Video really isn't about the Turkey. It's about how they were used like a fiddle throughout many countries. Harris' focus on here is the US, his own country.
Don't hate the player hate the game. I can link dosens of links of muslim conquests of how their ethnic cleansing are causing problems until this day. If you think Europe was doing a singleplayer playthrough of colonies, conquest or slavery then you are delusional
I traveled the Kurdish region in Turkey and Iraq in 2020 and as a solo female traveler, I can say I never felt more safe, accepted and welcomed anywhere in the world. Kurdish for me are the kindest nation (I have a video about it on my channel) and it`s so sad how these kind and generous people are treated and exploited.
crazy how much the US has used the kurds without ever really helping them E: stay in school kids. otherwise you'll end up as a 35 year old telling people you don't understand the necessity of repaying debts made in blood or the importance of upholding your reputation as a trustworthy person in the comment section of a UA-cam video you couldn't finish
“We were told that we were going to be attacked, but it was too late, and the notice was too short. All of a sudden, we heard the sound of bombs dropping all over the town. People started coughing, tears streaming from their eyes, and all I could think about was running. I grabbed my brother’s hand and ran as fast as I could, struggling to survive as people were dropping dead. I was getting weaker and weaker, but for the sake of my younger brothers, I had to pull through and just keep running. We survived the attack and stayed in a cave for a week without food or water. I had to go back to the town to search for something to eat or drinking water, but when I returned, I found a ghost town, filled with thousands of dead bodies lying on the ground, among them my relatives and neighbors.” This is the story of my mother during the Halabja chemical attack as she tried to survive the chaos. She and many others posed no threat to anyone, and all that we Kurds have ever wanted is to own the lands where we have lived for thousands of years, before anyone else claimed it as their homeland. This is just one story, but there are thousands more as we have endured many other genocides. Where is the justice in this?
It's crazy that anticolonial movements in Palestine have massive support in these countries, yet they have their own version of the Palestinians they are oppressing themselves. Edit: Replies prove my point. Tons of hypocrites replying to this comment saying 'it's different' but then using the exact same arguments as the Israelis. "freedom! civil rights! (Just not in my backyard!)"
The Kurds never had a state in this region and no one here owes them one they themselves migrated to west asia later. Israel was founded after WW2 when Palestinians were already living there. The situation is not comparable in the least. If you care about this so much then why don't you talk about the Zazas,Yezidis and Assyrians who think Kurds stole their lands? Armenians also accuse them. See how messy this gets? It is not as simple as "Uhh just give them independence!". Turkey is the only country and moderator that keeps the peace in their part and prevents them going for eachother's throats and that's a fact.
@@soundwave2481I think you legitimately could not have made it more obvious that you are a Turk. Which is especially funny, because all Oghuz turks (except maybe the Turkmens) stole the land they consider their ancestral home. 1000 years ago, there were no turks in Turkey, no Azeris in Azerbaijan, etc. They stole all of that land. And considering how the government of Turkey treats Kurds and Greeks in their country, and how both the Turkish and Azerbaijani governments opress what little remains of their country's Armenian populations, seems like not much has changed.
Visited the Kurdish region of Turkey (Diyarbakır etc) back in 2013. I was warmly welcomed everywhere and was even invited to local's house and met his whole family of maybe 15 people over dinner. One of the fondest memories of all time. Nice human beings like them shouldn't deserve to live through all these sufferings. I sincerely wish all the best for the Kurdish people.
As Turks, we have always treated our Kurdish brothers with compassion. Turkish armed forces only bombed armed terrorist groups such as PKK and YPG, never harmed civilians, and as a Turk, I was born and raised in Van, a region where they live in majority, and even now we live as brothers. Turks never harm innocents.
@@rohatezdi3831 Ulan Türkiye de emlak şirketi kurmuşsun. Arabada son ses Kürtçe şarkı dinleyip belinde silah geziyorsun. Türkiye ırkçı olsa sen bunların hiçbirini yapamazdın. Daha harcadığın elektrik faturalarını bile ödemiyorsunuz fakirlerin hakkını yiiyorsunuz
Umm... Have you been to New Mexico? Or Oklahoma or Montana or any other state? God knows we learned the lesson too late, that providing autonomy & a chance/place to preserve themselves and their culture was a benefit for our federation as much as their nation. But we learned it, and the Navaho saved our bacon in the Pacific in WWII. Native Americans are some of the most patriotic American groups there are, despite all we've done to them. If Turkey learned the same, Kurds could be as much of an asset to them as Salah al-Din was. It is never too late to right a historic wrong. Not doing so leads to continuing insecurity and conflict. Welsh and Scottish units are some of the strongest in the British army, rather than risks as once upon a time they were. The fact that they maintain their own language and culture now is a big part of why-- even after the language has been almost extinguished. The chance to bring it back speaks volumes.
Currently, all across the geography known as europe, there are over 5000 stone inscriptions which can only be deciphered by ancient Turk language, and by no other language/s. These stone inscriptions are located all across west, north, central and east europe. The people we known in modernity as 'european' are actually people who came from around where India is, and acientists suggest that the migration of people into north america and from there to central and south america occured not only thru the Bearing Bridge (when the strait was a land mass), but also with sea vessels from the shores of what we now know as France into north americas since past 40,000 years. Basicaly, the aboriginal people of the reigions we currently know as europe and asia, that is eurasia were the ancestors of modern day Turks (''Turks'' not only as in the inhabitants of Turkish Republic, but all other Turk people across was geography). The people we know as ''european'' are late comes into the region, killing off and assimilating the local populations. For example the governments of Sweden even until the 1980's, (yes 1980's not 1880's) had a state policy to forcible have indegineous female population surgically mutilated so not to be able to get pregnant, preventing the indegineous population to protect it self. The Roman Empire are took most of it's sciences, arts and state governnance laws from the Etrcuscans, who even the modern day europeans admit are people akin with the central asian people, basically they are camoflaging the fact that they are one of the ancestors of modern day Turks. Likewise many other indegineous populations of what is now know as eurasia are actually ancestors of Turks and when comparing and studying the languages we find the connection. Certainly they did not speak ''modern Turkish'' as spoken in the Republic of Turkiye, but you can clearly see the language evolving into what it has become. Of course to know all this one needs to steer away from ''his-story'' and dewelve in 'history''. Best wishes.
@There-was-nothing-we-could-do Interesting to see that the foreign powers(you know who I mean), want some country to appear in the middle of 3 countries, but don't want to see a united Korea as an example...
They do have regional autonomy and are technically independent nations outside the control of the US government. But, with so few of them left it's not as great as it may sound.
Kurds were seperated under 5 countries. Literally families were seperated. Kurds/Sumerians have been denied to speak Kurdish, dance kurdish, sing kurdish, use kurdish names, jailed,killed, bombed, driven out of their land for the past 100 years and still ongoing. Native Americans have been praise and given sonmany rights for the past few decades. They are very proud to tell people who they are. Kurds in some regions still hide who they are 😢😢😢😢😢
Western people who probably funds these type of videos dont care about Kurds, they just want a military force they can use in the region and leave them alone when they are done with their interests.
Portraying Atatürk as a person who only dislikes the idea of Kurdish territory while the country was divided between the Greeks, Italians, French and the British. The guy formed a new country out of a fallen one and gave Turks, Kurds and all the other ethnic groups living space under one flag not false promises like the British did.
@@bigdaddyeddy1252Because there is a unity of minorities in Turkey. And there are many of them. Read history and you will understand what "divide and conquer" means.
Lol, we (British) literally created your country. People you know as forefathers (Such as Ziya Gokalp) of your country are trained by our intellectuals mainly in Malta. This is taught in our schools as to portray an image of how mighty the Britain is. We created a neo colony via Kemalism, and we manipulated them so much that they thought they were in charge, they were independent and strong😂 we kept it as our colony until USA wanted that colony for itself and they took it via political-islam. And Ataturk did as we say, look at Mosul, Kirkuk, or Treaty of Lausanne. And you have the nerve to call us out?
