"The Kurdish Issue and its Impact on Iraq-Turkey Border Agreements: A Contemporary and Future Perspective"

Abstract

Undoubtedly, the subject of this study, which is "The Kurdish Issue and its Impact on Iraq-Turkey Border Agreements: A Contemporary and Future Perspective", is an attempt to examine the historical and legal justifications for the Kurdish issue and the right to self-determination that has been raised both nationally and internationally. This is not a new event for those who specialize in Iraq-Turkey relations or the Kurdish issue. However, we attempted to expand on the study of the historical circumstances and developments that the region went through after World War I, which led to the fragmentation of the Ottoman Empire and the emergence of Arab states in the Middle East. We also studied the Kurdish issue from both its ethnic and national dimensions in both Iraq and Turkey. We addressed the issue of the Iraq-Turkey border and its relationship with the Kurdish issue, as well as regional and international competition. In the final discussions, we attempted to examine the Turkish vision of the Kurdistan region and the possibilities of its separation from Iraq, as well as the internal and regional factors associated with such a possibility, in addition to the internal fragmentation that the Kurdistan region is facing, like other parts of the Middle East.