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Turkish Kurds, 2002.
A discussion of the Turkish Kurds' stuggles.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 36.95
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This paper presents a detailed description of the Turkish Kurds and the struggles they are going through. The author works to objectively illustrate their point of view as well as the history of their lives.
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Ethnic Struggles: The Kurds, 2001.
An examination of ethnic conflict and assimilation of the Kurds in the Middle East.
2,430 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 4 sources, £ 51.95
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The Kurds have had a long history of ethnic conflict in the middle East. This paper explores their history with a focus on attempts by other nations to self-assimilate them into different cultures. The paper also provides possible solutions to the struggles.
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"Situated at the junction between the modern West and the traditionally Islamic Middle East, lies Turkey: a country in great transition, but also dire internal conflict. Turkey, unlike other predominately Islamic countries in Asia, is on its way to establishing a legitimate democracy, a strong economy comparable to those of the West, and possibly becoming a member of the European Union. But Turkey?s internal conflict stands to jeopardize everything they?ve worked for. Like the majority of states in the world, Turkey is multinational. Yet, the leaders of the country have perpetually refuted this fact. They have denied the existence of any distinct ethnic group not falling under the classification of ?Turks.? Turkey is home to an entirely different subculture of peoples called the Kurds. The Kurds consider themselves Turks, but also maintain their own ethnic identity separate from the rest of Turkey. They have their own culture, language, and history. The Kurds in Turkey have struggled for almost a century to retain their individuality, while the country of Turkey has struggled to maintain an image of freedom, democracy, and domestic stability in eyes of the Western World."
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Kurds In Iraq, 1999.
A research proposal to study the problems related to the Kurds' desire for a resolution of their nationalist claims. Examines background, Gulf War, politics and human rights. Includes an outline.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 48 sources, £ 43.95
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"The purpose of this research is to construct a research proposal on the subject of the relationship between Iraq and the Kurds, a minority population residing in the northern part of the country. The plan of the research will be to set forth the background for the proposal and the specific question it addresses, to formulate a hypothesis meant to answer the research questions, and then to outline, with reference to relevant literature, the substance of the research proposed.
Background
When the nation-state borders of Asia Minor and the Middle East were redrawn in the aftermath of World War I, one significant nation that was not created was Kurdistan, historically comprising 74,000 square miles in adjacent remote-border regions of present-day Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Armenia/Azerbijan. The ..."
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The Kurds, 2002.
The writer takes the reader on an exploratory journey through the Kurdish history, as well as an examination of current situations.
3,700 words (approx. 14.8 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 70.95
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A detailed analysis of the Kurdish question following the Gulf War. The writer takes the reader on an exploratory journey through the Kurdish history, as well as an examination of current situations. The national movements, the history of the problem and other aspects are looked at in close detail and tied together to present a systematic research approach to the Kurdish question.
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"The people themselves are building a national identity however. They sing national songs, they have a language that belongs to their ;nation, and they even have a currency that is exclusively Kurdish. In Kurdistan children are taught the history of their people and they are taught to have national pride. Like the person who lives out of hotels, but still is alive, the Kurdish consider themselves a nation without a home. The national identity has never been dependent on having land to call their own as they moved from place to place trying to find a permanent residence."
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Kurds, 2001.
History of world's largest, stateless ethnic group. Turkish/Kurdish problems (discrimination, violence, ethnic strife).
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 7 sources, £ 27.95
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"With 25 million members, the Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without their own state. The Kurds have lived for thousands of years in a geographic area that is now part of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and the former Soviet Union, sharing a similar language, religion and culture with these ethnic and national groups (Omestad, Kaplan, & Lovgren, 1999). Today, the 15 million or more Kurds living in Turkey constitute about 25 percent of that country's population; more significantly, however, the Kurds in Turkey, Iran and Iraq, have constituted a source of internal tension and have been a target for genocidal hostilities. For Turkey, the presence of a substantial population of Kurds with nationalist and separatist aspirations has fostered domestic dissent and international criticism."
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Turkish Kurds, 2000.
Examines the history of this ethnic group together with culture, politics, repression of, nationalist hopes and economics.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, £ 38.95
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"The Kurds are one of the largest stateless ethnic groups in the world. Their traditional homelands take in parts of several nations, but the largest number of Kurds (12-14 million) live in Turkey, primarily in the southeast. The Kurds of Turkey are not united in their desire for an independent nation. But all are in favor of a change in their status within Turkey where their language, culture, ethnicity, and minority status are not just officially nonexistent but, paradoxically, repressed. Yet until they acquire sovereignty, autonomy, federation status, or merely recognition as a legal minority within the nation, the Kurds will remain the Turkish nation's greatest political problem and its most serious impediment to European Union membership and other associations and developments that the government officially desires in order to achieve parity with other modern states."
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"People Without A Country" ( Ed Gerard Chaliand ) and "The Kurdish Question In Iraq" ( Edmund Ghareeb ), 1999.
