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- Where is Kurdistan? (Which 5 countries in the Middle East are host to a region known as “Kurdistan”)
- Where do most Kurds live?
- What is Kurdish nationalism?
- When did the Kurds start to struggle for an independent state?
- How has the Kurdish struggle for an independent state been met?
- What were the consequences of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war on the Kurds?
- What is the PKK? Are they a terrorist organization?
- What is the KDP? PUK? KRG?
- What is Turkey’s current relationship with the Kurds?
- The Kurds are one of the world’s largest ethnic groups that do not have a state of their own. What factors have prevented the Kurds from achieving independence
- Is the United States a trustworthy collaborator or ally of the Kurds?
- How have the Kurds helped in the fight against Islamic State?
- Has the time come for Kurdistan to become an independent state? WHY OR WHY NOT? Defend your answer.
- Do you think that the United States and its Western allies should back Kurdish independence? WHY OR WHY NOT? Defend your answer.
