Kurdistan: A Nation Divided...Among Other Nations

The Kurds are the largest ethnic group without a nation to call their own. The Kurdish population is split between Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran, creating tensions in each of these countries. The Kurds have lived in their politically-unrecognized region of Kurdistan since Biblical times, serving, or ruling, many empires in the Middle East. When WWI ended, and new nations were carved out of the collapsed Ottoman empire, why was no Kurdistan created, and is there hope for a Kurdistan, today?

Read about Kurdistan's complex history here at warhistoryonline.com.