However, some Kurds continued to work behind the scenes for an independent Kurdistan.

Anything resembling an independent Kurdistan is likely to mean war with Turkey.

But under pressure from Turkey, provisions for an independent Kurdistan were abandoned.

The top Kurdish politicians in Iraq officially are not pushing for an independent Kurdistan.

The three countries are linked by a concern that a failed Iraq could breathe new life into the project of an independent Kurdistan.

He encouraged people instead to turn to science and to the realities of modern society in the struggle to liberate and build an independent Kurdistan.

The Turks would have to be reassured that this plan means no independent Kurdistan will ever come into being.

The result was an overwhelming majority of 98.8% favoring an independent Kurdistan.

An independent Kurdistan and division of Iraq's integrity was also a threat to the Turkish government.

Reassuring the Turks that an independent Kurdistan will never come into being is an empty promise.