@@wowsocool3318 Are you able to look at the root cause of all these power games and manipulations? Can you zoom out and see the picture from outside? If you are on the side of inner peace, integrity and abundance for self and all, all these games are not needed at all. Little bit of a compassion and an expanded awareness may give us a broader view and understanding of reason for existence. Well, we create all the meanings. So why not choose a good one? Can you say that you, yourself has not been brainwashed by the so called "system". By the national collective consciousness of your society and education system.
@@aryanon Oh so now you remember “compassion” and “no need for powergames” while your prior comment literally supports the assimilation program of the Kurds, hypocrisy at it’s finest 😂
US doing this to a NATO country will only end up weakening the bonds between NATO countries. In time this will emerge. Even now Turkey considers relations with Russia and its partners due to this hipocrisy.
What is lesser known, is that the Iraqi Baath regime first started with rounding up tens of thousands of Kurds who lived outside Iraqi Kurdistan, namely in Baghdad. They killed thousands of them in their torture prisons and deported tens of thousands of them to Iran, more than 40 years later, some of them still live in UN refugee camps in Iran. They are known as the Feyli Kurds.
there was a lot of kurdish states Kurdish State (1918-1919) Kingdom of Kurdistan (1921 - 1925) Republic of Ararat (1927-1930) Republic of Mahabad (1946)
@@WassupitsdaT now you are just creating a turkey nationalist echo chamber, I just told the truth and you downplay it with brainrot words, get some help before the turkey consumes your mind
As a syrian living in Turkey, I would like you to know some facts about these "peace birds" of yours. As you mentioned they are recongnized even by Europeans as terrorist groups for a reason. YPG in Syria is literraly bombing civilians in the areas out of their control. YPG banned Turkish and Arabic in Villages and counties where people hardly speak any other language. PKK has and still is targeting civilians in Turkey ( Lastly Tusaş Attack; the attack started by shooting pedestrians) Come cry me a river about how the Kurds suffered. If the mentioned groups are the representatives of the Kurds then the Kurds are no different from their oppressors. Peace Edit: Noticed some typos and had to correct them
Look at me, my Syrian Arab brother: Have you ever counted how many years you exploited the Kurds? You drove them out of your country, banned their language, killed them... Yet, after the First World War, you were gifted a state on those lands without lifting a finger. You couldn't even protect it. Moreover, you have the audacity to accuse the Kurds of barbarity.
@@alperbasiyor @alperbasiyor I didn't say what I said to please you anyways. However it's good that you are getting closer to common sense where you know that you can't generalize a stereotype without getting to know those you are generalizing on.
As Half kurdish half Turkish sociologist and history geek, I can tell with confidence your narrative is biased by western media outlet. Kurds in Turkiye hate the idea of Kurdistan. Kurds never had their own country in the entirity of the history, so stop this vikipedia and chatGPT based click-bate.
You are extreemly wrong mate. İ somewhat agree that the Kürdistan project might be rubbish, but still türkish goverment has oppressed kurds FOR half a century. And yes kurds had states, like median Empire and eyyubids. We want freedom.
@@sdrphlvn Oppressed how? They are citizens, they have equal rights. And Eyyubids were not Kurds. Salahaddin was from an ethnically Arabic Yemeni clan and served in Turkish armies, with his fellow mostly Turkish officers. He has brothers named Turanshah, Börü, Tugtekin, Shahinshah and I don't even have to mention that those names are Turkish. On top of that, I hate to break it to you but Kurds were never a majority in any part of Anatolia or Syria before 1930 except Hakkari. Let alone having a ruling class. The name Kurdistan was mentioned in Marco Polo's maps to refer a region between south of the Lake Van and todays Northern Iraqi Kurdistan's south eastern borders. So no you can't get a free state where you stand. If you desire one that much, then you are more than welcome to move back to your ancestoral lands which is Iraqi Kurdistan. I don't think anyone would stand against that.
The area you describe and outline was originally part of Persia--modern day Iran--going back THOUSANDS OF YEARS! THEN, western imperialism messed up the map lines of the region. Then the Ottoman Empire impinged on the territory of the shrinking Persian empire. In that span of time, going back thousands of years, Kurds have been a subset, a nomadic peoples who were understood and accepted to be transient. And in the last 120 years, in the midst of western imperialism, and drawing lines on paper that take no account of the impact of those lines on land, in the effort to further diminish the long established nations of the region--#1, Persia/Iran; #2, The Ottoman Empire/Turkey--western imperialists are trying to further diminish the strength and capacity of ancient powers in a region that is literally a world away from us and totally out of our jurisdiction. If you believe so much in the rights of the Kurds to have a nation, then you will support with equal fervor the disintegration of the USA into 50 individual nation-states, or even worst, thousands of tiny city states.
This guy almost lies about history in every video . There is nothing new from the old Vox mouthpiece . He lived his whole life spreading lies when he was a religious exterimist and did missionary, and now, with his maps and lies
15:15 Turkiye is not against on other kurdish group except the terrorist one. Today there are at least 60 member in the parlement who represents the political kurds movement. They are still in the parlement despite supporting the terrorist organization. PS: Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief of Intelligence are Kurds.
The Kurdish language and the word “Kurdistan” in not allowed in the Turkish parliament your brain washed! 😂 where is Salhadin Damirtaş ? The Kurdish HDP leader? Are you kidding yourself? Why did they change the traffic lights 🚥 to blue? 😂 because Turkey has phobia from the Kurds!
Just because you live in a region does not mean it is your kingdom. You cannot establish your own rules, your own system, your own army. Today, there are many different ethnic groups living in England, Germany, France and America. How would you explain if these people taking up arms and engaging in terrorist activities? You can't just look at the world from a Western perspective. Empathy brings peace.
@rakunx0 This is a point you do not want to understand. In modern societies, killing babies, killing women, killing the elderly, burning schools, burning hospitals, and exploding bombs in city centers are considered terrorist activities and are punished. If you want to establish a country and wage war like the people who lived a thousand years ago, you will not complain about the problems you encounter.
@rakunx0 This is a point you do not want to understand. In modern societies, killing babies, killing women, killing the elderly, burning schools, burning hospitals, and exploding bombs in city centers are considered terrorist activities and are punished. If you want to establish a country and wage war like the people who lived a thousand years ago, you will not complain about the problems you encounter.
Exactly opposite: just because you have lived in a region throughout history, it’s your land and should be your kingdom. Besides, if one ethnic group has more power, that doesn’t mean to wipe out others rights on their land!!!
First of all Kurds or every other ethnicities who live in Turkiye have all equal rights. There is no denied citizenship, outlawing their language or keeping them out of politics. This statement is completely lie. The country has 1 official language (Turkish) and one type of citizenship... Every minority can have their own school, holy place for their religion or whatever they want. Movement under PKK terrorists funded by many terrorist lover counties (yes western) wants only separation and its not going to happen. They don't represent more than 10 million Kurds living in Turkiye who have equal rights with anyone else. Get your facts together first next time...
Yes now we can say that we are Kurds but like 30 years ago my family didn’t allowed to speak kurdish so why you ignoring that part? We don’t want to be Turks or Arabs we are Kurds and most Kurds want there own land! We are the natives in these regions! You can’t deny that 😊
@Namii2726 I lived more than 30 years and had many Kurdish origin friends. Why are you lying that you couldn't talk Kurdish? They all could talk and noone cared... You are only making up these problems which never existed. You only want to be servants of Israel for their money and Big Middle East Project...
What about the crackdowns on the the Party of HDP, their leader is still jailed for simply standing up for kurdish right. Wake up and realise what the turkish goverement is doing against kurds in Turkey, Iraq and Syria.
@@hs6291 He praised PKK and its leader in openly on TV... Imagine USA someone praising ElKaeda... You won't be seeing him again... At least he is in prison and off course there is evidence of strong connection to PKK...
