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00:00The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without a nation of their own.
00:10Spread over four countries, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey, they fight for independence and
00:15recognition as a people.
00:19To speak of Kurdistan is merely to refer to the grouping of the Kurdish settlement areas
00:23in each of these countries.
00:26Yet there is no talk of a united Kurdistan.
00:30For decades, the Kurds have been an object of power plays in these countries.
00:34Their efforts for more rights as a people have suffered constant and brutal suppression.
00:40But the geopolitical situation in the region shifted in favour of the Kurds at the start
00:44of the civil war in Iraq and Syria.
00:48In the fight against the terrorist organisation Islamic State, they have become an indispensable
00:52actor in the Middle East.
00:57For their attitude towards this organisation, the Kurds have garnered great respect internationally.
01:04And for the first time, there is a serious hope that they will finally get recognition
01:07as a people and maybe even their own state.
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