Ottoman secessionist movements following the First World War

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“Don’t think the Kurds would be too happy lol”–gaysianrimmer

“the kurdish national identity was not as evolved as many of the other nationalities (assyrians, greeks, armenians etc) the modern kurdish nationalism is very heavily influenced by post ww1 turkey and its centalising policies. but i doubt they would be nice (although if the assyrians would have remained a larget ethnic group, they might have made a lebanon/ethiopian-like state where both islam and christianity being protected under law. this is ofcourse, only speculation”–YellowishCheese