<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi!<div><br></div><div>The Turkish government has forced Google to delete a user made map of Kurdistan. I read this in a Swedish news article here: <a href="https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/google-raderade-kurdistan-karta/">https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/google-raderade-kurdistan-karta/</a> This is the best English source I can find: <a href="https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/google-forced-to-delete-custom-made-map-of-kurdistan-amid-pressure-from-turkey/">https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/google-forced-to-delete-custom-made-map-of-kurdistan-amid-pressure-from-turkey/</a></div><div><br></div><div>They were forced to delete it for Turkish citizens but chose to delete it completely anyway ("technical reasons"), but have since restored it for the rest of the world: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?ie=UTF8&t=h&oe=UTF8&msa=0&mid=1umTU2XPOmzQ245YY40dF_NNTpVc&ll=36.21402763739052%2C39.249140445657076&z=9">https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?ie=UTF8&t=h&oe=UTF8&msa=0&mid=1umTU2XPOmzQ245YY40dF_NNTpVc&ll=36.21402763739052%2C39.249140445657076&z=9</a></div><div><br></div><div>This got me thinking: how does OSM display Kurdistan? It seems, we don't. This relation covers the Iranian province of Kurdistan: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5392650">https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5392650</a> However there doesn't seem to be any map that covers the entire area.</div><div><br></div><div>I realize that it might be hard to map this since the region has no official border, right? I have no local knowledge at all, so I'm really just rising the topic for discussion. Also, there's no way to know if the Turkish government will crack down on OSMF if we do this.</div><div><br></div><div>Opinions?</div><div><br></div><div>Regards Andreas</div></div></div></div></div></div>