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	:''Kurds are terrorist people who are trying to get land from Turkey, kurdish terrorists PKK are killing turkish women and children, all bad things happening in Turkey is job of kurds, they are very dangerous, barbaric murderers.''		''':''Kurds are terrorist people who are trying to get land from Turkey, kurdish terrorists PKK are killing turkish women and children, all bad things happening in Turkey is job of kurds, they are very dangerous, barbaric murderers.'''''

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	==History==
	Before ], most Kurds lived within the boundaries of the ], in the ]. After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the ] created several countries within its former boundaries. Originally Kurdistan, along with ] was to be one of them, according to the Treaty of Sèvres. However, the reconquest of these areas by ] and other pressing issues caused the Allies to accept the renegotiated ], giving this territory to Turkey and leaving the Kurds without a self-ruled region. Other Kurdish areas were assigned to the new states of ] and ] 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. Turkey did request northern Iraq, but the allies were more concerned with oil than stability (one of the major reasons of conflicts in Africa and the Middle East).

	Since ], Kurds have been divided between several states, in each of which they are minorities. Many Kurds have campaigned for independence or autonomy, often through force of arms.
	But there has been no support by any of the regional governments or by outside powers for changes in regional boundaries. A sizable Kurdish ] 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 ] groups, known in the Kurdish culture as ']', have fought for a Kurdish state. In Northern Iraq, Peshmerga fought against the Iraqi government before and during the ] and now police the ] there. Another guerrilla group, the ] (PKK) have fought an armed campaign in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. In Turkey this conflict has involved the deaths of over 30,000 people.

	==The Region==
	===Northern Kurdistan===
	'''Northern Kurdistan''' is a geo-cultural region located in present-day southeastern ]. After the ], there was no official claim of an independent Kurdish State. ] often refered to a "Turco-Kurdish cooperation" during the years of ''Millî Mücadele'' ("National Struggle"). This was in accord with acts of the ] government such as sending a team of instructors to train the Kurdish rebels, who were then fighting against ] troops under the banner of the "Kingdom of Kurdistan".

	For over two decades, militant Kurdish seperatists such as the ] have campaigned for independence through force of arms. Other Kurdish activists have campaigned constitutionally for the same ends or for various schemes of regional autonomy.

	===Southern Kurdistan===
	'''Southern Kurdistan''' is a geo-cultural region located in present-day Northern ]. The southern boundary of the present-day Kurdistan Regional Government – known as the 'Green Line' – passes roughly through the middle of the area in which most Iraqi Kurds live, leaving a number of Kurds outside the autonomous zone. On the other hand, this transitional region (which includes the cities of ] and ]) is ethnically quite diverse, as it includes the bulk of Iraqi ] and ]s as well as large numbers of ] and ] ]s.

	The ] was designated for three northern provinces in ]. Since the ] of ], the ] under the leadership of ], and the ] under the leadership of ] have controlled much of Southern Kurdistan. The capital of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region is ] (also known as ''Hewler'' in ]), although the main Kurdish parties have indicated their preference for ] as the capital of an eventual Kurdish state. The latter city is currently hotly contested by Kurdish, Arab and Turkmen factions, and there is a strong and vocal opposition of ] to permanent Kurdish control of the city.

	===Other Kurdish inhabited areas===
	'''Iranian Kurdistan:''' In ], a short lived Soviet-created and Soviet-backed "Kurdish" entity in Iran was crushed by government forces when ] protective forces were withdrawn. In the constitution of the ], all language minorities including Kurdish speakers have the right to teach the language in schools and have publications. There are various Kurdish books and newspapers published in Iran. In Iran there is also a province named ].

	==See also==
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	==External links==
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	* — Kurd and Kurdistan News - United Kurdish Voice
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:Kurds are terrorist people who are trying to get land from Turkey, kurdish terrorists PKK are killing turkish women and children, all bad things happening in Turkey is job of kurds, they are very dangerous, barbaric murderers.