Kurds

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National flag of the Kurds

Kurds are the largest nation in the world without their own state. They live in parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.[1]

By country

Turkey

Between 1980 and 2000, Turkey destroyed or deported 3,000 Kurdish villages, killing 40,000 people and making two million homeless. The USA gave Turkey $15 billion of weapons during this period.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Michael Parenti (2000). To Kill a Nation: 'Hypocritical Humanitarianism' (pp. 10–11). [PDF] Verso.