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A Brief Guide to Understanding the Kurds
May 23, 2016 | 09:15 GMT
![It has been said that the Kurds are a nation without borders at the crossroads of Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran, though that is only partly true. Citizenship is not always so simple a matter.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/main/images/kurds-peshmerga-retired.jpg?itok=hJhvhkx-)
In 2005, Kurds in northern Iraq chose who would represent them in their legislature as well as in the Iraqi legislature. It has been said that the Kurds are a nation without borders at the crossroads of Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran, though that is only partly true. Citizenship is not always so simple a matter.
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