| Kurdistan Eyalet | |||||||||
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| 1846–1867 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Diyarbekir | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1846 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1867 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Turkey | ||||||||
Kurdistan Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت کردستان, romanized: Eyâlet-ı Kurdistan) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. It was the first time that the Ottoman Empire used the term "Kurdistan" to refer to an administrative unit rather than a geographical region. It was formed with the aim of establishing direct control over Kurdistan, rather than recognizing it as a political entity.[1]
- ^ Yadirgi, Veli (3 August 2017). The Political Economy of the Kurds of Turkey. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107181236.