KURDISTAN REGION

IRAQ

KEY WORDS & ABBREVIATIONS

• Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan Region

• KRG: Kurdistan Regional Government

HISTORY OF KURDS AND KURDISTAN

• The Kurdish people are an ethnic group that originated in the Middle East. Mostly followers of the Sunni branch of Islam and speakers of Kurdish languages, Kurds share a similar cultural identity. At the same time, there are a diverse range of Kurdish political movements, reflecting the fact that the Kurdistan region is divided between four different countries – Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran

• The Kurds historically inhabited the regions surrounding the Zagros Mountains. The area is often referred to as Kurdistan (home of the Kurds), but the Kurdish people do not have their own state. The drive for independent nationhood is a key part of Kurdish history and identity.

Kurdish is an official language of Iraq and a regional language in Iran. Many Kurds are bilingual.

POLITICS (PAST AND PRESENT)

After 1958 revolution and rejecting the Iraqi government’s subsequent offer of autonomy for the Kurdish area in northern Iraq which was led by Mustafa al-Barzani In 1946 Barzani emerged as commander of the army of the short-lived Kurdish Mahabad Republic, which had been established with Soviet aid in northwestern Iran. He also founded the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), which was to remain the most powerful group in Kurdish politics for decades After his death Barzani was succeeded as leader of the KDP by his son, Masoud. Masoud barzani became the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq in 2005, until now.

And so on Kurds have suffered a lot, and has always been surrounded by enemies but they never give up, after Saddam Hussain’s topple Kurdistan has transferred into a whole different level fast as a blink an eye, politics in Kurdistan became an important strategy for this region and by now it has more than one political party

And among the is Parti Democratic of Kurdistan which is led by Masoud barzani also the president

of Kurdistan Region

Masood barzani president of Kurdistan

Region and PDK, barzani is the most affective

person in the area in a way that he has always

been trying for Kurds and Kurdistan either for peace

and Independence, barzani today achieved a lot

and has the most Audience and support in the area,

and Kurdish people are glad for having him because

he gave Kurdistan all he had been given, and Kurdistan

Region of Iraq President Barzani was awarded by the

Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University for his

leadership role in Iraq, especially for his efforts aimed at

reconciliation among Iraq’s political factions Robert

Bendetson, a member of the executive board of the

Institute for Global Leadership said This year, we at Tufts University, Institute for Global

Leadership, and JoAnn and Robert Bendetson Public Diplomacy Initiative are so proud to

recognize the efforts and achievements of President Barzani in stabilizing Iraq

POLITICS NOWADAYS LED KURDISTAN INTO NEGATIVE AND

POSITIVE ASPECTS

• Challenge between the political parties

Negative side Positive side

ISIS INDEPENDSNCE OF KURDISTAN

IN A NEGATIVE SIDE IT LED KURDISTAN REGION AFTER A LOT OF

DEVELOPMENT INTO A

1- war 2-economic crisis 3-murdering innocent people

But same as the other ones Kurds fought them and still fighting today with their Peshmarga forces either for themselves and the world cause ISIS isn’t a threat only for Kurdistan or a dedicated nation and their bravery and the courage of Peshmarga hasn't been admitted by a person or two but by the world.

IN A POSITIVE SIDE

INDEPENDENCE OF KURDISTANit looks like we're having an independence Kurdistan its not going happen in couple of days but it might happen surprisingly quickly, especially when May 2016 is the centennial of the Sykes-Picot agreement ends. That agreement greatly disadvantaged the Kurds since it didn’t give them a state of their own. That historical injustice may soon be rectified in the Kurdistan Region as it assists multinational efforts to do away with the tyrannical Islamic State,

KEY FACTS• Population: 5 million

• Provinces: Erbil, Suleimaniyah & Duhok

• Area: Approx. 40,000 km2 4-times the area of Lebanon – larger than Netherland

• National Day ‘Newroz’: Kurdish New Year, March 21

• Diversity (Chaldeans, Assyrians, Turkomen, Yezidis, and Kurds) living together in harmony and tolerance.

MAIN POINTS

• ECONOMY GROWTH

• EDUCATION POLICY

ECONOMY

•Oil Industry

• Tourism

ECONOMYOIL

INDUSTRY

• Investment Law

• Foreign Investment

• Giant Oil Companies

OIL INDUSTRYFOREIGN OIL & GAS COMPANIES IN KURDISTAN

ECONOMY

TOURISM

Beautiful Landscape

ECONOMY TOURISM

Theme Parks&

Mountain Resorts

ERBILMIDDLE EAST CAPITAL OF TOURISM

2014

CONSTRUCTION BOOM

Roads & Tunnels

CONSTRUCTION BOOM

International Airports

CONSTRUCTION BOOM

Long, big buildings

EDUCATION

Free 100%

EDUCATION

Ministry of EducationMinistry of Higher Education

& Scientific Research

EDUCATION• Overseas Training Courses

• Education Exchange

• Full-Funded Scholarship

• Fast-Track Education

plans

CONCLUSION

RAPID, DYNAMIC DEVELOPMENTS SINCE2003

Economy

• Oil Industry• Tourism• Construction Boom

Education

• Education Policy • Plans & Outcomes• Combat against Illiteracy

Welcome to Kurdistan, the land of wonders