Beharke, Iraqi Kurdistan: On July 31, 1981, Iraqi soldiers arrived unexpectedly and took away all the men in every family; they were never seen again. Under Muslim law, women cannot remarry, so they are left waiting.

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.

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.

This Kurdish family in Diyarbakir, Turkey, lost two of its children to confrontations with the Turkish army. Their son and daughter both belonged to the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, which seeks to establish a Kurdish state.