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| September 3 2024 |
Baloch–Kurdish relations
Armed Kurdish pro-PKK militants attack Şişli Plaza in Istanbul, burning and destroying Turkish government properties. The attack was dedicated to Mahal Baloch and Rizwan Baloch, and claimed to be in response to Abdullah Öcalan's imprisonment.
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| August 2024 |
Baloch–Kurdish relations
Mahal Baloch, a BLA female suicide bomber, conducts attacks in Balochistan, using the alias 'Zilan Kurd' inspired by Zeynep Kınacı.
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| 2022 |
Gaels
Irish census reported 71,968 'daily' Irish speakers and 1,873,997 people claiming 'some ability of Irish'.
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| August 2022 |
Slavs
UNHCR recorded 1.2 million Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
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| 2020 |
Slavs
Genetic studies confirmed the correlation between Y-DNA haplogroups R1a and I2 and their subclades with the spread of Slavic languages during the medieval Slavic expansion from Eastern Europe, primarily from Ukraine and Southeastern Poland.
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| 2017 |
Baloch–Kurdish relations
Balochi groups showed overwhelming support for the Kurdish referendum.
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| 2017 |
Slavs
A genetic study revealed that Slavic speakers like Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians have similar genetic components, with Ukrainians and Belarusians showing near-equal amounts of two 'European components' typically found in North Europe and Caucasus.
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| 2016 |
Gaels
A genetic study analyzing ancient DNA from Bronze Age remains in Rathlin Island, Ireland, found significant genetic similarities between prehistoric and modern populations of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England. The study suggested that the majority of insular Celtic genomes emerged around 4,000 years ago and proposed a possible timeframe for the arrival of proto-Celtic languages.
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| 2013 |
Gaels
Establishment of Na Fineachan Gàidhealach (The Highland Clans), further demonstrating ongoing efforts to preserve and celebrate Gaelic clan culture.
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| 2011 |
Slavs
Polish census recorded 232,547 Kashubians in Poland and 37,393,651 inhabitants with declared Polish ethnicity.
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| 2011 |
Gaels
Census in the United Kingdom showed 64,916 Gaeilge speakers, 57,602 Scottish Gaelic speakers, and 1,689 Manx language speakers.
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