TY - BOOK ID - 101256001 TI - Kurdistan PY - 2012 SN - 0994682573 0992199840 9780994682574 9780992199845 PB - Craighall, South Africa DB - UniCat KW - Kurds KW - Ethnic identity. KW - Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê. KW - Kurdistan KW - History KW - Autonomy and independence movements. KW - Politics and government. KW - Partiya Karkere Kürdistan KW - PKK KW - Kurdish Workers' Party KW - Worker's Party of Kurdistan KW - Apocular (Organization) KW - Arbeiterpartei Kurdistans KW - Partiya Karkerén Kürdistan KW - Ergatiko Komma tou Kourdistan KW - Kurdistan Isci Partisi KW - Partito kurdo dei lavoratori KW - Partito comunista kurdo KW - Partî Kirêkaranî Kurdistan KW - KİP KW - Ḥizb al-ʻUmmāl al-Kūrdistānī KW - Kongreya Azadî û Demokrasiya Kurdistan KW - Coordistan KW - Koordistan KW - Kordestān UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101256001 AB - Spread across a number of countries around the world, and concentrated in four Middle East countries, the Kurdish people have you yearned for their own country for almost a century, but were forgotten when the region was carved up by the Sykes-Picot Agreement early in the twentieth century. Since then, the creation of a Kurdish state was high on the agenda of all Kurds. This was especially true when we consider the lot of Kurds in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. This book examines the political situation of Kurds in these four countries, looks at how this has changed particularly in the past decade, and considers what the future might hold for the Kurdish people and for the notion of an independent state of Kurdistan. It asks the question of whether a Kurdish state is achievable, or, even, desirable. The book is written for policymakers and academics interested in the Middle East region and in Kurdish politics in particular. It is written in an accessible way that makes it easy reading for anyone curious about the region and its people. ER -