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{{Infobox ethnic group
|group = Kurds in Kazakhstan
|image =
|population = 38,325 (0,2%)<br>(2011 census)<ref name=kazakhstan>{{cite web|title=Table 4.1.1 Population by individual ethnic groups |url=http://www.eng.stat.kz/publishing/DocLib/2011/%D0%90%D0%9E%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC.pdf |work=Government of Kazakhstan |publisher=stat.kz |accessdate=9 July 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228140007/http://www.eng.stat.kz/publishing/DocLib/2011/%D0%90%D0%9E%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC.pdf |archivedate=February 28, 2013 }}</ref><br>46,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Kazakhstan: Ethnic Minorities Guaranteed Seats In Parliament|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1077396.html|accessdate=2 December 2012|newspaper=Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty|date=27 June 2007}}</ref>–150,000<ref name="paradise">{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan: A paradise for ethnic minorities|url=http://www.kurdmedia.com/article.aspx?id=7861|publisher=Kurdish Media|accessdate=2 December 2012}}</ref>
|popplace = [[Almaty Province]], [[Jambyl Province]], [[South Kazakhstan Province]]<ref name="historicaldictionary"/><ref>{{cite book|title=People Without a Country: The Kurds and Kurdistan|url=http://books.google.dk/books?id=W78I4hK0JLQC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=&source=bl&ots=vkpy8xxd5i&sig=CIExvWZ1bJAwVoiTPEP-J17gFTE&hl=da&sa=X&ei=XV27UJ3QAq-Z0QXbmYCQDQ&ved=0CGEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=2 December 2012|page=203}}</ref>
|languages = [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]], [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]], [[Russian language|Russian]]<ref name=historicaldictionary>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan|year=2012|url=http://books.google.dk/books?id=BbRsMq03dh0C&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=&source=bl&ots=MPqieDAyMG&sig=j8yRsA1qPDA-wFATzj6P61Z9-6g&hl=da&sa=X&ei=YVW7UKXxO4vQsgb-_4H4Bg&ved=0CEcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false|author1=Ustina Markus |author2=Didar Kassymova |author3=Zhanat Kundakbayeva |accessdate=2 December 2012|page=166}}</ref>
|religions = Overwhelmingly [[Islam]]
|related =[[Iranian people]] ([[Yazidis]], [[Zazas]])
}}

'''Kurds in Kazakhstan''' refers to the people born in or residing in Kazakhstan who are of Kurdish origin. According to the most recent Kazakh census in 2011, the Kurdish population is 38,325 or 0.2% of the population,<ref name="kazakhstan"/> but Vice President of the Kurdish Association of Kazakhstan, Malikshah Gasanov numbers the population up to 46,000,<ref name="paradise"/> because many Kurds list themselves as [[Turkish people|Turks]] and [[Azeris]].<ref name="historicaldictionary"/>
Most of the Kurdish population in Kazakhstan were deported by [[Stalin]] from [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]] and [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. Years later, Kurds immigrated to Kazakhstan from the neighbouring countries, [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Kyrgyzstan]].<ref name="paradise"/>

In cities with a substantial Kurdish population, [[Kurdish literature]] and Kurdish language is taught in the primary and secondary schools. In the village of Kashkabulak, Kurdish students can study Kurdish through 12th grade.<ref name="paradise"/> And since 1990, Kurds also have had their own newspaper, the ''Kurdistan'' newspaper.<ref name="paradise"/>

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|value1 = 98.3
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|label2 = [[Christianity]]
|value2 = 0.52
|color2 = DarkOrchid
|label3 = [[Atheism|Atheist]] and [[irreligion|non-religious]]
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|color3 = DarkGray
|label4 = Other and undeclared
|value4 = 0.39
|color4 = Silver
|label5 = [[Judaism]]
|value5 = 0.02
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|label6 = [[Buddhism]]
|value6 = 0.01
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{{Pie chart
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|caption = Mother tongue among Kazakh Kurds<ref name="kazakhstan" />
|label1 = [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]
|value1 = 88.7
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|label2 = Other languages
|value2 = 11.3
|color2 = DarkOrchid
}}

