Ed Kashi The Ishikveren Refugee Camp in Turkey was home to 200,000 Kurds from Iraq who fled after the Gulf War in 1991.
Ed Kashi In a Turkish terrorist court in Diyarbakir, this Kurdish woman was sentenced to 13 years in prison, accused of belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, which seeks to create an independent state in southeastern Turkey.
Ed Kashi Even harsh winter conditions don’t stop these brave children from attending school. In bombed-out schoolrooms in Penjwin, Kurdish children study in three daily shifts because there aren't enough teachers, rooms or supplies.
Ed Kashi Kurdish men in northern Iraq train as new recruits for the Pesh Merga, or "those who face death", after the Gulf War of 1991.
Ed Kashi For eight hours each day, PKK guerillas study Kurdish history and socialist ideology in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. The PKK, or Kurdistan Workers Party, is fighting for Kurdish Independent in Turkey.