Kurd Dagh
Coordinates: 36 ° 45 ' N , 36 ° 42' E
Kurd Dagh ("Mountain of the Kurds ", Arabic جبل الاكراد Jabal al-Ākrād , Kurdish Çiyayê Kurmênc / Shaxi Kurd , Turkish Kurt Dağı , "Mountain of Wolves") is a mountain area in northwest Syria and in neighboring Turkey . It extends from the Syrian governorate of Aleppo north to the Turkish province of Kilis and is bordered to the west by the Turkish province of Hatay .
The Kurd Dagh is one of the three "ethnic" mountains of Syria. The names of the other two are Jebel Ansariye ("Mountain of the Nusairians ") and Jebel ad-Duruz ("Mountain of the Druze ").
Geography and climate
The mountains run parallel to the Amanos Dağları of Turkey from north to south. It is bounded by the Afrin River to the south and east . In the west the plain of İslahiye - Kırıkhan and in the north the plain of Eloğlu ( Türkoğlu ) borders on the Kurd Dagh. The Kurd Dagh lies between 700 and 1269 m above sea level. The highest peak is called Greh Mahsn ("Big Mountain"). The area has an area of about 3850 km². It is considered part of the Taurus Mountains and is geographically and historically linked to Kilis .
The Kurd Dagh is close to the Mediterranean Sea and therefore, like other Mediterranean areas, has warm summers and cold humid winters. In addition, the area is rich in water, which enables diverse agriculture. Animal husbandry, on the other hand, is rather limited.
population
The area is mainly inhabited by Kurds . The largest city is Afrin .
history
The Kurdish emir and historian Şerefhan told in his Şerefname that Kurd Dagh was ruled by Kurdish emirs from Kilis, whose influence extended as far as Antakya . The Kurd Dagh was part of the Ottoman Empire until the First World War and, like many other Kurdish principalities, enjoyed a certain autonomy until the middle of the 19th century. After the First World War, Kurd Dagh was incorporated into the League of Nations mandate for Syria and Lebanon and, in 1946, the newly formed Syria. In contrast to other Kurdish areas in Syria, Kurd Dagh was not so clearly "Arabized".
Others
As part of the Turkish national policy of the Turkish part of the Kurd Mountains of was Kürt Dağı , "Mountain of the Kurds," verballhornt in Kurt Dağı , "mountain of the wolf" renamed.