Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan is an unofficial term commonly used within Kurdish nationalist circles when referring to a roughly defined area in northern Iraq inhabited by Kurdish-speaking people. The proponents of Kurdish nationalism consider Iraqi Kurdistan, together with Turkish Kurdistan, Syrian Kurdistan, and Iranian Kurdistan as collectively for…Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan is an unofficial term commonly used within Kurdish nationalist circles when referring to a roughly defined area in northern Iraq inhabited by Kurdish-speaking people. The proponents of Kurdish nationalism consider Iraqi Kurdistan, together with Turkish Kurdistan, Syrian Kurdistan, and Iranian Kurdistan as collectively forming Greater Kurdistan. Much of the geographical area of Iraqi Kurdistan is part of Kurdistan Region, a semi-autonomous region in the Republic of Iraq. Those areas not incorporated into KRI are referred to as “disputed territories”. Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution stipulates the mechanism for solving the dispute by a date not exceeding 31 December 2007, but this has not been implemented and remains an outstanding issue. Some have suggested that the government of Iraq has made it clear that it intends to never implement the article, but instead aims to dismantle Kurdistan Region altogether.
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