Kurdish Separatism
The Mahalo Top 7
- The Wilson Center: Origins of the Problem: The Roots of Kurdish Nationalism (47.65KB)
- NCAFP: Disarming, Demobilizing and Reintegrating the Kurdistan Workers Party (64KB)
- TIME: Kurd Leader Defies Turkish Threats (November 2, 2007)
- Wall Street Journal: Resolving the Kurdish Dilemma (November 2, 2007)
- Reuters: Turk Sanctions on N.Iraq May Stoke Kurd Separatism (October 30, 2007)
- Video: Kani Xulam Interview with Dan Rather - Part I (Time: 5:57) | Part II (Time: 7:20)
- Google News: Kurdish Separatism
Kurdistan Recent News Stories
- Yahoo! News: Kurdish Separatism
- Belleville New Democrat: "In Iraqi Kurdistan, Sympathy for the PKK" (November 5, 2007)
- Dallas Morning News: "An Ancient Culture on the Edge of Crumbling" (November 4, 2007)
- Ottawa Citizen: "Kurd Would Move Back 'In a Heartbeat'" (November 04, 2007)
- The Times: "‘We Have No Choice, We Will Defend Our Land and Our Dignity’" (October 29, 2007)
- BBC News: "Turkish troops 'kill PKK rebels'" (October 28, 2007)
- BBC News: "Kurds Show Coded Support for PKK" (October 26, 2007)
- Herald Sun: "Bush Offers to Bomb Kurds" (October 24, 2007)
Kurdish Separatism Background
The Kurds and Kurdistan
- Mahalo's Guide to The Kurds
- Wikipedia: Kurdistan and Kurdish People
- OFK Paris: The Kurdish Nation
- The Encyclopedia of Kurdistan: Kurdistan and Its Native Provincial Subdivisions
- Kurdish Picture Gallery: Kurdish Pictures Gallery, Kurdish History and Culture
- National Agency for School Improvement: Kurdish Maps
- International Affairs Journal: "Kurds and Secession: the Dangers of Dismemberment" (June 6, 2006)
- Washington Post: "Who Are the Kurds?" (1999)
The Peshmerga
- Wikipedia: Peshmerga
- PressTV: "3 Peshmerga Troops Killed in Iraq" (November 4, 2007)
- Florida State University: "Willing to Face Death: A History of Kurdish Military Forces" (October 28, 2005)
- New York Times: "Kurds Vow to Retain Militia as Guardians of Autonomy" (February 27, 2005)
- BBC News: "Fact file: Kurdish Fighters" (April 11, 2003)
- Guardian: "Revenge Spurs Women's Army" (November 26, 2002)
Turkish Kurdistan
- Wikipedia: Turkish Kurdistan
- Federation of American Scientists: The Kurds in Turkey
- KurdishUprising.com: The Amed Uprising 2006 (Time 18:08) (37.97MB)
- Associated Press: "Nature, Terrain Dictate Turkish Moves" (October 27, 2007)
- Jamestown Foundation: "Kurdish Peshmerga Reinforce Turkish Border" (April 24, 2007)
- Jamestown Foundation: "Turkey's Coming Offensive Against the Iraqi-based PKK" (April 12, 2007)
- Kurdistan Observer: "Minors On Trial in Turkey Over Kurdish Uprising" (May 8, 2006)
- BBC News: "Turkey Renames 'Divisive' Animals" (March 8, 2005)
- The Internationalist: "US-Turkish Relations, Iraq and Kurdish Separatism" (April 21, 2003)
- University of Helsinki: "The Invisible War in North Kurdistan" (2002) (1.53MB)
Iraqi Kurdistan
- Wikipedia: Iraqi Kurdistan
- Official Site: Kurdistan Regional Government
- The Economist: "Does independence beckon?" (September 6, 2007)
- MSNBC Video: Daily Life in Iraqi Kurdistan (Time 11:40)
- Council on Foreign Relations: "Ansar al-Islam (Iraq, Islamists/Kurdish Separatists)" (November, 2005)
- Global Policy Review: "Kirkuk: Between Kurdish Separatism and Iraqi Federalism" (March 31, 2005)
- Christian Science Monitor: "Iraqi Kurds Consider Autonomy" (June 10, 2004)
- NPR: "The War's Impact on Iraq's Neighbors" (March 2, 2007)
Iranian and Syrian Kurdistan
- Wikipedia: Iranian Kurdistan and Kurds in Syria
- International Herald Tribune: "Kurdish Militants' Other Front: Iran" (October 22, 2007)
- Jamestown Foundation: "Iran's Kurdish Threat: PJAK" (June 15, 2006)
- Radio Free Europe: "Iran: Kurds Form Front To Demand Rights" (January 3, 2006)
- Voice of America: "Syria's Kurds Struggle for Rights" (September 2, 2005)
- The Estimate: "Syria and Turkey: Many Roots to the Recent Quarrel" (October 23, 1998)
Kurdish Separatism Commentary and Criticism
- Spectator: "Turkey is Right to Fight" (October 24, 2007)
- The Daily Relfector: "In the North - Kurdish Question Clouds Iraq's Future" (October 24, 2007)
- The Conservative Voice: "Questions for Kurdish Separatists" (October 22, 2007)
- Ali Reza Nourizadeh: "The Tragedy of Being Kurd in Iran" (April 27, 2004)
Kurdish Separatism Message Boards and Blogs
- Polo's Bastards: Troubled Times - A Brief History Of Kurdistan
- Syrian Comment: Anwar al-Bunni: Interview with Syria's Leading Human Right Lawyer
- AlIraqi: Kurds Cry "Seperate" as Soon the Word Oil Came Up
- Viva Kurdistan: The World's Best Kurdish Community
Central Figures
PKK
- Mahalo's Guide to the PKK
- Turkish Daily News: "US Turks Condemn PKK Attacks" (November 5, 2007)
- BBC News: "US Declares PKK 'a Common Enemy'" (November 2, 2007)
- Council on Foreign Relations: "Inside the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)" (October 19, 2007)
Massoud Barzani
- Wikipedia: Massoud Barzani
- Official Site: Massoud Barzani Profile
- CPJ: "30-year Jail Term for Kurdish Writer on Defamation Conviction" (January 11, 2006)
Abdullah Gul
- Wikipedia: Abdullah Gul
- CNN: "Turkey out of Patience, Warns Gul" (October 25, 2007)
- Turkish Weekly: "Abdullah Gul and the State's New Kurdish Policy" (September 15, 2007)
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