Mere Propoganda   The claims are merely political and a problem of POV There are Turkish citizens living as much as Kurd originated Turks Everyone can see that the progress going on in the northern Iraq is due to natural sources of the area it is explicit   f a comparison is made for the situation the problem of Cyprus sould be considered as the Turkish Cypriots claimed a free and offical state in Cyprus which is not recognized by many countries on contrary of an imaginary Kurdland However Turkish C inhabitated Cyprus and they got their country by force and draw the border thus no one can claim the area invaded should be given back as the area has always been Turkish Cypriot But Kudish area is something different so called Kurdistan doen not exists they are mostly Turkish or Iraqi citizens So why USA still fond of an independant state in NIraq and SW Turkey Petroleum is the simple answer As not so they sould have accepted the NCyprius What is going on in Iraq and in NIraq is not LEGAL and it is a crime Check out LEO STRAUSS