The town name comes from Kurdish origin and means "The Black Air".

Sometimes I would learn just by chance that such-and-such a member of the Government was of Kurdish origin.

Some historians nonetheless characterize him as being of Kurdish origin.

His name comes from his Kurdish origin.

He is from Syria and of Kurdish origin.

His family is of Kurdish origin.

There are some claims about his ethnicity; some sources mention that he has Kurdish origin.

Turkish citizens of Kurdish or other ethnic origins enjoy equal rights within Turkey's democratic society.

Another 256 people of Kurdish origin also had announced their conscientious objection to military service.

The reform should be taken further quickly so that no regionalist party, nor those of mainly Kurdish origin, should be under threat.