Reviews two books on the history of the Kurds' struggle for rights and a homeland against Iraq and other nations.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 2 sources, £ 49.95
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The history of the conflict between the Kurds and the government of their homeland of Iraq up to about 1980 is covered in two books. One book addresses specifically the Kurdish question in Iraq as a historical narrative, the other covers the same issues through history in essays by several different historians and commentators
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"INTRODUCTION
The history of the conflict between the Kurds and the government of their homeland of Iraq up to about 1980 is covered in two books. One book addresses specifically the Kurdish question in Iraq as a historical narrative, the other covers the same issues through history in essays by several different historians and commentators. The two books taken together offer a picture of the conflict and of the peoples of this part of the world, showing how the two sides differ, how they are alike, and how the differences are having a greater effect than any similarities."
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Conflict in Turkey, 2005.
A discussion as to the possibility of a peaceful resolution between the Kurds and the state of Turkey.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 7 sources, £ 80.95
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This paper analyzes the relationship between the Kurds and the state of Turkey and the associated conflicts. Specifically, it analyze the possibility of a peaceful resolution to the conflict. The paper argues that recent political developments, such as the USA's invasion of Iraq, and particularly the Turkish bid for EU membership, open up the opportunity for a peaceful solution.
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"The Possibility of a Peaceful Resolution between the Kurds and the state of Turkey The relationship between the Kurds and the state of Turkey has been a source of conflict and bloodshed for over a century. This paper is an analysis of this relationship and the associated conflicts. Specifically, I will analyze the possibility of a peaceful resolution to the conflict. I will argue that recent political developments open up the opportunity for a peaceful solution. These developments include the USA's invasion of Iraq, and particularly the Turkish bid for EU membership."
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Iraq and the Kurdish Problem: A History, 2001.
A detailed look at the history of Iraq and the dissatisfaction of the Kurdish people who have been fighting for independence.
10,090 words (approx. 40.4 pages), 20 sources, £ 140.95
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In this essay, Iraq and the Kurdish people are discussed in great detail. The paper discusses the influence of the British in the region and the annexation of Kurdistan to become a part of Northern Iraq. The paper contains an in-depth account of the history of Iraq and the Kurds struggle for independence and the fight against Arab Nationalism.
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?The Iraqis were to give due regard to the Kurds in regard to their culture and language. The settlement had considerable repercussions, however, for the future of Iraq. Vast oil revenues would accrue from the Mosul province, but the inclusion of a large number of well-armed and restless Kurds in Iraqi territory would continue to plague Iraqi governments?.
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Turkish Foreign Policy, 2005.
Assesses the tensions in Turkey's post-Cold War era foreign policy.
1,890 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 41.95
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As Turkey has tried to find its place in the post-Cold War system, it has encountered problems stemming from its geopolitical position straddling both East and West. The paper shows that, in desiring both close ties to the West-particularly membership in the European Union and friendship with the USA, and Middle Eastern trade without involvement in Middle Eastern politics, it has frequently found itself at cross-purposes with regard to foreign policy. These competing goals of foreign policy have come to a head most notably in the Gulf War and the American invasion of Iraq. The paper shows that this situation is complicated by Turkish concerns over how foreign policy might affect the Kurdish population. The paper shows that the tensions between the competing goals of Turkish foreign policy-its eastern and western goals and its concern about how foreign policy might affect the Kurds--have caused some paralysis; Turkish foreign policy since the Cold War has been primarily reactive and in support of the status quo.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
The Kurds
The Gulf
The United States
The Middle East
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"The biggest sources of competing goals in Turkish foreign policy are Turkey's concern over Kurdish nationalism and its position between East and West. Since the Cold War its concern over Kurds has been notably at odd with its alliance with the United States. Turkey's connection to the US has been winning out. The second source of tension, that of East and West, has intensified since the end of the Cold War. Since the 1950s, Turkey has tried to disengage from Middle Eastern politics and keeps its relationships in that region mainly economic, with the exception of Israel, with whom it has strategic and military ties."
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Kurdish History, 2001.
This paper looks at the history of the Kurdish people, providing ethnographic information on their origins and their present condition.
11,310 words (approx. 45.2 pages), 0 sources, APA, £ 154.95
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This paper explores the ways in which a heterogeneous group of people come over time, because of historical events as well as some shared characteristics, to see themselves as belonging to a group. The idea of self-determination is very much based on an idea that the group identity is more important than individual differences, and by examining the history of the Kurds we come to have a sense of how cultural differences can be forged into a single social and nationalistic identity.
Table of contents
Introduction
Geography
Origins of Kurds
Demographics
Language
Religion
Birth of Kurdish Nationalism
Political History to 1946
The Mahabad Republic
Recent History
Conclusion
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?Many Americans may have only a vague idea of where Kurdistan is, which might reflect only a vague geographical sense of a people far away from the United States. But it also must reflect the fact that Kurdistan as a region and the Kurds as a people are ambiguous in many ways. Although they are looked at from the outside as a single people and have considered themselves to be one people at least in some ways for centuries, they are a very diverse group, internally divided by religion, language and social structure.Such divisions have prevented the Kurds from having a sense of themselves as a unified people, an internal divisiveness that has been exacerbated by the fact the Kurds live under a number of different national governments, including those of Iran, Iraq and Turkey.?
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Iraqi Women in the U.K., 2007.