The video was well-prepared, but there are many historical facts and current dynamics that were not addressed. First of all, there has never been a country called "Kurdistan" in the region. It should be noted that the area is geographically referred to as Kurdistan. A hundred years ago, there was an empire that ruled the region for 600 years-the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans never divided their subjects based on ethnic groups, and all Ottoman records show that the subjects were classified as Muslims and non-Muslims(pls check Millet system). The Kurds have lived in Mesopotamia for centuries in peace and unity with the other peoples of the region. After the French Revolution in Europe, nationalist movements spread worldwide, eventually leading to the fall of empires. For the past hundred years, European and American powers have continued to play a significant role in the region, especially regarding control over oil reserves and other resources. Their aim has been to prevent the emergence of an independent and stable Middle Eastern states through both internal and external policies. Unfortunately, the promise of a state for the Kurds is also part of the EU and U.S.’s manipulative schemes. Can anyone genuinely explain why the U.S. is constantly trying to exert influence beyond its own borders? The countries in the region have taken steps-sometimes correct, sometimes flawed-to maintain their internal political balances. Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten that the PKK movement over the last 50 years has been consistently supported by the EU and the U.S. So, who were the countries harmed by this support? Turkey has made significant strides regarding the Kurdish issue in the last 20 years, but that doesn’t mean everything has been resolved-there is still much progress to be made. However, at least Kurds in Turkey can now speak their language freely and access Kurdish media outlets. Kurdish politicians are also actively present in the parliament. Kurds make up the second-largest voting group in the country and directly influence Turkey's policies through their decisions.
No country existed. Turkey didn’t exist either yet it exists today. Kurds had many independent Kurdish emirates. It is true a country called Kurdistan didn’t exist in one single state. That doesn’t mean Kurds shouldn’t have a country in the world we live in today which is ethnically dominated. Kurdish experiences in the countries they were divided into has only led to a degradation of their language, culture and rights.
No country in the middle east existed before WW1. Nation states are a new concept. thanks for stating the obvious broski, Kurds and thus the land where we live is named Kurdistan which means Land of the Kurds. Kurds have always had control over their own lands as Empires did not want to or could fully subjugate us, search the Karduxians and the March of the Ten Thousand. The Karduxians were the remnants of the Kurdish Median Empire which settled in modern northern Kurdistan.
0:29 what kind of map is this? What year is this? Where is thracia? The ottomans started to have gains in the balkans first. My grandfather migrated from Bulgaria to current Turkey.
I am Albanian🇦🇱. Kurds was really loyal to Ottoman Kaliphat and Khaliph cause they have given the promise as Muslims to him. It is a big mistake that they was treated like that. But naturally they deserve actually to have their own state. If they would behave like Turkiye who collobirated with UK, France etc against Ottoman Khaliphat Kurds would have their own country since after WW1. I feel really sad for them. 😢
That’s exactly what happened .. thanks for u comment and for ur information giving .. kurds was honest And they wanted one islamic state but after osman empire Turks are betrayed kurds to make them state without kurds but they couldn’t fight kurds for ever cuz they couldn’t kill all the kurds
Conveniently leaves out how 'Turkification' was a part of abolishing their medieval feudalism system so they can own lands and not be the subjects of an Agha. Conveniently leaves out how PKK quite literally kills babies, not once, not twice but many times. I'm not saying this as a political hyperbole. Much like when your ancestors drew these borders, you still have no idea of the political and sociological realities of these lands. Your attempt of oversimplifying is laughable at best and borderline evil at worst. Kurds are our brothers, the problems plaguing them also plague us.
@@ruxmania The ottomans (who came from mongolia) stole a piece of creece, kurdistan and armenia, istanbul wasnt istanbul it was Constantinopel and it bellonged to the greeks, read history everything is reaveled dont be foolish:) IT BELONGS TO THE KURDS; GREEKS AND ARMENIANS!
I think the oversimplification is excactly the motivation of such videos. These are not made to inform you, but to bend reality in a favorable direction aka PROPAGANDA.
Our friends are the mountains. We trust no one but the mountains. We have been betrayed too much and it has taught us that our friends are not people but mountains.
من خودم ترک هستم و اهل ایران هستم (خودتان میدانید ایران ترک زیاد دارد) ما دوستان کرد هم داریم و بدون هیچ مشکلی کنار هم زندگی میکنیم. دوستان کرد من آگاه باشید غربی ها می خواهند با تجزیه کردن کشور های مناطق آنها را ضعیف کرده و تحت سلطه خود بیاورند. اما با یک چیز مخالفم! باید کشور های ما یعنی ایران و ترکیه و .... مثلا ایالات متحده باشد یعنی هر منطقه و ملتی زبان خود را در یادگیری و .... استفاده کند. حکومت مرکزی ما یعنی (جمهوری اسلامی ایران) خودش یک حکومت تحت سلطه هست. خلاصه تنها راه آزادی علم علم علم هست. باید تاثیر گذار باشیم
@@Therickrollgu İ am also kurd bro, but just curiousity; after establish Kurdistan, and after getting sanctions from neighbor countries (Kurdistan already won't have access to sea) what shit will you eat?
I feel like kurds should have an option of either being a country or being allowed rights. I love how you explain everything from a non biased point. Do you think you could make a documentary on The now semi autonomous Ogaden region of ethiopia. And how ethiopia commited genocide against them?
The question is when Iran had its first election in 1953 and a prime minister was chosen, He was basically assasinated by hard liners financed and provided for and trained by the British and American Intelligence agencies, then they instated Reza Pehlavi because he agreed to grant them both the control of Iran's Oil fields which the prime minister was in the process of nationalisation. Why did the Americans and British then did not "carve out" the Kurdish Area? I mean No issues blaming Khomeini, however, that too should be mentioned. Again in the case of Iraq, Saddam Hussein was basically helped by the Americans as a buffer and counter the Iranians, and secure Iraqi oil. Why does the US have to be involved in everything when they are 4-5k miles away?
so many lies I can't even keep track! Pahlavi government was already in place, Reza pahlavi was the constitutional Monarch and there WERE elections held since the "Mashrote" or constitution revolution had succeeded and the national assembly had existed. Mosssadegh was brought to power by support of the Shah at first to fight British petroleum hold on our oil but soon he began a coup against the government and he lost. separatists whether kurds or Azeris had been receiving support from the soviets since 1946 when they left Iran and those who were seeking to annex our soil in north west had actually taken land from the local kurdish and Azeri and lur iranians and unconstitutional! so they entered a war and lost. Also Iran is NOT a new country in fact the only nation that never had it's borders drawn by a british or french in 1800's.
@@erfanmirzaei3100 Thank you for the additional Information. I do not know if you are negating what I have said, and stating my statements as lies? Nevertheless, thank you for providing me with new information. The Information which I have provided above about Reza and Mossadegh is from my reading, From a book by Stephen Kinzer. After re-instating the monarch a Trade consortium of 1954 was put in place which stopped the nationalisation of oil fields and gave control of them to the British and Americans. Since then the Shah brought about great infrastructural and educational developments, although the prime resources i.e oil was being lost to private companies. To bypass that he brought about the 1973 sale and purchase agreement. The ridiculousness of this all is that Ayatullah was living in Turkey and then France before the coup. He was flown there in Air france and he was the time magzine person of the year 1979.
and kurdish people are from iran 🇮🇷… there was never kurdistan and never will be. kurds are native to modern day iran. they do not belong anywhere near turkish borders
But why you don't mention how the Kurds came to that region with the Turks, where they helped them in the Battle of Chaldiran against the Safavid Persians, and the Ottomans rewarded them by settling them in the land of the indigenous people, and they participated with the Ottomans in killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions of Armenians, Syriacs and Assyrians, and they occupied in their place from the years 1880 to 1930? Why do you always hide these facts?
Because there are no kurds in the current borders of Armenia, there are some Assyrians and Yazidis, no kurds. Armenians are not too fond of kurds because they were active participants in the Armenian genocide, and kurds also occupy Western Armenian territory and are now trying to claim it as kurdistan.
