Is it currently possible to travel directly between the different parts of "Kurdistan" which lie within different countries?
Kurdistan is an ethno-cultural region within parts of several connected countries. It's basically the part of the world where the Kurds come from, but is not a country or nation.
The parts are mainly in three countries, eastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northeastern Iraq, as well as a smaller part in northeastern Syria.
For an intrepid traveller, or a Kurdish person for that matter, is it possible to cross all the national borders between these countries to visit a broad cross-section of Kurdistan?
(I'm not asking about the obvious safety issues so please don't submit answers about safety instead of addressing the possibilities involving border crossing.)
Best Answer
I'm not sure if you are asking about Visa requirements or things like that. However I can say for Iranian citizens (including Kurdish people) there are no visa requirements for travelling across those countries (Turkey, Iraq, Syria). I know the same rules apply for Turkish passports.
Actually there are many public transports (bus, train, airplane) which give frequent service, specially between Iran-Turkey (mainly routed in Tehran-Istanbul-Tehran direction) although buses and trains pass from Kurdish parts of Turkey (around Van). I remember there were fewer buses giving service to Syria and Iraq (not quite sure if still they operate though).
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