==Deportation and immigration==
Kurds were deported twice to Central Asia from [[Caucasus|Caucasia]]. The first deportation occurred in 1937 where Stalin deported Kurds from [[Nakhichivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]] and the second deportation occurred in 1944 in Georgia. Stalin feared a Turkish invasion and he saw Kurds as unreliable, even though many Kurds served in the Soviet military. Many of them died during the deportations.<ref name="historicaldictionary"/>

After the [[Osh riots (1990)|Osh riots]] and the riots in [[Fergana Valley]] between [[Kyrgyzs]] and [[Uzbeks]], many Kurds moved to Kazakhstan.<ref name="historicaldictionary"/>

==See also==
*[[Nadir Nadirov]]
*[[Kurdish population]]
*[[Yazidis]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kurdish diaspora}}
{{Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan}}

[[Category:Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Kurdish diaspora]]

Kazakh Wikipedia

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{{Infobox website
| name = {{Wiki favicon}} Kazakh Wikipedia
| logo = [[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-kk.svg]]
| screenshot = [[File:KazWıkı-main page.png|330px]]
| collapsible = yes
| caption =
| url = [http://kk.wikipedia.org/ kk.wikipedia.org]
| commercial = No
| location = [[Miami, Florida]]
| type = [[Internet encyclopedia project]]
| language = [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]
| registration = Optional
| owner = [[Wikimedia Foundation]]
| author = Kazakh wiki community
| launch date = 2 June 2002
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The '''Kazakh Wikipedia''' is the [[Kazakh language]] edition of the free online encyclopedia [[Wikipedia]], founded on 2 June 2002.

==History==
[[File:2011-08 Wikimania ZVD 10.jpg|thumb|left|[[WikiBilim]]]]

The Kazakh Wikipedia was started in June 2002. The Kazakh Wikipedia had a very high growth rate in 2011, going from 7,000 articles to over 100,000 in less than one year,<ref name=KKstats/> largely due to the incorporation of materials from the [[Kazakh Encyclopedia]], which have been released under a [[Creative Commons]] Attribution Share-Alike License (CC BY-SA). This rapid expansion was initiated by the non-profit [[Wikibilim Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=343248|script-title=ru:Проект по расширению казахскоязычной части "Википедии" стартовал в Казахстане|publisher=[[gazeta.kz]]|language=Russian|accessdate=27 April 2012}}</ref> The [[Samruk-Kazyna|Samruk Kazyna Foundation]], Kazakhstan's sovereign oil wealth fund, sponsored the expansion, with 30 million [[Kazakhstani tenge|tenge]] spent in 2011 for paid editing, digitalization, and author rights transfer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/212582/|script-title=ru:На развитие "Казахской Википедии" выделили 50 миллионов тенге|publisher=Tengri News|language=Russian|accessdate=27 April 2012}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph Kazakh">{{cite web |url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9764719/Wikipedia-co-founder-Jimmy-Wales-restricts-discussion-of-Tony-Blair-friendship.html |title = Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales restricts discussion of Tony Blair friendship |last = Williams |first = Christopher |date = 24 December 2012 |work = The Telegraph |accessdate= 8 September 2013}}</ref> At the [[Wikimania 2011]] conference WikiBilim president [[Rauan Kenzhekhanuly]] was awarded the "Wikipedian of the Year" award by Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] for his work on the Kazakh Wikipedia expansion.<ref name="Telegraph Kazakh"/>

In April 2012 Tengri News reported that "in 2011, the Samruk Kazyna [[sovereign wealth fund]] allocated a total of $204 thousand to develop the Kazakh-language Wikipedia. This year, another $136 thousand will be earmarked", citing the Fund’s Press Service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.tengrinews.kz/internet/Samruk-Kazyna-assisting-to-develop-Kazakh-language-Wikipedia-9355/ |title=$136 thousand channeled into development Kazakh-language Wikipedia. Internet. Tengrinews.kz |publisher=En.tengrinews.kz |date= |accessdate=2013-12-25}}</ref> Wales thanked the Kazakh government for its support of the Kazakh Wikipedia at [[Wikimania 2012]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://netprophet.tol.org/2012/07/23/kazakh-wikipedia-awarded-for-its-impressive-development/ |title=Kazakh Wikipedia awarded for its impressive development |last=Lotto Persio| first = Sofia|date=23 July 2012|website=netprophet.tol.org|accessdate= 8 September 2013 }}</ref>

