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Kurdistan is an area in the Middle East, inhabited mainly by the Kurds. Kurdistan covers parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Georgia and Syria. The borders of Kurdistan are hard to define, as none of the states in question acknowledge Kurdistan as a demographic or geographical region. There is a province of Kurdistan in Iran.


Before World War I, most Kurds lived within the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire. After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Allies created several countries within its former boundaries. Originally Kurdistan, along with Armenia was to be one of them, according to the Treaty of Sèvres. However, the reconquest of these areas by Kemal Atatürk and other pressing issues caused the Allies to accept the renegotiated Treaty of Lausanne, returning this territory to Turkey. Other Kurdish areas were assigned to the new states of Iraq and Syria under both treaties. These boundaries were drawn with more concern for the division of oil resources and influence between different colonial powers and for rewarding pro-Allied Arab leaders than for ethnic distributions.


Since then, Kurds have been divided between several states, in each of which they are minorities. Many Kurds have campaigned for independence or autonomy since then, but there has been no support by any of the regional governments or by outside powers for changes in regional boundaries. A sizeable Kurdish diaspora exists in Western Europe that participates in agitation for Kurdish issues, but most of the governments in the Middle East have historically banned open Kurdish activism.


In Turkey, Iran, and Iraq, Kurdish guerilla groups fight against the government and have some control over Kurdish areas.



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The arrest of the clerics was unexpected and has highlighted issues concerning the Kurdistan Region's rule of law. The Kurdish authorities closed down Chrpa magazine and arrested its editor in chief Hemin Ari last Monday. The protestors went ahead with ...
By MATTHIAS BENIRSCHKE - dpa A court in Germany jailed five Kurdish siblings on Wednesday for the "honor killing" of their 18-year-old sister after she left home to live with her German boyfriend.
Vegetarian options: Hummus, baba ghanouj, genie dip (roasted red pepper), dolma, Kurdish falafel, eggplant/cauliflower sandwich, tabouli salad, Kurdish salad. Kids: Chicken kebabs or gyro strips plus French fries and a drink for $4.99.
Farzad Kamangar was 31 when he was detained by the security forces in July 2006 for allegedly collaborating with the Kurdish opposition groups. The government accused him of being "an enemy of god". His mother believes that her son's only crime was his ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region -- Iraqi Kurdish officials are threatening to disclose secret documents as part of an ongoing dispute with Iraq's Central Government.
One such place, which has been impossible to access for many years but is now increasingly open to us, is the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
The center has held several seminars with guests such Dr. Mordechai Zaken speaking about the Kurds and tribalism in Kurdistan, former Mossad official Eliezer Tzafrir talking on Israeli-Kurdish relations, Dr. Denise Natali speaking about Kurdish ...
By ADAM ENTOUS And JOE PARKINSON Four months after the Turkish military, working with US Intelligence, bombed a civilian convoy incorrectly identified as Kurdish militants, survivors and relatives are demanding answers. Reporting and video by WSJ's Joe ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region -- After 13 Turkish soldiers were killed by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) guerrillas last July, imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan has been denied visits from his lawyers.

