They're working together, the different Kurdish parties, and there's a kind of economic boom.
It is largely, you know, almost entirely Kurdish and they agree on their common future.
Several Kurdish refugees in Harrisonburg have been convicted of violating the act for sending money overseas.
Drivers honked horns as passengers hung out of windows, cheering and waving Kurdish banners.
Sherko Abbas, a Kurdish-Syrian exile living in the US heads the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria.
The boycott began in early March after parliament held a budget vote without Kurdish members present.
The Kurdish Regional Government has a huge incentive to protect both Gandur and his investments.
They all belonged to Alevis, a Turkish and Kurdish-speaking Shiite offshoot who vastly outnumber Arabic-speaking Alawis.
And honour crimes are not a uniquely Kurdish phenomenon, says Leyla Pervizat, an Istanbul-based expert.
Turkey also is worried about Syrian support for the Kurdish PKK and its own Alevis minority.
Because you have to remember that Turkey also has problems with the Iraqi-Kurdish region there.
NPR's Ivan Watson begins this report in the predominantly Kurdish town of Batman in southeastern Turkey.
But it also suits Kurdish parents who believe their children's future is tied to Turkey.
The 351 students start studying Kurdish, the native language of most, in third grade.
Kurdish officials claim their region holds 45 billion barrels, though that figure cannot be confirmed independently.
Both Kurdish factions now scoff at the thought of any non-Kurdish opposition returning to the area.
So the two main Kurdish parties sent only junior representatives to the London meeting.
During the war in Iraq, Kurdish fighters largely worked under or alongside US forces.
Nashville happens to be home to one of the largest Kurdish populations in the country.
This week Turkish diplomats met Masoud Barzani, who heads the Kurdish regional government in Iraq.
By and large, it seems like it's been something of a cakewalk for the Kurdish forces.
Yet Mr Erdogan could call Mr Ocalan's bluff and pursue Kurdish reforms with greater vigour.
Some people also crossed from the area controlled by the Iraqi government to the Kurdish zone.
Many Shias, not just Sunnis, suspect federalism of being an American-Kurdish plot to break up Iraq.
"We'll call the Kurdish leaders, set up a meeting and solve the problem, " said Mr. Haji.
Turkey's security forces consider the Syrian-backed Kurdish Workers Party to be among their main security concerns.
The group, although riven by internal disputes, is sponsored by the Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani.
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All of today's difficult issues, such as Kurdish autonomy and the role of Islam, will resurface.
They also want the borders of their enclave to include areas they say are traditionally Kurdish.
General Basbug has long conceded that military means alone cannot solve the Kurdish problem.
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