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Kurds Recount Two Millennia of Struggle for Land and Autonomy
From mountain strongholds, Kurdish tribes fought intruders for over 2,000 years, shaped by Xenophon and Saladin. Despite promises of autonomy after World War I, treaties like Sevres and Lausanne failed to secure a lasting Kurdish state, as uprisings in Iraq, Iran, and Turkey were suppressed and borders divided their homeland.
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New York Times
Xenophon
Kurdistan
Saladin
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Syria
Armenia
Sevres
Lausanne