A study of re-settlement experiences of Iraqi-Kurdish women migrants in the U.K.
4,712 words (approx. 18.8 pages), 25 sources, MLA, £ 84.95
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The objective of this paper is to conduct a review of literature relating to the re-settlement experiences of Iraqi-Kurdish Muslim women asylum seekers who currently live in the Dover area. It examines how the plight of the migrant and refugee Iraqi-Kurdish women is one that is complex in that the country of origin and the country of destination have differential rules of law and society. It also discusses how this can be defined in terms of acceptable or illegal behavior in the treatment of women.
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Objective
Introduction
Profile of the Kurdish People
History of the Kurdish People
Western Media Propaganda has Negatively Affected Perception of the Kurds
The Demands of Kurdish Women upon the Government Relating to Education
Healthcare is Almost Non-Existent for Kurdish Refugee and Immigrant Women
Factors in the Lives of Kurdish Refugee and Immigrant Women
Postmodernism and Feminism
Human Rights Watch Urges E.U. to Establish Definition of Fundamental Rights
Current State of Affairs for Refugees and Migrant People in Britain
Migration has Gender-Dimension
Battered Migrant, Refugee and Immigrant Women - Legal Aspects
Summary of Literature Review
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"The Kurds are a diverse ethnic group living across Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and provinces of the former USSR. The Kurds have suffered persecution because of being 'stateless' and persecution in Iraq has been the most noted. Women hold a high place in the family of the Kurdish clans which are based on paternal lines. (Cultural Diversity in Health, 2006) The Kurdish people are reported to be the single largest ethnic group in the world without a country of their own. The area called Kurdistan is home to 25 million of these people which is a mountainous region stretching some 200,000 miles from the southeastern edge of Turkey, along the Syrian northeastern border touching north Iraq and west Iran. Those who flee the era do so to the Middle East, Central Asia, Australia Europe and North America. "
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Humanitarian Intervention, 2004.
Examines to what extent there has been an emerging international norm of 'humanitarian intervention' and how successful attempts at humanitarian intervention have been.
2,320 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 49.95
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This paper argues that humanitarian intervention, defined as military intervention in a state without the consent of its government, has become an international norm during the period since 1985. Since the U.N. is virtually always the primary agent of intervention, the paper begins by analyzing the reasons for the U.N.'s increasing number of interventions and why they are moving away from the traditional model and shifting towards humanitarian intervention without consent. The results of these interventions have varied, and the paper discusses three precedent-setting cases from the early 1990s in which the consent of parties as a requirement for U.N. humanitarian action was downgraded. Limited, focused humanitarian intervention has been successful, as exemplified by U.N. protection of Kurds in Northern Iraq. When the U.N. and U.S. intervened in Somalia, however, they lost their focus and took on large and varied tasks. In that case, intervention failed. Intervention also fails when it is done halfheartedly, and force is not used even when it is needed. This is what happened in the allied and U.N. humanitarian intervention in Bosnia. For each case study, the paper explains how it set a precedent in U.N. intervention practice, then analyzes the success or failure of the conflict and the causes for it. The effects of failed intervention are profound. The paper concludes by evaluating the U.N.'s role as the primary intervenor in conflicts since the 1980s.
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"There was evidence of "elements of consent" to this in Yugoslavia. Full consent was impossible because of the number of parties and disputes about their status, but through the winter of 1992, interventionist actions were based in consent. But the Security Council's resolution referred obliquely to chapter VII and implied that if Yugoslav consent stopped the UN would continue with its plans. Subsequent resolutions have been written along similar lines. Eventually it became clear that consent and traditional mediation would not halt the fighting, help civilians, or bring a peace settlement. Bosnia never requested humanitarian assistance from the UN, but 4 June 1993, the UN authorized force to defend UN safe area in Bosnia. This was a landmark decision."
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War and Democracy in Iraq, 2005.
This paper discusses the war in Iraq and argues that democracy is the most feasible and productive form of government for the Iraqi nation.
3,050 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 61.95
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This paper explains that the war in Iraq has two ultimate goals: The formation of a democratic government and to send a strong message to countries that support terrorism. The author points out that the goal of the United States is not to set up a presidential democracy such as America but a democracy defined by the people of Iraq, which is the best hope for a peaceful Middle East. The paper relates that, in addition to the struggle with guerrilla warfare, the United States faces a slew of problems in Iraq, most of all to strike a balance between Iraq's three main ethno-religious groups--Sunni, Shiite and Kurd, which should be achieved with education and understanding, not with violence and vendettas.
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"The United States needs a unified Iraq because it provides the U.S. military a strategic advantage in the heart of the Middle East. Iraq will serve as prime location for military operations against terrorist groups in Pakistan and other neighboring countries. By establishing a democracy in this oil rich country, it will help establish a stable economy that will further the development of the Iraqi nation. As well as being rich in oil, establishing a democracy in one of the more advanced countries of the Middle East will give the United States an advantage in the global economy as well as helping to ensure the security of the United States homeland. The military defense is essential to peace keeping efforts; however, much like the Vietnam war, the military is faced with guerilla warfare tactics that inhibit the peace efforts."
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