It is targeting 630 million barrels of oil equivalent through drilling up to 14 wells across Kurdistan and Africa. Alongside this, its production guidance of between 42000 and 46000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) looks eminently "achievable" ...
In October 2011, ExxonMobil signed production sharing contracts for six blocks covering 848000 acres in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
This region is located to the northeast of Suleymaniah in Iraqi-Kurdistan, close to the Iranian border. During the so-called Al-Anfal campaign in the 1980s large parts of Pishder were wrecked by the troops of Saddam Hussein.
It comes after last month when the company unveiled a 'potentially transformational' oil discovery in the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq, when the Simrit-2 discovery well, in which it has 20 per cent, encountered a significant oil accumulation in ...
ARBIL/ Aswat al-Iraq: Kurdish Parliament Divan Director announced today that the demonstrators last Tuesday inflicted material damages in the premises.
As of April 14, more than 80 Syrian Kurds a day were crossing into Dohuk province, in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq. Most were coming from Syria's poorer Kurdish northeastern provinces of Qamishli and Hasakeh. About 1300 Syrian Kurdish men, ...
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide is the latest to announce plans for a hotel in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan in the northern part of the country.
Baghdad/ Aswat al-Iraq: State of Law MP Abdul Salam al-Maliki declared that "some try to present the crisis between the Kurdish Alliance and Premier Nouri al-Maliki is personal, while it is constitutional". In a statement by his media office, ...
Dana Gas, which has operations in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Iraq's Kurdistan region, said on Tuesday that cash flow had been affected by global economic conditions and regional events, including Egyptian unrest last year which delayed ...
Elsewhere, Hosseini told the Kurdish Globe that Iran's "trade relations with Iraq, as well as Kurdistan Region, are very good because it plays an important role in developing Iraq's economy.
The main areas of risk for Turkey in 2012 are Iraq and Syria in foreign policy and the Kurdish question in domestic politics.
The Kurdish capital city club finished top of Group B in the Asian football Confederation Cup. Erbil FC played its last match in Group B in the AFC Cup on May 4 against Yemen's Orouba at home at Franso Hariri Stadium.
A new regulation from the Kurdistan Region Directorate General of Traffic police requires front-seat passengers to fasten their seat belts.
Kameran Ahmed, Kurdistan Regional Government's newly appointed minister of reconstruction and housing announced his ministry's plans.
For the second time in its history, and for two consecutive years, Zakho football Club won the Kurdistan Football Cup, beating Duhok Club 2-0 in the final game on May 5 at Zakho's stadium.
In an interview with The Kurdish Globe, the newly appointed Minister of Municipalities and Tourism Dilshad Shahab explains the ministry's plans for the coming years.
Earlier in the week and before the riots started, Kurdistan Region's Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani met with Kurdish Islamic leaders to discuss the issue of the publication of the provocative article that some clerics have condemned as blasphemy ...
Although the works of Taha were mainly Kurdish folk and traditional music that mainly reflected the village life, but they were all new and great works.
A Migration expert announced on Sunday that there are hundreds of new jobs available for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kurdistan. The announcement was made after the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine Overseas Employment ...
However, the Kurdish ministers of the Iraqi government boycotted the meeting. Mohssin Sadoon, deputy to head of the Kurdistani party in Iraqi Parliament, in a televised interview, said Kirkuk is a Kurdish province of Kurdistan, in particular, ...
A Kurdish man shakes hands with an Arab settler in Erbil. File photo./ GLOBE PHOTO/Safin Hamed A political science expert says the relocation of tens of thousands of Iraqi Arab families in Kurdistan is normal and could be used to develop the Region.
May 14 (Reuters) - Oil company Genel Energy is to acquire a 23 per cent stake in the Bina Bawi exploration licence in Kurdistan for $175 million to build on its existing presence in the region. The Bina Bawi licence lies alongside Genel's already ...
The Philippines has lifted an eight-year ban on its nationals working in Iraq, but only for the Middle Eastern country's autonomous Kurdistan region, the foreign ministry said Sunday. In 2004 then-president Gloria Arroyo withdrew a contingent of ...
Baghdad/ Aswat al-Iraq: Kurdish MP Shwan Mohammed Taha declared today that the suggestion of Premier Nouri al-Maliki to "freeze" the Constitution will lead the country into a state of chaos.
05-13-2012 VOA Kurdish At 20 In 1992, the Voice of America recognized a growing need to provide reliable news and information to Kurds.
Two months ago, Baghdad said Exxon had backed down and suspended its operations in Kurdistan. The company declined to comment on the status of the Kurdish operations. There is little doubt that Exxon's disputes have contributed to an increasing ...
Vindheim was prompted to investigate the Kurdish issue after the gassing of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's regime. He has since visited Kurdistan several times, met with political factions in the Kurdistan Region and prepared reports on the Kurdish ...
ARBIL: The government of Iraq's Kurdish region fired back on Saturday over allegations by Iranian diplomats and officials that Kurdistan was playing host to Israeli intelligence. Kurdish authorities described the claims, made in previous weeks, ...
But Carawan Ahmed, a high school teacher in Iraq's northern Kurdish capital of Irbil, said Obama has ignored the Kurdish minority, which continues to struggle against the Shiite-dominated government. "When Democrats, including Obama, are in power, ...
The 200 Filipinos the Department of Labor and Employment knows to be working in Kurdistan will likely grow in number now that the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has decided to set aside the deployment ban to that region of Iraq.
Kurdistan Islamic Union's new leader Muhammad Faraj (standing center) at casting of votes that led to his election as the party head.
Anti-AKP protesters facing off the police following the Roboski bombing incident in which 34 Kurdish villagers were killed in December 2011.
I was born to a Kurdish family in a country known as Persia which is led by spiritual leaders called Olama. If not politically as least culturally Persia is a comfortable home for most Persians, especially for those who conform and follow their Olama.
ARBIL: The government of Iraq's Kurdish region fired back on Saturday over allegations by Iranian diplomats and officials that Kurdistan was playing host to Israeli intelligence. Kurdish authorities described the claims, made in previous weeks, ...
"Others who live in violence-free areas such as the self-ruled northern Kurdish region and southern provinces will not get them," said al-Khalidi.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A delegation representing the Kurdish National Council (KNC) is in the US to discuss the Kurdish issue and the future in Syria after receiving an official invitation from the State Department. Headed by Abdulhakim Bashar, ...
Demonstrators hold Kurdish and opposition flags during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers in Qamishli May 11, 2012.
by Mayen Jaymalin, The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government has lifted the ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.
The province is situated in the northern parts of Syria and mostly inhabited by Kurds seeing as this area is the western part of Kurdistan that was divided between Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria as a consequence of the Lausanne Treaty in 1923.
Radio Zamaneh: The Iranian judiciary has handed death sentences to two Kurdish political prisoners in Mahabad. The International Campaign for human rights in Iran quoted an informed local source saying Ebrahim Issapour and Sirvan Nejavi, ...
By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star) Updated May 12, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government has lifted the ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, the Department of ...


 


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