Kurdistan Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Cultural Region in the Middle East
About Kurdistan
There have been various Kurdish states from the 8th to the 20th century, but never for long a recognised independent nation of Kurdistan. During theCrusadesmany Kurds were mercenary soldiers (janissaries) for the Seljuk Turks; Richard the Lionheart's most famous opponent, Saladin, was a Kurd. With current borders, there are predominantly Kurdish regions in four countries; in all four the Kurds have sometimes complained of persecution and the national governments have sometimes complained of Kurdish subversion and secessionism. As of the early 2020s, there are Kurdish regions with de facto independence in both Iraq and Syria, and those are (by Middle Eastern standards) quite stable. Kurdish militias were prominent in the fight againstDa'esh, the so-called Islamic State. Da'esh was particula
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