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For years, they did not even have passports or identity cards. When the civil war began in Syria in 2011, their population was around 2.5 million, or 10 percent of the country's population. As of 2012, they formed the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria in Rojava, in the northeast of the country. After the end of Bashar Assad's term in Syria on December 8, it is a matter of curiosity what role the Kurds will play in the country's future. After Assad, the Syrian Kurds are once again on the agenda... News, video: Ege Tatlıcı, Emre Temel Graphics, animation: Selim Büyükgüner Contributors: Osman Kaytazoğlu, Azra Tosuner, Mahmut Hamsici BBC Turkish website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/turkce Facebook: / bbcturkceservisi Twitter: / bbcturkce Instagram: / bbcturkce