Kurdish population in Nashville is estimated to be around 11,000.
Anti-government sentiment has been present among the Kurdish population for a long time.
Turkey's Kurdish population also looms large in the equation here.
The Kurdish population is spread over all five nations.
Iraq also used chemical weapons against its own Kurdish population.
Between 1979 and 1989, the Kurdish population in Georgia increased 30%.
The areas around them are also home to large Kurdish populations.
Turkey needs to make considerable progress in relation to respect for the Kurdish population.
The announcement came as a surprise to the Kurdish population.
The Kurdish population is now estimated as about 3%.