Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
Iraqi Kurds are increasingly frustrated with Iraq’s central government while Turkey’s recent bombing campaign has taken on armed Kurdish separatists based in northern Iraq. A closer look at the politics surrounding millions of ethnic Kurds in Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria and how the “Kurdish question” could undermine the search for regional stability.
Guests
- Bulent Aliriza Senior associate and director of the Turkey Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Dr. Najmaldin O. Karim President, the Washington Kurdish Institute
- Aliza Marcus Author, "Blood and Belief: The PKK and the Kurdish Fight for Independence"
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