Kurds are struggling to breathe in Turkey

THE Kurdish situation in the Middle East cannot be put off anymore as it is fast becoming the key issue determining the fate of the region in the near future.

The Kurds who live in northern Iraq, north-eastern Syria, south-eastern Turkey, north-western Iran and western Armenia, are known as the world’s largest minority group without a state.

Iraqi Kurds gained autonomy in the northern part of the country following the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Thanks to Western support, Syrian Kurds declared a de facto federal region in