Kurdish Ethnos
Summary
Kurds are the largest stateless people in the world. The Kurdish ethnos was historically devided into four groups-Turkish, Iranian, Iraqi and Syrian. These groups lived within the territories of the respective four states. This situation makes the Kurdish case more complex. The usage Kurdish Question emerged as a concept to denote a problematic related to the Kurdish position on the new Middle East geopolitical arrangement after the First World War. The fall of the Ottoman Empire followed by the constitution of the modern sovereign states in the Middle East left the Kurds without a state of their own. According to the Treaty of Sèvres, 10 August 1920, the state of Kurdistan was also to be established in the region. But this treaty
Kurds are the largest stateless people in the world. The Kurdish ethnos was historically devided into four groups-Turkish, Iranian, Iraqi and Syrian. These groups lived within the territories of the respective four states. This situation makes the Kurdish case more complex. The usage Kurdish Question emerged as a concept to denote a problematic related to the Kurdish position on the new Middle East geopolitical arrangement after the First World War. The fall of the Ottoman Empire followed by the constitution of the modern sovereign states in the Middle East left the Kurds without a state of their own. According to the Treaty of Sèvres, 10 August 1920, the state of Kurdistan was also to be established in the region. But this treaty