The Russians main motivation was helping the Arab nationalists and other factions fighting Al Qaeda and ISIS and are in Syria on behalf of the government. They too do not care about the Kurds and have nothing to gain from attacking or using them.
after seeing this video, the first thing in my mind that I was understand what is happening in middle east that people say its just a conflict. but the reality its very complex and its related to anything, such as between saddam husain and kurds, turks and pkk, Iran and kurds, syria and kurds, that the reality its have a same problem like in my country Indonesia. which is OPM in Papua island is wanting their freedom in their land, but the government and I especially not agree with that. BUT, in this kurds case somehow I support kurds to fight for freedom over their land and get their own country, which is this is same like the conflict in Papua that I don't support and agree and its opposite with the kurds case that I don't. (pardon me if my English is bad pal, cause I'm still learning)
If you don´t know the history of the middle east and the politics, sociology, ethnology and so many other things, maybe don´t support the kurdish independence or you will lock yourself in this exact dilemma. Give Papua independence then we will think about kurds
Iran has no problem with the Kurds because our homeland, the Kurds, is Iran. Our dear friend, we have lived in Iran for thousands of years, and we hope that the Kurds who separated from Iran will return to their homeland, Iran.
One of the reasons why the imperalists (France and Britain) didnt make a Kurdistan like they made Syria, Iraq and Jordan and so on, is because they were afraid of the conservative and pracitising Kurdish Muslims who would held the uprise and keeping for an Ottoman Empire opposite of secular Kemal Ataturk and his likewise secular politicians who were against Ottoman, Kurds and Islamic influence. The Kurds were some of the most loyal Muslims who oppossed secularism and the imperalists didnt like this fact.. they afraid of a new Islamic empire in middle of Mesopotamia after the Ottoman fall
Thank you for shedding light on these important historical events. It's truly appreciate the effort that went into researching and presenting these stories. A heartfelt thanks to the team for their dedication in bringing these moments from history to our attention.
@@Namii2726 ۳۸۶ / ۵٬۰۰۰ The Kurds in Turkey speak both Kurdish and Turkish. The Kurds in Syria and Iraq know Arabic because they grew up there, and we Kurds in Iran know Persian because it is the official language of Iran. And does it really matter that you don't know Persian? What matters is that the Kurds lived in Iran for thousands of years and are Iranians, and unfortunately some Kurds
Açelya abla benden büyüksün küfretmek yakışmaz. O yüzden saygıyla anlatacağım. Genetik benzerlikten dolayı bir ulus diğer ulusla aynıdır falan demek saçmalık. O zaman Almanlarla İngilizler aynı ulus mu? Dilbilime gelince, çok temek bir soru: dil nedir? Bir dil nerede "dil" olur ya da lehçe nerede dile dönüşür? Tamamen sübjektif bir şekilde belirleniyor, özellikle o dili ya da lehçeyi konuşan halkın milli düşüncesine ve duygusuna bağlı. Kürtler kendilerni Perslerden ayrı görüyorlar, bu yüzden Kürtçe ayrı bir dil. Nokta
@LeoPessi-q9x There is discrimination and racism against Kurds in Turkey. Our language is forbidden, they consider it as an unknown language. And the Syrian border where Kurds live is being bombed. The other day, A famous Kurdish theater actor and 6 people with him were killed. Not only Erdogan, but also many political organizations target and threaten Kurds. Kurdish education bans, language bans and cultural bans have been causing internal conflict for years.
Many Kurdish youth have died due to the assimilation policy that has been going on for years. With the curfews and declaration of a state of emergency, Kurdish regions have completely turned into a war zone. Kurdish political leaders and parties were imprisoned. Selahattin Demirtaş was one of the leading figures of Kurdish politics, but they imprisoned him. There are many similar political prisoners. They are usurping the political will of the Kurds by appointing trustees to the municipalities they have elected. #freekurdistan
It is because your people does own comply being a Turk. Once this new republic was formed our forefather atatürk wanted every part of the natşons to be one. Kurdish authorities didnt listen. As being a Turk you don't need to have the genetics for it. Even Atatürk has mentioned that for one to be turk individual needs to think like a Turk. Yet you are here calling discrimination out of nowhere. If your people would have standed down no one would be hurt on southeastern anatolia. We do not want to evaporate the kurds out of our grounds. We want unified turkic government uneer turkic soils. @@kurdish_nation
Im a kurd from Kurdistan I’ve reed this in the first course of 9th which was 2024 on December they talk about what happened what they did what happened after world war 2 and who served when in world war 2 era
They don't let me rest peacefully on my mountain's side. If I had the partridge's birdsong, why would I desire the sound of explosions? How is it fair to shoot at me or chase me away? If I say I’m a Kurd and wish to live in my Kurdistan, I dream of a Kurdistan free from strife. I long for peace-I do not wish for a land filled with hate. 😢
I have been a follower and admirer of your journalism from the beginning, and I will continue to support you despite some inaccuracies presented in videos like this one and the NATO video. However, a piece of advice regarding historical facts: it may be beneficial to consult with a few historians and present both sides of the argument, allowing the audience to draw their own conclusions. While the visuals are great (with some inaccuracies of maps used...) frequent major inaccuracies in your videos could undermine your trustworthiness. There will be topics covered that some of your followers may not be familiar with, but then we will remember the topics you have covered without presenting all the facts and then question the trusthwortiness of your work in those topics we are not familiar at all. So for example after NATO, this and some other videos, I cannot show you as a reference to my friends when talking about something because I know they can come with some more established facts. I genuinely admire your work and enthusiasm, and I know that these mistakes are not due to laziness or ill intentions, but I believe you are too prominent to make such avoidable errors at this stage.
@@OGmane-r5n European sources are enough to disprove most claims of a supposed great kurdish past with independent states ruling in anatolia or other parts of the middle east. What are your sources?
@@adidoki This is not what I claimed, neither did the person in the video, what I am saying is that those who opress a people should not talk about their history, as they most likely biasely change facts, aspects, etc. Now to your point: Although kurds never had their own independent or autonomous region governed by themselves, regions where they lived was often called 'kurdistan' or 'land of kurds', which was an administrative region. This was governed by the Seljuk Ahmed Tekuder. You can find this in the chronicals of seljuks In a letter by the ottoman emperor Süleyman to the french king, where he describes himself as the sultan of kurdistan. You can find this in Roderic H. Davison and other Ottoman historian's works.
Historically, the region where Kurdish people live has always been part of Iran. To frame recent events without acknowledging this long-standing context is like starting a story halfway and disregarding its roots. The notion of an independent Kurdistan has no historical precedent; it has been a modern construct used to foster divisions among local populations, allowing external powers to exploit these conflicts for influence and control. This approach, seen in many countries, often seeks to fragment larger nations into smaller, dependent territories, limiting their ability to protect their resources and interests. The impact on stability and unity in these regions is deeply concerning.
Thank you for highlighting the government scandal in the region. The events are truly shocking and the world is witnessing the situation of the Kurdish nation. Though recognised as valiant fighters, they have not engaged in acts of invasion. I foresee a positive future for Kurdistan with changing geopolitical dynamics in the region. It is likely that the regimes in Iran, Turkey, Syria, and Iraq will face repercussions. History shows the misuse of power by Arab leaders. Anticipating a stronger presence of Israel in the region.
Turks are not gonna like this video.
Ong 💀
didn't even care
Video really isn't about the Turkey. It's about how they were used like a fiddle throughout many countries. Harris' focus on here is the US, his own country.
@@ardaneseli2235Constantinople
Cry more
the U.S. has to be the prime example of, pretending to care and then never actually care.
Except when it's Israel. Then they'll REALLY care. Even more so than their own citizens
ABD için Kürtler sadece kullanışlı bir araç
youll notice that with any superpower nation or even large nation in general
yeah fr, america only cares about what helps them, they know they have more power than most countries and that they “control” basically everything
How did the US pretend to care about the Kurds?
I think this question should have been asked. Why are Europeans drawing map borders for places they have nothing to do with.
Because they won the war.
Don't hate the player hate the game. I can link dosens of links of muslim conquests of how their ethnic cleansing are causing problems until this day. If you think Europe was doing a singleplayer playthrough of colonies, conquest or slavery then you are delusional
@watup3494Well said
Obviously, you are an enemy of the Kurds
@@N4TE_94 Because white imperialism.
