Kurds in Greece (Greek: Οι Κούρδοι στην Ελλάδα, Kurdish: کوردێن یەونانستانـێ, lit.
Kurds have primarily migrated to Greece due to war and persecution.
[3] Most asylum seekers in Greece during the 1990s were Kurds from mainly Iraq but also from southeastern Turkey.
A total of 43,759 Kurds entered in Greece in the latter part of 1990s, in which 40,932 were from Iraq and 2,827 from Turkey.
[3] During the 1990s, Turkey frequently accused Greece of harboring Kurdish rebels of Kurdistan Workers' Party.