Poll: Should Kurdistan Be Free?

[Anglojew]

During the Middle-Ages;

Kurdish-inhabited areas were split between the Safavid and Ottoman empires. A major division of Kurdistan occurred in the aftermath of the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514, and was formalized in the 1639 Treaty of Zuhab. Prior to World War I, most Kurds lived within the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire in the province of Kurdistan.[citation needed] After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Allies contrived to create several countries within its former boundaries – according to the never-ratified Treaty of Sèvres, Kurdistan, along with Armenia, were to be among them. However, the reconquest of these areas by the forces of Kemal Atatürk (and other pressing issues) caused the Allies to accept the renegotiated Treaty of Lausanne and the borders of the modern Republic of Turkey – leaving the Kurds without a self-ruled region. Other Kurdish areas were assigned to the new British and French mandated states of Iraq and Syria.

Iraqi Kurdistan first gained autonomous status in a 1970 agreement with the Iraqi government, and its status was re-confirmed as an autonomous entity within the federal Iraqi republic in 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan#Modern_period

Is it time for Kurdistan to be a free and independent country and join the international family of Nations?

[Linebacker]

Well generally it should be,but I don't see how that can happen,Turkey is not just going to give their lands away.

[Anglojew]

Well generally it should be,but I don't see how that can happen,Turkey is not just going to give their lands away.

They're not "their" lands. I would suggest Nato invade Turkey and liberate Kurdistan.

[LightHouse89]

They're not "their" lands. I would suggest Nato invade Turkey and liberate Kurdistan.

that would create radical islam or some form of radical nationalism which wouldn't be good. However maybe a peaceful formation of Kurdistan could happen. But it wouldn't be a huge country maybe and small n comparison to its original size.

[Anglojew]

that would create radical islam or some form of radical nationalism which wouldn't be good. However maybe a peaceful formation of Kurdistan could happen. But it wouldn't be a huge country maybe and small n comparison to its original size.

Kurds have been Muslims longer than Turks. This isn't a religious issue.

[Hadouken]

that would create radical islam or some form of radical nationalism which wouldn't be good. However maybe a peaceful formation of Kurdistan could happen. But it wouldn't be a huge country maybe and small n comparison to its original size.

no it wouldnt trust me

[Linebacker]

They're not "their" lands. I would suggest Nato invade Turkey and liberate Kurdistan.

Well thats going to be a bit of a problem,since Turkey is IN Nato.

[Anglojew]

no it wouldnt trust me

What do you think?

Is your culture suppressed by the Turkish State?

[portusaus]

They're not "their" lands. I would suggest Nato invade Turkey and liberate Kurdistan.

That would be great, Greece and Bulgaria could have their land back too, but unfortunately Turkey is in NATO..

[Anglojew]

Well thats going to be a bit of a problem,since Turkey is IN Nato.

True. Obviously we should try to liberate Kurdistan through peaceful means first. Carpet bombing Istanbul and returning it to Greek Orthodox rule should be a last result.