The date holds immense historical meaning, marking Dec. 17, 1945, when the Kurdish flag was first hoisted over the ...

However, this position changed after the Second World War with the emergence of the Kurdish Republic of Mahabad (Iranian Kurdistan) in 1946, led by the newly founded Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran ...

The Kurdistan flag was first raised on official government buildings in 1946 when Kurdish leader Qazi Muhammad declared the Republic of Mahabad from a city by the same name in western Iran (Rojhelat).

The Kurdistan Region of the Republic of Iraq (KRI) is a constitutionally recognized semiautonomous region in northern Iraq with a population of 5.1 million (2012 estimate). Its government (the KRG), ...