Transformation process of Northern Iraq to Kurdistan regional government after the Gulf War

Because of its geopolitical location, natural resources and ethnic ? cultural structure, Northern Iraq has always been the center of attention of hegemon countries in each period especially after World War I when industrialization started to improve. Kurdish revolts that aimed to establish an administration in which Kurdish factors were effective whose past actually were based on much more ago in Northern Iraq, increased after World War I and achieved a very large acceleration even after World War II.Kurdish factors which were one of the most important factors in the Middle East have focused this process; they started with the purpose of establishing an administrational structure for themselves after World War II, predominantly in lands of Iraq. Consequently, they could manage to establish a de facto administration for themselves thanks to; the circumstances created following the Gulf War in 1991 and also provided external support. Kurdish factors played an important role in reshaping of Iraq following the invasion by the USA and Kurdish formation movement gained a boost and earned the current de facto administrational structure a legal nature. The administration established by Iraqi Kurds who earned such a situation that could be very effective about the future of Iraq and accordingly the Middle East after the invasion by the USA, and also the establishment process this administration present the scope of this thesis. In this context, the purpose of this thesis is to observe; development process and current situation of Regional Kurdish Administration, and its situation in Turkish Foreign Policy after World War I through definition, explanation and interpretation phases. All stages covered along the formation of Regional Kurdish Administration was observed chronologically. In our research based on documents; books, magazines, articles, newspaper and official documents about Turkey and Iraq, and domestic and foreign press have been referenced, and maps and reports have also been used. Additionally, documents present in the internet were also referenced.