I have long supported the establishment of a free state for the Kurds called Kurdistan.

If it is going to thrive, it must have a port on the Mediterranean Sea.

That would require concessions from Turkey, which are unlikely.

Kurdistan would also need to get land now considered part of Iran, although a trade with Iraq for the Shiite-controiolled area in the southheast is a possibility.

A viable Kurdistan is unlikely with just a division of current Iraqi teritory.