Year adopted: 1927-1930 independence movement from the Ottoman Empire. 1945 - Republic of Kurdistan. 1980 - current independence movement flag. The flag of Kurdistan is a tricolor consisting of three equal horizontal bands, red, white and green, with a centered gold sun emblem. The sun emblem consists of 21 rays, equal in size and shape (ref. Kurdish Institute of Paris). The region of Kurdistan is populated predominantly by ethnic Kurdish people and includes parts of southeastern Turkey, northern Syria, northern Iraq and western Iran.