it called attention to the plight of an ancient people with its own history culture and language not arabic nor turkish the. kurds are scattered across modern day iraq syria and turkey people without a state forgotten during the division of the ottoman empire. until the nineteenth century the kurds didn t have a national identity they merely saw themselves as subjects of the ottoman empire as part of ottoman society. on an empire identity who is defined by religious rather than national turns there was lemons and no muslims since the kurds were muslims they were treated like the majority of muslims although they had semi autonomous status they too had to pay taxes and do military service that prevented the
it called attention to the plight of an ancient people with its own history culture and language arabic nor turkish the. just scattered across modern day iraq syria and turkey the people without a state forgotten during the division of the ottoman empire. until the nineteenth century the kurds didn t have a national identity they merely saw themselves as subjects of the ottoman empire as part of ottoman society. on an empire identity who is defined by religious rather than national terms they re going was members and no muslims since the kurds were muslims they were treated like the majority of muslims although they had semi autonomous status they too had to pay taxes and do