[26 February 1988]
Account of Kurdish Support of Armenian claims in Mountainous Karabagh
The Kurds of Soviet Armenia have adopted an official position supporting the reattachment of Karabagh and Nakhichevan to the Armenian S.S.R. and have emphasized the harmonious and friendly nature of their relations with Armenians. Many of them participated in the demonstrations in Yerevan along with their Armenian compatriots in solidarity of their demands.
The Kurdish community of Armenia, largely of the Yezidi faith, constitute close to 3% of the S. Armenian republic’s population and is concentrated north of the Aragats region, at Rya Taza and Alagiaz, near Aparan. The Kurds have been able to preserve their community structures and preserve their language (Indo-European group), supported by a Kurdish language daily newspaper and an Institute for Kurdish Studies in Yerevan (another one at Leningrad).
G. Ulubeyan, [Gamk, March 1, 1988]
The Karabagh File, Documents and Facts, 1918-1988, First Edition, Cambridge Toronto 1988, by the ZORYAN INSTITUTE, edited by: Gerard J. LIBARIDIAN, p. 104.
