Kurdish Movements in Syria

here are various information about the number of Kurdish population in Syria. As the Syrian opposition movements have begun to come to the forefront with the effect of the recent developments, they started to claim that the Kurdish population in the country is actually much more than it had been mentioned in the past years. The Kurdish opposition movements put forward that Kurds number between 3.5 million and 4.0 million in Syria's total population as far as seen on the reports, information and interviews in the international media. Nevertheless, as the censuses, which shows ethnicity or mother tongue, are not conducted in Syria, generally detailed information related to the population distribution are based on the figures, of which the origins are not known, rather than detailed studies or statistics. In addition to this, as a considerable part of Kurds did not have an identity for a long period of time, it is not possible to reach an accurate figure about this. On the other hand, in various publications such as reports, articles, books etc. which are accepted worldwide as of 1960s, the number of Kurds living in Syria are suggested to compose 10 percent (generally 8-9%) of the population.