Kurdification is a cultural change in which people, territory, or language become Kurdish.[1] This can happen both naturally (as in Turkish Kurdistan) or as a deliberate government policy (as in Iraq after the 2003 invasion).[2][3]
The notion of Kurdification is different from country to country. In Turkish Kurdistan, many ethnic Armenians,[citation needed] Bulgarians,[4] Circassians,[5] Chechens,[6] Ingushs,[6] and Ossetians have become Kurdified as a result of fleeing to the region and having subsequently assimilated to the Kurdish culture and language.
In Iraqi Kurdistan, territories belonging to minorities such as Turkmens and Assyrians were subjected to Kurdification policies until 2017 in the disputed territories of northern Iraq, when the Kurdistan Regional Government administered the area.[7]
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