’s title refers to something much more specific than what is included. Ayıntaplı (talk) 16:43, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Syria

Is the geographical area Syria meant or the modern country Syria? Paradise Chronicle (talk) 07:29, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

I think modern day Syria is the subject of this matter. However, we can expand it to be Mandatory Syria, which also includes what became Lebanon. I am OK with either one. New Aramean (talk) 10:25, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

How about a Background on the Kurds having settled in Syrian territory centuries (if not millennia) ago and then a In modern times section. I was a bit surprised when the mention on the Kurds having existed since centuries in Syria was removed. I mean Kurds are mentioned in Damascus since at least Saladins era and later Kurdish guardians were taking care of the pilgrims.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 09:18, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

I think the deleted paragraph could give a good background but Ayıntaplı thought otherwise. New Aramean (talk) 13:39, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Okay, I think that portion on the existence of Kurds in parts of modern day Syria before the immigration waves from Turkey can be included in the Background section. Seeing that under "Immigration waves," I felt it was irrelevant in a quick check but didn't realize it could be included under Background.

I think this page has a bit of a confusion of focus. Since those existing in Syria before the arrival of Turkish Kurds also migrated to the region a few centuries ago, this page could also talk about the formation of several geographical communities of Kurds in Syria. For example, for those in Kurd Dagh, Okçu İzzedin could be mentioned , etc.

I believe the mention of the change in Diyarbakır's demographics also has to do with the unclear focus of this page, because Diyarbakır was not a part of Ottoman Syria, the French Mandate, and is not a part of modern-day Syria. So, this page could also be about the overall change in where Kurds inhabited. So, the main problem is about how we should frame it, with three options existing: 1. Kurdish immigration to modern-day Syria during the 20th century (with the mention of the already-existing Syrian Kurdish communities under the Background section), 2. Overall Kurdish immigration to the region which became modern-day Syria (in which the already-existing Syrian Kurdish communities' migration story would be separately explained under a new section), 3. Overall change in where Kurds inhabited throughout history with a title change (also including the removed mention of Diyarbakır's demographics). Ayıntaplı (talk) 15:19, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Contested deletion

This article should not be speedy deleted as being recently created, having no relevant page history and duplicating an existing English Wikipedia topic, because this specifically cover the events of immigration of Kurds to Syria, while the Kurds in Syria article is broader covering many current aspects of the Kurdish population in Syria. I think this nomination is motived by POV pushing. Actually, user paradisechronicle brought to my attention that a specific article on this topic was requested by some users before, so I created it. New Aramean (talk) 19:56, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi @New Aramean:, The issue does not lie in repeated information only, which can be detailed in the main article without problems due to the volume of information. There is also linking topics and a lack of impartiality. The migrations to Al-Hasakah Governorate after the First World War were made up of Assyrians and Armenians in large numbers as well and they were not intended for a particular people in the first place, they were displacements from conflicts, not “Kurdish migrations”. Instead of deletion, an entire article could be devoted to migrations to Syria, mentioning the Palestinian, Armenian, Assyrian, Kurdish etc displacements, because it’s a bigger topic when you mention “population jumps”. Sulaimanl (talk) 20:45, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

deletion

This article contains repeated information from the Immigration from Turkey section of the Kurds in Syria article. It also lacks some impartiality, as migrations to Syria after World War I consisted of Armenians, Assyrians, Kurds and other ethnic groups due to various conflicts, migrations were not intended for Kurds and the sources cited in this article confirm it. Sulaimanl (talk) 20:05, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

you should do afd deletion and not speedy as this is not recently created Shadow4dark (talk) 20:30, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the reminder, I didn’t saw the date of the page. Sulaimanl (talk) 20:47, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Removing tables

Hi @Paradise Chronicle:, your deletion of the population tables is not justified. The tables show the evolution of the population in Jazire province, where most of the incoming Kurdish immigration took place. These are facts needed for cotext. New Aramean (talk) 08:00, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Dear New Aramean... why are you interested in bringing tables of the general population which were based on data which specifically did not include ethnic information? An estimate on the Kurdish populaion in Jezireh of about 81 per cent or 85'000 of the Sunni population was given for 1947. p.74. The other was only for the year 1939. Also, non of the tables say how many of the mentioned Kurds immigrated to Syria. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 20:53, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

I already explained before, the pop tables are more than relevant in an article about immigration and population changes, just like in the Arab Belt article. I would appreciate your cooperation in bringing those back in both articles, and let's work collaboratively and in good faith. Thank you. New Aramean (talk) 17:01, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

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The sentence at the beginning “Kurds are the largest people in the world without their own ethnic state.” is not mentioned in the mentioned source on page 475. Also, the information itself is wrong as there are the Tamils ​​who form the largest nation without their own ethnic state. Sulaimanl (talk) 18:21, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Also the sentence of “The majority of the Kurds in Syria immigrated from Turkey to the French Mandate the 20th century, in order to escape the harsh repression of the Kurds in that country.” lacks studies to support it. so I suggest to add "According to Youssef M. Choueiri, The majority of the Kurds in Syria immigrated from Turkey to the French Mandate the 20th century, in order to escape the harsh repression of the Kurds in that country."Sulaimanl (talk) 18:29, 13 August 2023 (UTC)