MERIA

Middle East Review of International Affairs

Volume 9, Number 1, March 2005

 

What Future for the Kurds?
by Khaled Salih *

 

Abstract

What will the January 2005 Iraqi elections and dramatic events elsewhere in the Middle East mean for the Kurds? This article reviews the current situation and likely future scenarios for the Kurds in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran.

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Note *: Khaled Salih is a senior lecturer at the University of Southern Denmark, and political advisor to Kurdistan Regional Government since mid-2003. This article was originally given as a paper at the Conference “The Kurds: One People—Four States—What Kind of Future?” held in Copenhagen, May 26, 2004, organized by DKR (Danish- Kurdish Council for Human Rights).