Typical references to the Kurdish homeland by others usually read "regions where Kurds reside."

But plans for a Kurdish homeland were dashed when Mustafa Kemal Ataturk fought to regain the land.

During the short life of this nation-state, the idea of a Kurdish homeland finally came into being.

Kurmanji is spoken by the Kurdish population that was exiled from the historical Kurdish homeland.

On one side of a building is a towering painting of Sheik Mahmoud al-Hafid, who fought for a Kurdish homeland in the early 20th century.

At almost the same time, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which is fighting to create a Kurdish homeland in southeastern Turkey, also offered a cease-fire.

For many Kurds a vote for the alliance was first and foremost an effort to secure autonomy for the mountainous Kurdish homeland in the north.

After American and allied forces withdraw from the Kurdish homeland in northern Iraq, United Nations police will remain.

The party, formed in Turkey in the 1970's, is committed to establishing an independent Kurdish homeland on the borders of Iraq, Iran and Turkey.