I traveled the Kurdish region in Turkey and Iraq in 2020 and as a solo female traveler, I can say I never felt more safe, accepted and welcomed anywhere in the world. Kurdish for me are the kindest nation (I have a video about it on my channel) and it`s so sad how these kind and generous people are treated and exploited.
I m kurdish. Tank you sir
Thank you for sharing your experience and you’re always welcome in our lands 🙌🏼
Peki ya Türkler?
There is no kurdish region in Turkey.
@@yusufemreyldrm346 so how would you call the region in Tukey where all the Kurdish live?
crazy how much the US has used the kurds without ever really helping them
E: stay in school kids. otherwise you'll end up as a 35 year old telling people you don't understand the necessity of repaying debts made in blood or the importance of upholding your reputation as a trustworthy person in the comment section of a UA-cam video you couldn't finish
Welcome to the real world
They are still helping and arming them secretly how do you think the syrian democratic fighters got new weapons?
not their fucking job ,is it ?
Maybe kurds should try not to be gullible.
😢
“We were told that we were going to be attacked, but it was too late, and the notice was too short. All of a sudden, we heard the sound of bombs dropping all over the town. People started coughing, tears streaming from their eyes, and all I could think about was running. I grabbed my brother’s hand and ran as fast as I could, struggling to survive as people were dropping dead. I was getting weaker and weaker, but for the sake of my younger brothers, I had to pull through and just keep running. We survived the attack and stayed in a cave for a week without food or water. I had to go back to the town to search for something to eat or drinking water, but when I returned, I found a ghost town, filled with thousands of dead bodies lying on the ground, among them my relatives and neighbors.”
This is the story of my mother during the Halabja chemical attack as she tried to survive the chaos. She and many others posed no threat to anyone, and all that we Kurds have ever wanted is to own the lands where we have lived for thousands of years, before anyone else claimed it as their homeland. This is just one story, but there are thousands more as we have endured many other genocides.
Where is the justice in this?
So sorry 😢... so sad. Whatever I say or feel ...I can't describe the pain that you all are going through. 💔. Love n light to all God creations . ❤❤❤😢
you lived thousands of years? cool strory... you haven't had a genuine state in history. we, turks, will continue to rule you.
Kurdistán
@@buraktemizel-oe7xmwtf dude it is not even about you
@@buraktemizel-oe7xm there is no honor in that
It's crazy that anticolonial movements in Palestine have massive support in these countries, yet they have their own version of the Palestinians they are oppressing themselves.
Edit: Replies prove my point. Tons of hypocrites replying to this comment saying 'it's different' but then using the exact same arguments as the Israelis. "freedom! civil rights! (Just not in my backyard!)"
The Kurds never had a state in this region and no one here owes them one they themselves migrated to west asia later. Israel was founded after WW2 when Palestinians were already living there. The situation is not comparable in the least. If you care about this so much then why don't you talk about the Zazas,Yezidis and Assyrians who think Kurds stole their lands? Armenians also accuse them. See how messy this gets? It is not as simple as "Uhh just give them independence!". Turkey is the only country and moderator that keeps the peace in their part and prevents them going for eachother's throats and that's a fact.
@@soundwave2481 Palestine has never been it's own country either, so I don't really understand what's your argument.
@@soundwave2481 they seem to be dropping a hell of a lot of bombs for a moderator and peace maker lmao
@@soundwave2481can you show me when there was a Palestinian state? Oh wait
@@soundwave2481I think you legitimately could not have made it more obvious that you are a Turk. Which is especially funny, because all Oghuz turks (except maybe the Turkmens) stole the land they consider their ancestral home. 1000 years ago, there were no turks in Turkey, no Azeris in Azerbaijan, etc. They stole all of that land. And considering how the government of Turkey treats Kurds and Greeks in their country, and how both the Turkish and Azerbaijani governments opress what little remains of their country's Armenian populations, seems like not much has changed.
Visited the Kurdish region of Turkey (Diyarbakır etc) back in 2013. I was warmly welcomed everywhere and was even invited to local's house and met his whole family of maybe 15 people over dinner. One of the fondest memories of all time. Nice human beings like them shouldn't deserve to live through all these sufferings. I sincerely wish all the best for the Kurdish people.
As Turks, we have always treated our Kurdish brothers with compassion. Turkish armed forces only bombed armed terrorist groups such as PKK and YPG, never harmed civilians, and as a Turk, I was born and raised in Van, a region where they live in majority, and even now we live as brothers. Turks never harm innocents.
@@AlcazenYa bi sktr git kendi medyanla izleme haberleri Aslan Google a utanç müzesi yaz yeterli onun en 100 kat fazlasına ben şahit oldum
Thank you ❤
@@rohatezdi3831 Ulan Türkiye de emlak şirketi kurmuşsun. Arabada son ses Kürtçe şarkı dinleyip belinde silah geziyorsun. Türkiye ırkçı olsa sen bunların hiçbirini yapamazdın. Daha harcadığın elektrik faturalarını bile ödemiyorsunuz fakirlerin hakkını yiiyorsunuz
@@Alcazen The PKK was created under torture in Turkish prisons due to the denial of the Kurds
No friends but the mountains.
True vallah 😢😢
@@Bacha_Bazi Bzhi Kurdistan , Bruxi Stamkaran
God is in the wilderness.
And the bombs to terrorize touristic areas
@@ikramyagdran4492I'm sure you're talking about Turkey, right? Syria? Iraq?
“Your ancestors enemy will not be your ally” this is a famous line we say to ourselves
Historical Assyrian lands were not Kurdistan!
Dijmine bavu kala nabe doste lava
@@Tornout-e7i Assyrians were invaders not inhabitants they were like todays Turks .. Assyrians true land was middle and south of Iraq
@@EhmedSemsedin Kurds are invaders. Assyrians have been living here for more than 4000 years !! You have no identity longer than middle ages!
I'm surprised they don't use this in American history. Black history at that. Sense they want to create so much hate and division lately.
Lead the way Johnny, give a chunk of the USA to the native Americans!
They play 3 monkeys when you bring this up, tho.
Umm... Have you been to New Mexico? Or Oklahoma or Montana or any other state?
God knows we learned the lesson too late, that providing autonomy & a chance/place to preserve themselves and their culture was a benefit for our federation as much as their nation. But we learned it, and the Navaho saved our bacon in the Pacific in WWII. Native Americans are some of the most patriotic American groups there are, despite all we've done to them. If Turkey learned the same, Kurds could be as much of an asset to them as Salah al-Din was. It is never too late to right a historic wrong. Not doing so leads to continuing insecurity and conflict.
Welsh and Scottish units are some of the strongest in the British army, rather than risks as once upon a time they were. The fact that they maintain their own language and culture now is a big part of why-- even after the language has been almost extinguished. The chance to bring it back speaks volumes.
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Currently, all across the geography known as europe, there are over 5000 stone inscriptions which can only be deciphered by ancient Turk language, and by no other language/s.
These stone inscriptions are located all across west, north, central and east europe.
The people we known in modernity as 'european' are actually people who came from around where India is, and acientists suggest that the migration of people into north america and from there to central and south america occured not only thru the Bearing Bridge (when the strait was a land mass), but also with sea vessels from the shores of what we now know as France into north americas since past 40,000 years.
Basicaly, the aboriginal people of the reigions we currently know as europe and asia, that is eurasia were the ancestors of modern day Turks (''Turks'' not only as in the inhabitants of Turkish Republic, but all other Turk people across was geography).
The people we know as ''european'' are late comes into the region, killing off and assimilating the local populations.
For example the governments of Sweden even until the 1980's, (yes 1980's not 1880's) had a state policy to forcible have indegineous female population surgically mutilated so not to be able to get pregnant, preventing the indegineous population to protect it self.
The Roman Empire are took most of it's sciences, arts and state governnance laws from the Etrcuscans, who even the modern day europeans admit are people akin with the central asian people, basically they are camoflaging the fact that they are one of the ancestors of modern day Turks.
