Mehmet Wrote:Besides, I didn't say that they didn't have a longer presence in the middle east, I just said that they lacked the presence in present day Turkey.
The average armenian or greek can lay more historical claim than the kurd on that accord, as there was an Armenian kingdom in present day *Kurdistan* and Alexander's empire stretched as wide as Central Asia, and his successor states, the Seleukids, than, the Romans and etc.
The Roman, Seleukid and Macedonian Empires were political entities. Most people in these empires were not Roman, Greek or Macedonian, there was a variety of "races" comprising them.
Kurdistan may have areas in Turkey, but the Kurds are the majority. Why is it ridiculous to let them have their own country where they live,instead of being ruled by, what are essentially, foreigners?
Armenia is it's own country, yet it has far fewer Armenians than Kurdistan has Kurds.
