Kurdistan

According to Bacik and Coskun (2011), although PKK have not achieved to secure an independent Kurdistan, it has achieved multiple successes. Over the three decades, it has emerged as the most prospective actor which is logistically powerful and symbolically potent representative of Kurds people in Turkey. The PKK in Iraq is a small unit which stays…

are still considered “nationless”. The traditional Kurdish life was nomadic until World War 1 and the breakup of the Ottoman Empire. The 1920 Treaty of Sevres created the nation states Iraq, Syria, and Kuwait. It was also supposed to include the Kurdistan but that was never implemented. The Turkish and Iraqi government have outlawed the use of the Kurdish language, and traditional customs along with encouraging them to move into…

The book I decided to read was As Strong as Mountains: a Kurdish Cultural Journey, written by Robert L. Brenneman. I wanted to read this book because I did not know any aspects of the Kurdish culture. I enjoy learning about other cultures, and Kurdish is one culture that I had very little knowledge of. In fact, I am not very educated about the cultures within the Middle East in general. This book helped me understand new aspects of the Kurdish culture and their lifestyle. Author Brenneman…

zor nabo. Hamu wak yak boyn, There were not so many differences. We were all similar”. In other words, the gaps between the haves and have-nots were not so wide. In the 1990s, almost all people lacked access to similar things, which is no longer the case. The new polarization, and inequality anger people more than the actually lack of things. Today, not having means something different to the different groups and people are live together with very different lifestyles. And for the majority who…

non-Kurdish actors in the region. Kumru Toktamis was able to describe his purpose in “This Part of the Globe is not Flat: the Paradox of the Turkish Relationship with Northern Iraq and the Dilemma of Kurdish Politics Across Borders” through the lens of Kurdistan. Toktamis is able to portray his purpose of constant gridlock in the region though lens which are…

Dispersed ethnic groups throughout history have experienced violence, repression, and have been denied human rights within the government they are residing. Due to the persecution, these groups search for ways to create their own nation and become independent. According to Joseph Stalin, for an ethnic group to become a nation they must be “a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up…

Dr. Robert Brenneman. In this book it shows personal experiences, history and culture. Approximately forty million Kurds make up the largest ethnic group without a homeland recognized by the rest of the world. The Kurds inhabit the area known as Kurdistan, which is made up of eastern Turkey, northern Syria, northern Iraq and western Iran. The states in which the Kurds live have constantly oppressed the Kurdish people by banning their cultural practices and genocide. The Kurds, were forced to…

The conflict in Kurdistan has a very long history and is very complicated. The Kurdish people are at a crossroads. With the destabilization in Iraq and Syria, Kurdish forces are seizing the opportunity to establish a nation-state. The Kurds have been oppressed and tossed around for the past century and are now in a position to create a sovereign state. Pre world war 1, the Kurds lived rather peacefully under the Ottoman Turks. The Ottomans only acted violently against the Kurds when there were…

(Zenko 2009, pg.616)This was the Bush national security policy post 9/11 with good reason, to prevent another attack on United States interests both domestically and internationally. (Freedman 2004, pg.18) While Infiltrating the Northern Iraq/ Kurdistan province what the NILE team had discovered was that the Ansar Al-Islam and Al-Qaeda camp in Khurmal had, was senior leadership for both groups as well as chemical and biological weapons. (Tucker & Faddis 2009, pg. 21-23) The connection between…

Hospitality, it is the relationship between the guest and the host, a work that makes one hospitable. Receive guests hosting grainy for a human honest work, and clear evidence of the power of faith. Constitute the hospitality inherited deeply embedded in Kurdish societies for thousands of years, and is considered one of the most important Kurdish values are authentic, which is linked in the Kurdish Human distinguish a trait of generosity, and it was and is still the hospitality integral part of…