As Iraqi experts point to the probability that PKK was behind the attack killing diplomat
The country's best competitors hail from geo-cultural Kurdistan
A year after a failed bid for independence
A year after an ill-fated independence referendum that Baghdad deemed illegal
The town is the victim of a chemical weapon attack
Iraq considers the vote unconstitutional
Iran is one of the main exporters of fuel products to Kurdistan
Referendum intended to give Kurds a legitimate mandate to achieve independence from Iraq
Erdogan has threatened to impose sanctions against Kurdish northern Iraq
Kurds have sought an independent state since at least the end of World War One