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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.

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History

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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Armed Kurdish forces militias have been moving into some northern towns outside their region, ostensibly to protect Kurdish populations there. ...
Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a mine blast in southeastern Turkey believed to be the work of separatist Kurdish guerrillas, the state Anatolian news ...
But Iraqi politics has moved Kirkuk to center stage, and the demands of a host of interested Actors - from Kurdish political parties to Sunni Muslim ...
Arbil: Iraqi Kurdistan has been primed for a wave of foreign investment for years, but officials say the grand goals of a relatively peaceful northern ...

The Patriotic Union Of Kurdistan (PUK) led by Jalal Talabani and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Massoud Barzani want to incorporate the city ...
The Kurds' call to join Kirkuk to Iraqi Kurdistan showed a lack of wisdom because the other political parties would never accept such a decision. ...
The ICBL welcomed today the recent destruction of 392 antipersonnel landmines by the Democratic party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), in Koya, northern Iraq. ...
On Monday, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan implicitly blamed the separatist Kurdistan workers' Party (PKK) by describing the bombings as part of "the ...
Members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society, or DTP, were not permitted to travel by vehicle to open the party's new premises in the Derecik district of ...
Organisers of the 3rd Kurdish Film Festival in Manchester have announced details of this year's event. Running from 20th September for 4 days, ...
(RTTNews) - Iraqi forces handed back the security responsibilities of the Kurdish town of Khanaqin to Kurdish fighters following an agreement among parties ...
These developments come amidst ongoing disputes among Iraq's Shia and Kurdish political factions about the presence of Kurdish forces -- the peshmerga -- in ...
By chance, he became the sole American observer of the birth and death of the Kurdish Republic of Mahabad, whose fate is as instructive as it is forgotten. ...
But when we returned to the Kurdistan Region, everything we had agreed upon was ignored. The programs agreed upon are being marginalized. ...
Baghdad - Iraqi forces withdrew from the Kurdish town of Khanaqin after am agreement between the parties in Iraq's ruling coalition, the Kurdish Democratic ...
KRG Minister of Higher Education Idris Hadi delivers a statement to Kurdistan Parliament on his ministry's project law. PRESS PHOTO Kurdistan government's ...
The Kurds, hoping to escape the civil unrest wish to retreat to the Kurdish autonomous region in the north. This diversity is a direct result of Diyala's ...
Sozdar Avesta (left), spokeswoman for the Kurdistan workers' Party (PKK), stands next to a PKK fighter in Mount Qandil in northern Iraq in July. ...
The Iraqi government has agreed to pull out army troops from the Khanaqin district, ending a dispute with the local Kurdistan government. ...
Jaafar Bashir is a member of the Kurdish journalists' Association and the review for which he works is published in Arabic by the organization Shafaq.
3 (UPI) -- Kurdish and Iraqi officials Wednesday brokered a Joint formula regarding security responsibility in areas in the north of restive Diyala Province ...
There is the historic injustice at the heart of the Kurdish story: as the world's largest ethnic group without a country of their own, they have suffered ...
DTP's Batman Mayor Hüseyin Kalkan gets convicted for praising the pro-Kurdish Roj TV. He was fined 9000 YTL (about 4500 Euro). Hüseyin Kalkan, Batman mayor ...
Kurdish and Arab politicians ended the impasse by agreeing to withdraw both the Iraqi Army and Kurdish peshmerga security forces from the town of Khanaqin, ...
Human rights monitors say Syrian Kurdish writer and activist Mashaal al-Tammo has been ordered to stand trial before a secret military court in Damascus. ...
Kurdish Security Chief Masrour Barzani Highlights Efforts to Open New Opportunities to Kurdistani Women. In Speech to New Police Cadets, KRG Prime Minister ...
Despite having a significant Kurdish population, the city does not constitute part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan regional government. ...
Diyarbakir, Turkey - Two Turkish troops and four Kurdish rebels were killed in fresh fighting in the country's volatile east, security sources said on ...
An Iraqi Kurdish journalist was seriously wounded when gunmen dressed in military uniforms shot him in his Baghdad home last month, media watchdog reporters ...
Democratic Society party deputy Geylani told how they had to walk the 70 Km to the opening of their branch office, since the military did not allow them to ...
They think the Socialist left should unite and carry the Kurdish problem to the agenda. The recent bombings and the clashes and that the government is ...
By Zvi Bar'el Kurdistan's inhabitants experienced a few tense days at the beginning of last month. Iraq's president, Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, ...
Iraqi troops and Kurdish peshmerga forces are bracing for conflict in the disputed city of Khanaqin in the most serious threat of clashes between Arabs and ...
If Talabani departs the scene or becomes incapacitated, since his health is "critical", the Iranians will lose a strong ally in the Iraqi Kurdish community, ...
Kurdish hip hop music is one of the few kinds of hip hop that I really enjoy and appreciate. I can always be sure that the Rappers are passionate and are ...
The Future Movement is a Sunni Muslim political movement that advocates democracy and equal rights for Syria's one million Kurdish minority.
Reporters without Borders today voiced deep shock and sadness at the death of the sister of journalist,Sadeq Jaafar Bashir, sub-editor on the Kurdish ...
But when we returned to the Kurdistan region, everything we had agreed upon was ignored. The programs agreed upon are being marginalized. ...
AP GENEVA: Anti-land mine campaigners say an Iranian Kurdish rebel group has destroyed its stockpile of the weapon. Geneva Call says the Democratic party of ...
Kirkuk city is historically a Kurdish city and it lies just south border of the Kurdistan autonomous region, the population is a mix of majority Kurds and ...

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