Kurdistan

Kurdistan is a region that has existed in turmoil and is the “never was” country. The Kurds are the fourth largest ethnic group of the Middle East, numbering between 20 and 25 million. Approximately 15 million live in the regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria, an area they called Kurdistan, yet they do not have a country of their own. Formal attempts to establish such a state were crushed by the larger and more powerful countries in the region after both world wars. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed

Kurdistan is a region located between Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. The Kurds are the biggest ethnicity on the planet without a state to this day. This paper will focus on the Iraqi part of Kurdistan, for it has come the closest to a state-like notion as per Weber’s definition. Iraqi Kurdistan is a region characterized by many diplomatic issues due to lack of acceptance as a state. The region was established through an autonomy agreement with Iraqi government in 1970 after decades of disputes between

Family in Kurdistan In this essay, I will be exploring an essential word that can be understood or elucidated in various ways based on three perceptions, which is Family. The word family is defined as “a group consisting of one or two parents, their children and close relations” according to Oxford dictionary. However, the word family is described differently bases on the people’s educational level in Kurdistan. Firstly, among the educated or modernized members of the community family is defined

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party I decided to do my paper on the terrorist organization named “Kurdistan Workers’ party” from what I have read about them they are a very interesting group, but violent. The main reason for their attacks is to form a Kurdistan state within Turkey. Some people apart of this organization feel that Turkey has oppressed their culture. They want to fight Turkish officials to prove their point. The group was started by Abdullah Ocalan, a man who believes in Marxist-lenist ideas

Bribery and Corruption in Kurdistan Corruption and bribery are like cancer in most governments and businesses around the world. There is always someone that is not being faithful in his job. Kurdistan like every other country is facing this type of conflict. It is destroying the economy of the region. Kurdistan has been going through an economy crisis in the past few years, corruption and bribery are a big aspect of this crisis. It happens in every day's life everywhere around us. Bribery can

Ansar al-Islam (AAI) issue titled the magazine and TV in September 2001, when it killed forty-two Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) fighters. This was awakened up the Kurds, who rapidly built up a conventional defensive front. It was very clearly apparent that the Kurdish was the main objective as priority of the new jihadist war, (Schanzer 2004: 43). The group was established in Kurdistan region in 2001 as a Salafist Islamist organization imposed a strict application of the Sharia in some villages around

Kurdish Statelessness The Kurds are a large group of people who are from Kurdistan. Kurdistan is a large area of land in the Middle East that makes up land throughout Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. Although the Kurdish people have lived in Kurdistan for centuries, their land has never been declared a state. Therefore, the Kurdish people are a stateless population. The Kurds mostly live throughout Iran, Turkey and Iraq. Also, some of them can be found living in Syria, Russia, Lebanon and Germany. Kurdish

France; Iraq and Palestine for Britain; Istanbul and the straits for Russia and southwest of Turkey was occupied by Italy. Upon Russia retreat and giving up all claims and according to the collusion of 23 December 1917 between France and Britain, Kurdistan was assigned to Britain under “the English zone” of “influence”. France and Britain also added the ‘C’ zone (the Southern Anatolia) for Italy upon his learning of the agreement. Before the Sykes-Picot, the Constantinople Agreement had been concluded

was held for Iraqi Kurdistan. The results were overwhelming with 93 percent of votes in favor of independence. This referendum raised tensions between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Government of Iraq and Iraqi Federal Forces which launched attacks on Kurdish territories (Peçanha, 2017). In mid-October, the disputed city of Kirkuk was retaken from the Kurds (Dubin, 2017). Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to shut down their border with the Kurdistan Regional Government

budget to sustain a country. When it comes to geography, the fear of a total sanction from all sides is possibly overrated. Countries like turkey will mostly not oppose this step due to their large scale trading with the Iraqi Kurdistan region. According to figures by “Kurdistan Ministry of Trade & Industry”, 60% of the companies that work in the KRG are Turkish companies . Another argument raised is the factor of politics. People who counter the idea debate that most of countries in the world won’t