Kurdistan Province, Ottoman Empire

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The province of Kurdistan was established by the Ottoman Empire following the suppression of Bedirhan Bey's revolt in 1847.^{[citation needed]} The area of the province (or vilâyet) was populated mostly by ethnic Kurds.^{[citation needed]}A few years later the provincial setup was altered. After the establishment of Republic of Turkey in 1923, the region was incorporated into the newly created state.

[edit] See also

• Kurdistan (modern ethnographic region)