On the 13thApril 2015, a seminar was held in the Faculty of Arts at Soran University concerning the standardisation of the Kurdish language and the creation of a unified Kurdish ‘atlas’ by collecting Kurdish terms and listening to the opinions of Soran University's lecturers and students. It was presented by Dr Yadgar Rasul, Vice President of Soran University for Students Affairs and Dr Salih Akin, the head of the Orientalism department of Rouen University along, with academics from Soran University and Salahaddin University.