kurdistan

1. KURDISTAN REGION
IRAQ

2. KEY WORDS & ABBREVIATIONS
• Kurdistan: Iraqi Kurdistan
Region
• KRG: Kurdistan Regional
Government

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. POLITICS NOWADAYS LED KURDISTAN
INTO NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE ASPECTS
• Challenge between the political parties
Negative side Positive side
ISIS INDEPENDSNCE
OF KURDISTAN

9. 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.

10. IN A POSITIVE SIDE
INDEPENDENCE OF KURDISTAN
it 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,

11. 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.

12. MAIN POINTS
• ECONOMY GROWTH
• EDUCATION POLICY

13. ECONOMY
• Oil Industry
• Tourism

14. ECONOMY
OIL INDUSTRY
• Investment Law
• Foreign Investment
• Giant Oil Companies

15. OIL INDUSTRY
FOREIGN OIL & GAS COMPANIES IN
KURDISTAN

16. ECONOMY
TOURISM
Beautiful Landscape

17. ECONOMY
TOURISM
Theme Parks
&
Mountain Resorts

18. ERBIL
MIDDLE EAST CAPITAL OF TOURISM
2014

19. CONSTRUCTION
BOOM
Roads & Tunnels

20. CONSTRUCTION
BOOM
International
Airports

21. CONSTRUCTION
BOOM
Long, big buildings

22. EDUCATION
Free 100%

23. EDUCATION
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Higher Education
& Scientific Research

24. EDUCATION
• Overseas Training Courses
• Education Exchange
• Full-Funded Scholarship
• Fast-Track Education
plans

25. CONCLUSION
RAPID, DYNAMIC DEVELOPMENTS SINCE
2003
Economy
• Oil Industry
• Tourism
• Construction Boom
Education
• Education Policy
• Plans & Outcomes
• Combat against Illiteracy

26. Welcome to Kurdistan, the land of wonders