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Who Are The Kurds?

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• published: 17 Jul 2014
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With ISIS all over the news, it's easy to forget that there are many more groups in Iraq fighting for control. One of these groups of people are the Kurds and they're starting to become a force to be reckoned with. Who are they and what do they want in Iraq? Learn More: Who Are The Kurds? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/daily/feb99/kurdprofile.htm A largely Sunni Muslim people with their own language and culture, most Kurds live in the generally contiguous areas of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia and Syria A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF THE KURDS http://www.institutkurde.org/en/institute/who_are_the_kurds.php The first question which comes to mind is that of the origins of the Kurds. Who are they? Where do they come from? _________________________ TestTube's new daily show is committed to answering the smart, inquisitive questions we have about life, society, politics and anything else happening in the news. It's a place where curiosity rules and together we'll get a clearer understanding of this crazy world we live in. Watch more TestTube: http://testtube.com/testtubedailyshow/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testtubenetwork TestTube on Twitter https://twitter.com/TestTube Tara Long on Twitter https://twitter.com/TaraLongest Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/TraceDominguez TestTube on Facebook https://facebook.com/testtubenetwork TestTube on Google+ http://gplus.to/TestTube Download the New TestTube iOS app! http://testu.be/1ndmmMq Iraqi Kurdistan http://atlismta.org/online-journals/0607-journal-development-challenges/iraqi-kurdistan/ "The Kurds are a group of people who inhabit the mountainous border region between Southern Turkey, Northern Iraq, and Western Iran, as well as parts of Syria, Azerbaijan and Armenia." Peoples Without Borders: Kurdish, Basque and Tuareg Nationalism https://basque.unr.edu/docs/Zoe-World_Politics_Review.pdf "The Persistent Boundaries of Kurdish Nationalism" Willing to Face Death: A History of Kurdish Military Forces - the Peshmerga - From the Ottoman Empire to Present-Day Iraq http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3203&context;=etd "Translated as "those who face death", the peshmerga have become a staple of Kurdish culture in the last 100 years." The Kurdish Conflict: Aspirations for Statehood within the Spirals of International Relations in the 21st Century http://www.kurdishaspect.com/doc060910SK.html "The ability of the Kurds, a scattered, divided and stateless people, to engage in International Relations (IR) never ceases to surprise."

Who Are The Kurds?

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• published: 17 Jul 2014
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With ISIS all over the news, it's easy to forget that there are many more groups in Iraq fighting for control. One of these groups of people are the Kurds and they're starting to become a force to be reckoned with. Who are they and what do they want in Iraq? Learn More: Who Are The Kurds? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/daily/feb99/kurdprofile.htm A largely Sunni Muslim people with their own language and culture, most Kurds live in the generally contiguous areas of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia and Syria A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF THE KURDS http://www.institutkurde.org/en/institute/who_are_the_kurds.php The first question which comes to mind is that of the origins of the Kurds. Who are they? Where do they come from? _________________________ TestTube's new daily show is committed to answering the smart, inquisitive questions we have about life, society, politics and anything else happening in the news. It's a place where curiosity rules and together we'll get a clearer understanding of this crazy world we live in. Watch more TestTube: http://testtube.com/testtubedailyshow/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testtubenetwork TestTube on Twitter https://twitter.com/TestTube Tara Long on Twitter https://twitter.com/TaraLongest Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/TraceDominguez TestTube on Facebook https://facebook.com/testtubenetwork TestTube on Google+ http://gplus.to/TestTube Download the New TestTube iOS app! http://testu.be/1ndmmMq Iraqi Kurdistan http://atlismta.org/online-journals/0607-journal-development-challenges/iraqi-kurdistan/ "The Kurds are a group of people who inhabit the mountainous border region between Southern Turkey, Northern Iraq, and Western Iran, as well as parts of Syria, Azerbaijan and Armenia." Peoples Without Borders: Kurdish, Basque and Tuareg Nationalism https://basque.unr.edu/docs/Zoe-World_Politics_Review.pdf "The Persistent Boundaries of Kurdish Nationalism" Willing to Face Death: A History of Kurdish Military Forces - the Peshmerga - From the Ottoman Empire to Present-Day Iraq http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3203&context;=etd "Translated as "those who face death", the peshmerga have become a staple of Kurdish culture in the last 100 years." The Kurdish Conflict: Aspirations for Statehood within the Spirals of International Relations in the 21st Century http://www.kurdishaspect.com/doc060910SK.html "The ability of the Kurds, a scattered, divided and stateless people, to engage in International Relations (IR) never ceases to surprise."