GK Teacher

Q: What is Kurdistan?

A: Kurdistan is a region where the Kurdish population form a prominent majority population and Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based.

Q: Who are the Kurds?

A: The Kurds are an Indo-Iranian people who have been left stateless following the Treaty of Lausanne on the 24th July 1923.

Q: What does the Kurdish flag represent?

A: Red symbolizes the blood of the martyrs and the continued struggle for freedom and dignity. Green expresses the beauty and landscapes of Kurdistan. Life and vitality. Yellow represents the source of life and light of the people. The sun is an ancient symbol and twenty-one sunbeams represent March 21, Newroz. White represents peace and equality.

Q: When and how was Abdullah Öcalan arrested?

A: He was arrested in 1999 by the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MIT) with the support of the CIA in Nairobi and taken to Turkey.

Q: What's the purpose and goal of Greater Kurdistan group on Steam?

A: The goal of the community is to establish a Kurdish Steam presence, and it is your guide and portal for everything relating to Kurds and Kurdistan, striving to give you the best information and explanations regarding the Kurdish struggle for democracy, liberty, and equality.

Q: What do the YPG mostly rely on?

A: The YPG uses guerrilla tactics, which means that they rely on speed, stealth, and surprise. They also rely on the support from the population, the terrain (mountains, hills, etc).

Q: Does the PKK believe in borders?

A: No, they are internationalists and they don't believe in borders.

Q: What's the ideology of PKK?

A: Democratic Confederalism