Likewise many other indegineous populations of what is now know as eurasia are actually ancestors of Turks and when comparing and studying the languages we find the connection.
Certainly they did not speak ''modern Turkish'' as spoken in the Republic of Turkiye, but you can clearly see the language evolving into what it has become.
Of course to know all this one needs to steer away from ''his-story'' and dewelve in 'history''.
Best wishes.
Thank you for honest explanation about conflict 🙏
Why where the American indians denied their own country?
@There-was-nothing-we-could-do Interesting to see that the foreign powers(you know who I mean), want some country to appear in the middle of 3 countries, but don't want to see a united Korea as an example...
Because they got conquered and 90% of them died which means they’re easily subjugated
They do have regional autonomy and are technically independent nations outside the control of the US government. But, with so few of them left it's not as great as it may sound.
American native have been given their rights for the past 50 years. Kurds/ Sumerians have been denied fir the past 100 ywars and still...
Kurds were seperated under 5 countries. Literally families were seperated. Kurds/Sumerians have been denied to speak Kurdish, dance kurdish, sing kurdish, use kurdish names, jailed,killed, bombed, driven out of their land for the past 100 years and still ongoing. Native Americans have been praise and given sonmany rights for the past few decades. They are very proud to tell people who they are. Kurds in some regions still hide who they are 😢😢😢😢😢
Are there kurds watching this video ?
@@Khulasatul-alkulaasah yep
@@thephoenix4363yes✌🏼
Yep
yes
Yes, but the amount of miss information is insane
Western people who probably funds these type of videos dont care about Kurds, they just want a military force they can use in the region and leave them alone when they are done with their interests.
The important question is why the people in the middle east committed genocide and massacred Kurds and not why Europe helping Kurds.
Moral of the story: DON'T LET THE BRITISH DRAW YOUR BORDERS YOU WILL REGRET IT
The fact that the US used the Kurds to fight ISIS and then abandoned them is one of the greatest moral failings of US foreign policy.
true, the US shouldn’t have funded the PKK terrorists at all.
*classic US foreign policy. see what has happened to the ukranians.
To be an enemy of the US is dangerous and a friend fatal
Portraying Atatürk as a person who only dislikes the idea of Kurdish territory while the country was divided between the Greeks, Italians, French and the British. The guy formed a new country out of a fallen one and gave Turks, Kurds and all the other ethnic groups living space under one flag not false promises like the British did.
Why aren’t Kurds recognized as a minority in Turkey? Check mate bro.
@@bigdaddyeddy1252Because there is a unity of minorities in Turkey. And there are many of them. Read history and you will understand what "divide and conquer" means.
Lol, we (British) literally created your country. People you know as forefathers (Such as Ziya Gokalp) of your country are trained by our intellectuals mainly in Malta. This is taught in our schools as to portray an image of how mighty the Britain is. We created a neo colony via Kemalism, and we manipulated them so much that they thought they were in charge, they were independent and strong😂 we kept it as our colony until USA wanted that colony for itself and they took it via political-islam. And Ataturk did as we say, look at Mosul, Kirkuk, or Treaty of Lausanne. And you have the nerve to call us out?
@@wowsocool3318 Are you able to look at the root cause of all these power games and manipulations? Can you zoom out and see the picture from outside?
If you are on the side of inner peace, integrity and abundance for self and all, all these games are not needed at all. Little bit of a compassion and an expanded awareness may give us a broader view and understanding of reason for existence. Well, we create all the meanings. So why not choose a good one?
Can you say that you, yourself has not been brainwashed by the so called "system". By the national collective consciousness of your society and education system.
@@aryanon Oh so now you remember “compassion” and “no need for powergames” while your prior comment literally supports the assimilation program of the Kurds, hypocrisy at it’s finest 😂
U.S. abandonment of the Kurds has been shameful. With friends like us who needs enemies?
US doing this to a NATO country will only end up weakening the bonds between NATO countries. In time this will emerge. Even now Turkey considers relations with Russia and its partners due to this hipocrisy.
@@fxy17 russia literally are fault of syrian gov fall
Thankyou for this video now I understand kurds😮
now you also understand the native americans.
What is lesser known, is that the Iraqi Baath regime first started with rounding up tens of thousands of Kurds who lived outside Iraqi Kurdistan, namely in Baghdad. They killed thousands of them in their torture prisons and deported tens of thousands of them to Iran, more than 40 years later, some of them still live in UN refugee camps in Iran. They are known as the Feyli Kurds.
Kurds had never had a country or state and kurds have similarities but also differences
Our country, the Kurds, is Iran.
we had manyy Kurdish states, but the name wasn't Kurdistan yet they were Kurdish
there was a lot of kurdish states
Kurdish State (1918-1919)
Kingdom of Kurdistan (1921 - 1925)
Republic of Ararat (1927-1930)
Republic of Mahabad (1946)
@@NokiaTheReuploadersure Lil bro
@@WassupitsdaT now you are just creating a turkey nationalist echo chamber, I just told the truth and you downplay it with brainrot words, get some help before the turkey consumes your mind
Thanks for sharing this perfect video to show people the true
Kurds: It sucks being split by different powers.
Poland: Been there.
Except the United States actually hold their promises for the Polish.
@@Turkishfella by leaving them to the soviets for close to 50 years?
Kazakhs also
Hungary: June 4, 1920. Treaty of Trianon. We never forget.
The only difference being there is a country called Poland now (although smaller) but there is no sovereign country called Kurdistan
Johnny "living in the fantasy history" Harris
Thank you for sharing the truth about us
As a syrian living in Turkey, I would like you to know some facts about these "peace birds" of yours.
As you mentioned they are recongnized even by Europeans as terrorist groups for a reason.
YPG in Syria is literraly bombing civilians in the areas out of their control.
YPG banned Turkish and Arabic in Villages and counties where people hardly speak any other language.
PKK has and still is targeting civilians in Turkey ( Lastly Tusaş Attack; the attack started by shooting pedestrians)
Come cry me a river about how the Kurds suffered. If the mentioned groups are the representatives of the Kurds then the Kurds are no different from their oppressors.
Peace
Edit: Noticed some typos and had to correct them
Look at me, my Syrian Arab brother: Have you ever counted how many years you exploited the Kurds? You drove them out of your country, banned their language, killed them... Yet, after the First World War, you were gifted a state on those lands without lifting a finger. You couldn't even protect it. Moreover, you have the audacity to accuse the Kurds of barbarity.
sen kal
Thanks man, you get to go lastly.
didnt expect that from a syrian lol
@@alperbasiyor @alperbasiyor I didn't say what I said to please you anyways. However it's good that you are getting closer to common sense where you know that you can't generalize a stereotype without getting to know those you are generalizing on.
Thanks for bringing this part of history to our attention.
As Half kurdish half Turkish sociologist and history geek, I can tell with confidence your narrative is biased by western media outlet. Kurds in Turkiye hate the idea of Kurdistan. Kurds never had their own country in the entirity of the history, so stop this vikipedia and chatGPT based click-bate.
You are extreemly wrong mate. İ somewhat agree that the Kürdistan project might be rubbish, but still türkish goverment has oppressed kurds FOR half a century. And yes kurds had states, like median Empire and eyyubids. We want freedom.
@@sdrphlvn Oppressed how? They are citizens, they have equal rights. And Eyyubids were not Kurds. Salahaddin was from an ethnically Arabic Yemeni clan and served in Turkish armies, with his fellow mostly Turkish officers. He has brothers named Turanshah, Börü, Tugtekin, Shahinshah and I don't even have to mention that those names are Turkish. On top of that, I hate to break it to you but Kurds were never a majority in any part of Anatolia or Syria before 1930 except Hakkari. Let alone having a ruling class. The name Kurdistan was mentioned in Marco Polo's maps to refer a region between south of the Lake Van and todays Northern Iraqi Kurdistan's south eastern borders. So no you can't get a free state where you stand. If you desire one that much, then you are more than welcome to move back to your ancestoral lands which is Iraqi Kurdistan. I don't think anyone would stand against that.
