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Kurdistan: Emotional attachment - Coggle Diagram
Kurdistan: Emotional attachment
Location
Spans across Middle Eastern countries: Iraq,Iran,Syria and Turkey + parts of former USSR
History
1920 : Kurds promised own state- deal reflected by Turkish leader
1946: Kurds established by USSR - later Iran = emergent state
1988: Iraque leader (Sadam Husean) launched poison gas attack of Kurdistan - Halabla - 5000 Kurds killed
1991: 1st Golfward N Iraq Kurdish area under International protection
1994-1997: fought in Iraq between KDP + Patriot Union of Kurdistan
About
LARGEST stateless nation
Own ethnic group speed across Middle Eastern countries ( I,I,S,T)
population of 30 million
emotional attachment
There is a strong relationship between the Kurds and the Zagreeb :mountain: as the physical border very much defines where their land begins and ends
demand equal rights
Kurdish factions are not united but opposed- which stops them gaining independance
why the Kurds are so sentimental about their home -The frequency of their eviction from it and invasion of it
oil sales
emotional attachment to a place is influenced by selective memories and the emotions that come to mind when we think of that place
e.g a football fans attachment to their teams home ground