The Kazakh Wikipedia's unique{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}} feature is that it is written in three different scripts: [[Cyrillic]], [[Latin script|Latin]], and [[Arabic script|Arabic]]. On 26 October 2011, it passed the 100,000 articles threshold, and by early 2013 had just over 200,000 articles.<ref name=KKstats>{{cite web |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |url=http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaKK.htm |title=Wikipedia Statistics Kazakh}}</ref>

==Features==
The Kazakh Wikipedia uses ZhengZhu's character mapping program to convert between Cyrillic, Latin, and Arabic scripts.{{cn|date=August 2014}}
==Relationship between WikiBilim and the Government of Kazakhstan==
Questions have been asked about [[WikiBilim]]'s closeness to the Kazakh government, given that WikiBilim president Rauan Kenzhekhanuly had a long prior career as a Kazakh government official and the Kazakh government has been widely criticised for its crackdown on free speech.<ref name="Telegraph Kazakh"/><ref name="Daily Dot Kazakh"/> Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]]' friendship with ex-British Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]], who advises the Kazakh government, has also come under scrutiny,<ref name="Telegraph Kazakh"/><ref name="Daily Dot Kazakh">{{cite web |url = http://www.dailydot.com/politics/wikipedia-kazakhstan-dictatorship/ |title = The Daily Dot – Wikipedia's odd relationship with the Kazakh dictatorship |last = Morris |first = Kevin |date = 25 December 2012 |website = The Daily Dot |accessdate= 8 September 2013 }}</ref> as has the neutrality of the Kazakh Wikipedia's content, much of which is a reproduction of the state-published national encyclopedia.<ref name="netprophet">{{cite web |url = http://netprophet.tol.org/2013/01/08/critics-question-neutrality-of-kazakh-wikipedia/ |title = Critics question neutrality of Kazakh Wikipedia |last = Hermans |first = Steven |date = 8 January 2013 |website = NET PROPHET |accessdate= 8 September 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/node/66343|title=Kazakhstan Wikipedia Controversy Raises Questions About the Crowd|last=Smith|first=Myles G.|date=27 December 2012|website = EURASIANET.org|accessdate=8 September 2013}}</ref>

==Statistics==
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As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, the Kazakh Wikipedia counts about {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|kk}} round -3}}}} articles. The overwhelming majority of its readers originate from [[Kazakhstan]].

As of April 2013, the Kazakh Wikipedia's number of articles accounts for approximately 14% of all the articles written in a [[Turkic languages|Turkic language]], making it the second largest edition in the family after Turkish, which accounts for 28% of all Turkic articles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias_by_language_group |title=List of Wikipedias by Language Group |publisher=Meta.wikimedia.org |date=2013-12-13 |accessdate=2013-12-25}}</ref>{{-}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Kazenc.jpg|The letter from the Kazakh Encyclopedia stating the release of its materials under a CC BY-SA license.
File:Kazakh Wiki-logo-100000.png|The Kazakh Wikipedia's 100K commemorative logo. (Fall 2011)
File:Kazakh Wiki-logo-TWC.png|Kazakh Wikipedia logo at the time of the [[:meta:Turkic Wikimedia Conference 2012|Turkic Wikimedia Conference]]. (April 2012)
File:Kazakh Wiki-logo-200000.png|The Kazakh Wikipedia's 200K commemorative logo. (Nov 2012)
</gallery>

== References ==
* [[Andrew Lih|Lih, Andrew]]. ''[[The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia]]''. [[Hyperion Books|Hyperion]], [[New York City]]. 2009. First Edition. ISBN 978-1-4013-0371-6 (alkaline paper).

==Notes==
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== External links ==
{{InterWiki|code=kk}}
* {{commonscat-inline|Kazakh Wikipedia}}
* {{kk icon}} [http://kk.wikipedia.org/ Kazakh Wikipedia]
* {{kk icon}} [http://kk.m.wikipedia.org/ Kazakh Wikipedia mobile version]
* [http://wikibilim.kz/index.php/english/about-foundtion WikiBilim: About Foundation]
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