Kurdistan24 visits Mark Sykes's house

YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom (Kurdistan24) - Kurdistan24 TV crew visited the house of Mark Sykes, the British politician who signed the notorious agreement of Sykes-Picot in 1916, depriving Kurds of a homeland for a century. 

The 100-year Sykes-Picot agreement was created as a secret convention during World War I and was signed on May 16, 1916, between the superpowers, including Great Britain and France with the assent of imperial Russia, for the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire.

Kurds have been one of the primary victims of the agreement because their ancestral homeland of the Greater Kurdistan was divided between four countries: Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria, causing generations of Kurds to suffer under oppressive regimes.

The leadership of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq has called for an independence referendum to be held before the end of 2016.

The family of Sykes, who manage Sykes's historic house and belongings now, expressed their concern for the injustice committed against Kurds as a result of the imperialistic agreement.

A group of Kurdish residents in UK also visited Sykes's house, wearing their Kurdish traditional dress and holding the flag of Kurdistan in their hands.

Reporting by Mewan Dolamari, Bargasht Akrayi and Pishtiwan Jaff
Editing by Ava Homa