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Kurds

  1. A linguistically and culturally distinct people who inhabit parts of Syria , Iran , Iraq , Turkey , and the former Soviet Union . Once part of the Ottoman Empire , they long have sought an independent nation-state, but without success. After his defeat in the Persian Gulf War , Saddam Hussein brutally repressed rebellious Kurds in northern Iraq.


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More chilling yet, Dunthorne finds a letter connecting Siegfried to Turkey’s purchase of chemical weapons from Germany — weapons allegedly used to massacre Armenians and Kurds in the town of Dersim.

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The group has waged an insurgency since 1984, with the aim of carving out a homeland for Kurds, who account for about 20% of Turkey's 85 million people.

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This part of Syria is controlled by Kurds, who call it Rojava - meaning western Kurdistan.

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“The regime, the Iranians, the Russians, the Kurds, the coalition — every side that came here used Islamic State as their excuse,” he said.

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A separate report from Hengaw, a Kurdish human rights group, said that more than half of those executed last year were from Iran's ethnic minorities, including 183 Kurds.

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