iraqi kurdish refugees wait with children in cukurca refugee camp in turkey april 8 1991 reuters photographers have chronicled kurdish refugee crises over the years in 1991 srdjan zivulovic documented refugees in cukurca who had escaped a military operation by saddam husseins government in iraq aimed at arabising kurdish areas in the north hundreds of thousands fled into turkey and iran images shot in recent months show familiar scenes as crowds of people flee islamic state militants in syria there are as many as 30 million kurds spread through turkey iraq syria and iran most kurd 2e6awc4.jpg from ·sexuele voorlichting 1991 View Photo