{"id":691,"date":"2025-09-24T20:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/?p=691"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:37:16","slug":"marking-the-kurdistan-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/marking-the-kurdistan-referendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Marking the Kurdistan Referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"164\" data-end=\"423\">Today marks 8 years since the historic Kurdistan Referendum in Southern Kurdistan, where 93% of the people voted for independence. This decisive moment showed the unity and determination of the Kurdish people, leaving a lasting mark on their modern history.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"164\" data-end=\"423\">Bij\u00ee Kurdistana Serbixwe<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"164\" data-end=\"423\">Long Live Independent Kurdistan<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"164\" data-end=\"423\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-694\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.49-AM-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.49-AM-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.49-AM-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.49-AM-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.49-AM.jpeg 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"164\" data-end=\"423\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-692\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.38-AM-300x172.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.38-AM-300x172.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.38-AM-1024x587.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.38-AM-768x440.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.38-AM.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-693\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.40-AM-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.40-AM-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.40-AM-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/kurdish-studies-gsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1405\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-24-at-11.56.40-AM.jpeg 781w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"164\" data-end=\"423\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks 8 years since the historic Kurdistan Referendum in Southern Kurdistan, where 93% of the people voted for independence. 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