List of new countries - North Kurdistan should be here

[Anthea]

Fifteen new countries became independent with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Most of these countries declared independence a few months preceding the fall of the Soviet Union in late 1991.

1 Armenia
2 Azerbaijan
3 Belarus
4 Estonia
5 Georgia
6 Kazakhstan
7 Kyrgyzstan
8 Latvia
9 Lithuania
10 Moldova
11 Russia
12 Tajikistan
13 Turkmenistan
14 Ukraine
15 Uzbekistan

Yugoslavia dissolved in the early 1990s into five independent countries.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 29, 1992
Croatia, June 25, 1991
Macedonia (officially The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) declared independence on September 8, 1991 but wasn't recognized by the United Nations until 1993 and the United States and Russia in February of 1994
Serbia and Montenegro, (also known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), April 17, 1992 (see below for separate Serbia and Montenegro entries)
Slovenia, June 25, 1991

Thirteen other countries became independent through a variety of causes.

March 21, 1990 - Namibia became independent of South Africa.
May 22, 1990 - North and South Yemen merged to form a unified Yemen.
October 3, 1990 - East Germany and West Germany merged to form a unified Germany after the fall of the Iron Curtain.
September 17, 1991 - The Marshall Islands was part of the Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (administered by the United States) and gained independence as a former colony.
September 17, 1991 - Micronesia, previously known as the Caroline Islands, became independent from the United States.
January 1, 1993 - The Czech Republic and Slovakia became independent nations when Czechoslovakia dissolved.
May 25, 1993 - Eritrea was a part of Ethiopia but seceded and gained independence.
October 1, 1994 - Palau was part of the Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (administered by the United States) and gained independence as a former colony.
May 20, 2002 - East Timor (Timor-Leste) declared independence from Portugal in 1975 but did not became independent from Indonesia until 2002.
June 3, 2006 - Montenegro was part of Serbia and Montenegro (also known as Yugoslavia) but gained independence after a referendum.
June 5, 2006 - Serbia became its own entity after Montenegro split.
Febraury 17, 2008 - Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia.
July 9, 2011 - South Sudan peacefully seceded from Sudan following a January 2011 referendum. Sudan itself was the first to recognize South Sudan and did so one day early, on July 8, 2011.

NORTH KURDISTAN HAS 25 MILLION KURDS - MANY NEW COUNTRIES HAVE LESS THAN 10 MILLION

[Anthea]

Kosovo:

By July 2013 Kosovo will have an estimated population of 1,847,708

I am NOT the world's greatest mathematician but surely

25 million Kurds is a higher number than 1,847,708 Kosovans

[Anthea]

South Sudan has a population of 8,260,490

I am NOT the world's greatest mathematician but surely

25 million Kurds is a higher number than 8,260,490 South Sudanese

[Feyli_kord]

You also forget that countries in yugoslavia and other places simply weren't divided between iran/iraq/syria/turkey. You have a better chance convincing the stars featuring shows on animal planet to cede territory, than an arab/turk/persian to part with their "territory"

[Anthea]

You also forget that countries in yugoslavia and other places simply weren't divided between iran/iraq/syria/turkey. You have a better chance convincing the stars featuring shows on animal planet to cede territory, than an arab/turk/persian to part with their "territory"

To my knowledge there has never been a referendum of Kurds living in Turkey

Kurds should have the right to decide for themselves, but it should be an informed decision, they must realise what has happened in the rest of the world

A great many indigenous peoples worldwide have been granted land rights as well as those who have gained total Independence

If Ocalan has his way, he will destroy all chance of Kurds having any form of independence or autonomy in the future. That is wrong because Kurdistan does not just belong to those alive today, it belongs to future generations of Kurds. Do Kurds really want their grandchildren to be Mountain Turks