We’ve always been Kurds and will always be
Be my girlfriend hewal
Nobody says you aren’t.
as a Kurd from Turkey, I'm proud to be a citizen of the Turkish Republic.
Sen Kürt değilsin asimile olmuş bir Kürtsün arada fark var,sana birkaç kelime Kürtçe konuş desem ömür boyu susarsın boş propoganda yapma yapma burda
don’t call yourself a kurd then
@@ripbozo215 ok im a martian
@@ripbozo215 Lol. Who are you to decide who is a Kurd huh?
@@bluestar4324 a real kurd decides who is kurd who is not
The area you describe and outline was originally part of Persia--modern day Iran--going back THOUSANDS OF YEARS! THEN, western imperialism messed up the map lines of the region. Then the Ottoman Empire impinged on the territory of the shrinking Persian empire. In that span of time, going back thousands of years, Kurds have been a subset, a nomadic peoples who were understood and accepted to be transient. And in the last 120 years, in the midst of western imperialism, and drawing lines on paper that take no account of the impact of those lines on land, in the effort to further diminish the long established nations of the region--#1, Persia/Iran; #2, The Ottoman Empire/Turkey--western imperialists are trying to further diminish the strength and capacity of ancient powers in a region that is literally a world away from us and totally out of our jurisdiction. If you believe so much in the rights of the Kurds to have a nation, then you will support with equal fervor the disintegration of the USA into 50 individual nation-states, or even worst, thousands of tiny city states.
You just described the future of the USA perfectly.
This guy almost lies about history in every video . There is nothing new from the old Vox mouthpiece . He lived his whole life spreading lies when he was a religious exterimist and did missionary, and now, with his maps and lies
@@rubuntux Cheers!
Compared the Kurds to USA was wired, as there aren't unique nations in those states, they don't want to be an independent country like Kurd people.
Your comparison was so bad😂 You make no sense. You're forcing division among the US states when they don't want it. Go educate yourself pls
15:15 Turkiye is not against on other kurdish group except the terrorist one. Today there are at least 60 member in the parlement who represents the political kurds movement. They are still in the parlement despite supporting the terrorist organization.
PS: Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief of Intelligence are Kurds.
The Kurdish language and the word “Kurdistan” in not allowed in the Turkish parliament your brain washed! 😂 where is Salhadin Damirtaş ? The Kurdish HDP leader? Are you kidding yourself? Why did they change the traffic lights 🚥 to blue? 😂 because Turkey has phobia from the Kurds!
Wow such a good Video! Keep going bro
Thank you for taking the time to making this content!
Just because you live in a region does not mean it is your kingdom. You cannot establish your own rules, your own system, your own army. Today, there are many different ethnic groups living in England, Germany, France and America. How would you explain if these people taking up arms and engaging in terrorist activities? You can't just look at the world from a Western perspective. Empathy brings peace.
Siz niye kurdunuz o zaman
@rakunx0 This is a point you do not want to understand. In modern societies, killing babies, killing women, killing the elderly, burning schools, burning hospitals, and exploding bombs in city centers are considered terrorist activities and are punished. If you want to establish a country and wage war like the people who lived a thousand years ago, you will not complain about the problems you encounter.
@rakunx0 This is a point you do not want to understand. In modern societies, killing babies, killing women, killing the elderly, burning schools, burning hospitals, and exploding bombs in city centers are considered terrorist activities and are punished. If you want to establish a country and wage war like the people who lived a thousand years ago, you will not complain about the problems you encounter.
Exactly opposite: just because you have lived in a region throughout history, it’s your land and should be your kingdom. Besides, if one ethnic group has more power, that doesn’t mean to wipe out others rights on their land!!!
@@rizgarmustafa8263Agree 👍
First of all Kurds or every other ethnicities who live in Turkiye have all equal rights. There is no denied citizenship, outlawing their language or keeping them out of politics. This statement is completely lie. The country has 1 official language (Turkish) and one type of citizenship... Every minority can have their own school, holy place for their religion or whatever they want. Movement under PKK terrorists funded by many terrorist lover counties (yes western) wants only separation and its not going to happen. They don't represent more than 10 million Kurds living in Turkiye who have equal rights with anyone else. Get your facts together first next time...
As a Kurdish from Adıyaman, agreed.
Yes now we can say that we are Kurds but like 30 years ago my family didn’t allowed to speak kurdish so why you ignoring that part? We don’t want to be Turks or Arabs we are Kurds and most Kurds want there own land! We are the natives in these regions! You can’t deny that 😊
@Namii2726 I lived more than 30 years and had many Kurdish origin friends. Why are you lying that you couldn't talk Kurdish? They all could talk and noone cared... You are only making up these problems which never existed. You only want to be servants of Israel for their money and Big Middle East Project...
What about the crackdowns on the the Party of HDP, their leader is still jailed for simply standing up for kurdish right. Wake up and realise what the turkish goverement is doing against kurds in Turkey, Iraq and Syria.
@@hs6291 He praised PKK and its leader in openly on TV... Imagine USA someone praising ElKaeda... You won't be seeing him again... At least he is in prison and off course there is evidence of strong connection to PKK...
Thank you so much for making this video. It was right on point. We are really alone in the world. :((
The video was well-prepared, but there are many historical facts and current dynamics that were not addressed. First of all, there has never been a country called "Kurdistan" in the region. It should be noted that the area is geographically referred to as Kurdistan. A hundred years ago, there was an empire that ruled the region for 600 years-the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans never divided their subjects based on ethnic groups, and all Ottoman records show that the subjects were classified as Muslims and non-Muslims(pls check Millet system). The Kurds have lived in Mesopotamia for centuries in peace and unity with the other peoples of the region.
After the French Revolution in Europe, nationalist movements spread worldwide, eventually leading to the fall of empires. For the past hundred years, European and American powers have continued to play a significant role in the region, especially regarding control over oil reserves and other resources. Their aim has been to prevent the emergence of an independent and stable Middle Eastern states through both internal and external policies. Unfortunately, the promise of a state for the Kurds is also part of the EU and U.S.’s manipulative schemes. Can anyone genuinely explain why the U.S. is constantly trying to exert influence beyond its own borders?
The countries in the region have taken steps-sometimes correct, sometimes flawed-to maintain their internal political balances. Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten that the PKK movement over the last 50 years has been consistently supported by the EU and the U.S. So, who were the countries harmed by this support? Turkey has made significant strides regarding the Kurdish issue in the last 20 years, but that doesn’t mean everything has been resolved-there is still much progress to be made. However, at least Kurds in Turkey can now speak their language freely and access Kurdish media outlets. Kurdish politicians are also actively present in the parliament. Kurds make up the second-largest voting group in the country and directly influence Turkey's policies through their decisions.
No country existed. Turkey didn’t exist either yet it exists today. Kurds had many independent Kurdish emirates. It is true a country called Kurdistan didn’t exist in one single state. That doesn’t mean Kurds shouldn’t have a country in the world we live in today which is ethnically dominated. Kurdish experiences in the countries they were divided into has only led to a degradation of their language, culture and rights.
Thank you for explanation.
No country in the middle east existed before WW1. Nation states are a new concept. thanks for stating the obvious broski, Kurds and thus the land where we live is named Kurdistan which means Land of the Kurds. Kurds have always had control over their own lands as Empires did not want to or could fully subjugate us, search the Karduxians and the March of the Ten Thousand. The Karduxians were the remnants of the Kurdish Median Empire which settled in modern northern Kurdistan.
0:29 what kind of map is this? What year is this? Where is thracia? The ottomans started to have gains in the balkans first. My grandfather migrated from Bulgaria to current Turkey.
It's of 1914 and Bulgaria was independent by that time
I am Albanian🇦🇱. Kurds was really loyal to Ottoman Kaliphat and Khaliph cause they have given the promise as Muslims to him. It is a big mistake that they was treated like that. But naturally they deserve actually to have their own state. If they would behave like Turkiye who collobirated with UK, France etc against Ottoman Khaliphat Kurds would have their own country since after WW1. I feel really sad for them. 😢
Comrade, we Kurds are Iranians, so let's hope that the Kurds who separated from Iran will return to Iran.
