Kurdistan and The Kurds A Divided Homeland and a Nation without ...

For example, crude oil is extracted by Syria, from the
part of Kurdistan, Jazeera, that falls within its territories,
the same can be said of Iraq and the oil extracted from
Mosul, Kirkuk and Khanaqeen. Turkey’s petroleum is
also extracted from Kurdistan within Turkish territory at
Batman, as is the case in Iran.
I recall when I was in the East of Kurdistan in 1982,
petrol (ejected all by itself) in the west of Urmia in the
area of Margawar, by some coincidence was ignited so
the land was on fire burning for over 4 months until the
winter snows came and extinguished the fire. This drove
some European politicians to say that the Kurdish question
is an economic crude-oil-related problem in addition to
being a national liberation movement.
In addition to all of these points, the geographic position
that Kurdistan is endowed with presents a special sensitive
point politically and strategically, as it lies between the
Soviet Union and Europe from its land and sea frontiers
such as the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea on one
hand and Asia and the East of the African continent
from the Gulf on the other hand. It is rare to find an area
as that of Kurdistan covering a surface of approximately
_ million square km with a unique strategic position in
the world.
It is difficult to make a clear evaluation of the population
of the Kurdish people at present. Kurdistan suffers from
a colonisation and division between 5 nations and
governments alien from it. Some of them deny its existence
amongst them let alone to accept its national rights. This
is in addition to millions of Kurds dispensed in different
parts of the world.
Turkey says Kurds are the mountain Turks. The Persians
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