Turkish Kurds
Syrian Kurds
Iraqi Kurds
Iranian Kurds
Turkey
Van
Iran
Erbil
Raqqa
Aleppo
Kirkuk
Syria
Iraq
Baghdad
200 km
200 miles
Turkey
Armed conflict between the Turkish government and the Kurdish Worker’s Party (PKK) has flared up again. Ankara is also determined to thwart military or political cooperation between Turkish and Syrian Kurds
Syria
The People’s Protection Units (YPG) have pushed back the fighters of Islamic State in northern Syria to carve out a sphere of Kurdish influence which is now agitating Turkey
Iraq
Kurds have most political autonomy in Iraq where the Kurdistan Regional Government administers their homeland. The KRG’s army, known as the Peshmerga, are also fighting Isis
Iran
Kurdish relations with Tehran have often been tense since the Iranian revolution. The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan campaigns for greater autonomy
200 km
200 miles
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Erzurum
Turkey
Van
Afrin
Jarabulus
Iran
Sinjar
Erbil
Raqqa
Aleppo
Sulaimaniya
Kirkuk
Iraq
Syria
Damascus
Baghdad
Turkey
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Armed conflict between the Turkish government and the Kurdish Worker’s Party (PKK) has flared up again. Ankara is also determined to thwart military or political cooperation between Turkish and Syrian Kurds
The People’s Protection Units (YPG) have pushed back the fighters of Islamic State in northern Syria to carve out a sphere of Kurdish influence which is now agitating Turkey
Kurds have most political autonomy in Iraq where the Kurdistan Regional Government administers their homeland. The KRG’s army, known as the Peshmerga, are also fighting Isis
Kurdish relations with Tehran have often been tense since the Iranian revolution. The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan campaigns for greater autonomy