There is no Kurdish problem.

The Kurdish problem is not only the problem of one part of my nation: it is a problem of every one of us, including…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Tayyip Erdogan wants to go beyond George W. Bush by making critical journalism and critics in the academy illegal. What will be the difference…

— Tariq Ali

Initially, before the modern state of Iraq was created, there were three separate provinces here: a Shiite in the south, a largely Sunni one…

— Richard Engel

I think that all countries of the region should join their efforts in the fight against a common threat - terrorism in general and…

— Vladimir Putin

The Kurds will not be allowed to have an independent country because Turkey wouldn't stand for it; they have their own Kurdish population.

— Molly Ivins

The Kurdish people are a partner for the Israeli people.

— Ayelet Shaked

I have had it up to here with the prosecutions, the government's attitude, the judiciary, the media's stance and the majority of Turks who…

— Osman Baydemir

“The image of Kurdish blood pumping through the heart of a little Arab boy like Ahmed was not lost on anyone.”

— Jeremy Courtney

We used to watch executions. I mentioned that in one of my stories. There was a piece of open ground near the area where…

— Hassan Blasim

In the battle for Kobane on the Syrian border, everyone talks about the enemy - IS - and the frightening ideas that drive them.…

— Adam Curtis

“The right of self-determination of the peoples includes the right to a state of their own. However, the foundation of a state does not…

— Abdullah Öcalan

We must openly call for the establishment of a Kurdish state that separates Iran from Turkey, one which will be friendly towards Israel.

— Ayelet Shaked

We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come and to which we…

— Les Aspin

Under Saddam Hussein, the nation of Iraq possessed and used chemical weapons against both their own Kurdish population and Iranian military forces.

— Charles B. Rangel

“Is this a Kurdish thing?’ ‘What?’ ‘Being deliberately contradictory?”

— Ian McDonald