Special Section, titled The Struggle for Kurdistan, provides background on the issue, breaking news reports and links to reference materials.

Describes separatist rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan's effect on the Kurdish quest for statehood.

Access an archive of reader-submitted articles on Kurdish issues. Links to Kurdish resources, Kurdish chat and human-rights news.

Learn about the history of the Kurd's struggle for a homeland. Presents commentary and views from Turkey.

Politically unrecognized, this region, which includes parts of Iran, Iraq and Turkey, is home to the Kurdish people.

Read Associated Press and Washington Post news stories, and access reference data, weather information and currency exchange rates.