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Kurdish independence referendum: what impact on the region? (History (6…
Kurdish independence referendum: what impact on the region?
History
6 million Kurds in Iraq
40 million across Kurdistan
Treaty of Sèvres & Lausanne = no state
Creation of PKK (1978)
Independence or autonomy?
Division in Iraq
YES campaign
Freedom, democracy, no sectarianism
1st parliament session in two years
NO (for now) campaign
Led by media mogul
Independence or oil?
Need Bagdad
// ISIS
Reaction from government
Air blockade
Declared as unconstitutional
MPs expelled
Troops deployed on borders
On the international stage
Iran
Outcome?
US
Historic ally
Trump = critical
Turkey
Officials in danger
Allegations of terrorism
Far-right nationalists
Severe sanctions