@irans_great_civilization Does Iran officialy accept Kurdish language?
That’s exactly what happened .. thanks for u comment and for ur information giving .. kurds was honest And they wanted one islamic state but after osman empire Turks are betrayed kurds to make them state without kurds but they couldn’t fight kurds for ever cuz they couldn’t kill all the kurds
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣it was funny. u made me laugh for today. thank you sir@@irans_great_civilization
I am an kurd as watching this video
Thank you so much for making this video. It was right on point. We are really alone in the world.
We Kurds are Iranians, comrade.
look how stupid people can be to take false information on youtube
One of the most painful videos to watch as a KURD 💔
Conveniently leaves out how 'Turkification' was a part of abolishing their medieval feudalism system so they can own lands and not be the subjects of an Agha.
Conveniently leaves out how PKK quite literally kills babies, not once, not twice but many times. I'm not saying this as a political hyperbole.
Much like when your ancestors drew these borders, you still have no idea of the political and sociological realities of these lands. Your attempt of oversimplifying is laughable at best and borderline evil at worst. Kurds are our brothers, the problems plaguing them also plague us.
Admit to what you did to armenians or dont open your mouth
@@michaelsmith6318 Yes, we fought back and won.
@@ruxmania The ottomans (who came from mongolia) stole a piece of creece, kurdistan and armenia, istanbul wasnt istanbul it was Constantinopel and it bellonged to the greeks, read history everything is reaveled dont be foolish:) IT BELONGS TO THE KURDS; GREEKS AND ARMENIANS!
@@zuzu1092 Ağlamaya devam.
I think the oversimplification is excactly the motivation of such videos. These are not made to inform you, but to bend reality in a favorable direction aka PROPAGANDA.
Quite an insightful video. Keep them coming.
Syrian Kurdish greeting ❤
We aint syrians. We are Rojavans.
@Kurdishboy2698 who are you ?
ام كوردن❤
Rojava kurdistan . Not syrian
@GoranRashid-he7jb ❤️💛💚✌️
Our friends are the mountains. We trust no one but the mountains. We have been betrayed too much and it has taught us that our friends are not people but mountains.
من خودم ترک هستم و اهل ایران هستم (خودتان میدانید ایران ترک زیاد دارد) ما دوستان کرد هم داریم و بدون هیچ مشکلی کنار هم زندگی میکنیم.
دوستان کرد من آگاه باشید غربی ها می خواهند با تجزیه کردن کشور های مناطق آنها را ضعیف کرده و تحت سلطه خود بیاورند.
اما با یک چیز مخالفم! باید کشور های ما یعنی ایران و ترکیه و .... مثلا ایالات متحده باشد یعنی هر منطقه و ملتی زبان خود را در یادگیری و .... استفاده کند. حکومت مرکزی ما یعنی (جمهوری اسلامی ایران) خودش یک حکومت تحت سلطه هست.
خلاصه تنها راه آزادی علم علم علم هست. باید تاثیر گذار باشیم
As a kurd i want kurdistan to be great again and unite with the middle east
@@Therickrollgu İ am also kurd bro, but just curiousity; after establish Kurdistan, and after getting sanctions from neighbor countries (Kurdistan already won't have access to sea) what shit will you eat?
@@mehmett3851turkey alone is dying due to shit economy and thats the richer west the east with all the sanctions will definitely have a hard time
@AstrsaeyyThere was no Türkiye before Türkiye was formed!
As a Kurd, I also wish that all Kurds who separated from Iran would return to Iran.
Then built modern schools science is all you need.
I feel like kurds should have an option of either being a country or being allowed rights. I love how you explain everything from a non biased point. Do you think you could make a documentary on The now semi autonomous Ogaden region of ethiopia. And how ethiopia commited genocide against them?
The question is when Iran had its first election in 1953 and a prime minister was chosen, He was basically assasinated by hard liners financed and provided for and trained by the British and American Intelligence agencies, then they instated Reza Pehlavi because he agreed to grant them both the control of Iran's Oil fields which the prime minister was in the process of nationalisation. Why did the Americans and British then did not "carve out" the Kurdish Area? I mean No issues blaming Khomeini, however, that too should be mentioned. Again in the case of Iraq, Saddam Hussein was basically helped by the Americans as a buffer and counter the Iranians, and secure Iraqi oil. Why does the US have to be involved in everything when they are 4-5k miles away?
so many lies I can't even keep track! Pahlavi government was already in place, Reza pahlavi was the constitutional Monarch and there WERE elections held since the "Mashrote" or constitution revolution had succeeded and the national assembly had existed. Mosssadegh was brought to power by support of the Shah at first to fight British petroleum hold on our oil but soon he began a coup against the government and he lost. separatists whether kurds or Azeris had been receiving support from the soviets since 1946 when they left Iran and those who were seeking to annex our soil in north west had actually taken land from the local kurdish and Azeri and lur iranians and unconstitutional! so they entered a war and lost. Also Iran is NOT a new country in fact the only nation that never had it's borders drawn by a british or french in 1800's.
@@erfanmirzaei3100 Thank you for the additional Information. I do not know if you are negating what I have said, and stating my statements as lies? Nevertheless, thank you for providing me with new information. The Information which I have provided above about Reza and Mossadegh is from my reading, From a book by Stephen Kinzer. After re-instating the monarch a Trade consortium of 1954 was put in place which stopped the nationalisation of oil fields and gave control of them to the British and Americans. Since then the Shah brought about great infrastructural and educational developments, although the prime resources i.e oil was being lost to private companies. To bypass that he brought about the 1973 sale and purchase agreement. The ridiculousness of this all is that Ayatullah was living in Turkey and then France before the coup. He was flown there in Air france and he was the time magzine person of the year 1979.
Turkish people from 🇲🇳 Mongolia... it is not turkey, it is Gree and Kurdistan ...
and kurdish people are from iran 🇮🇷… there was never kurdistan and never will be. kurds are native to modern day iran. they do not belong anywhere near turkish borders
@oulawd6281 IRAN AND KURDISH PEOPLE NEIGHBOURS...ARIEN FAMILY'S BYBE...Kurdistan +Iran+Indian=Arian
haha zırva :)
hahahaha ağlaa
Nazi tirko shows his hate
Aptallar haritanız bile yok bide ağla diyor
@@NUMENORLUDEMIRCI ağla oe
@@senpaii7478 jaajajajajaj sizin pacavranızda sarı renk yokmu. Size çok yakışır
Thank you very much to the friends who support the Kurds for the independence of Kurdistan.💪🙏✌❤☀💚
But why you don't mention how the Kurds came to that region with the Turks, where they helped them in the Battle of Chaldiran against the Safavid Persians, and the Ottomans rewarded them by settling them in the land of the indigenous people, and they participated with the Ottomans in killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions of Armenians, Syriacs and Assyrians, and they occupied in their place from the years 1880 to 1930? Why do you always hide these facts?
It goes against the neo-liberal narrative
Because 95% videos in youtube are propaganda.
because that never happened 😂
We Kurds never fought with the Turks against Iran, our homeland, dear friend.
Interesting insight 👏👏👏
Thanks for video,The Middle East is like hell😑Everyone wants to oppress each other under any excuse
Tak!
You didn’t talk about Kurds in armenia?!!!
What do you want from Armenia? Our country is small already, but you still draw lines on it?!
Propaganda. West wants to divide Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Azerbaijan and Iran. But not Armenia, I wonder why. 🤔
Kurds have a good relation and connection with armen people and no one is asking to take your land @ArtyomKalendji
The kurd in armenia are mostly ezidis who migrated there they are not native
Because there are no kurds in the current borders of Armenia, there are some Assyrians and Yazidis, no kurds. Armenians are not too fond of kurds because they were active participants in the Armenian genocide, and kurds also occupy Western Armenian territory and are now trying to claim it as kurdistan.
Completly forgot about the Russians in Syrië 😅
The Russians main motivation was helping the Arab nationalists and other factions fighting Al Qaeda and ISIS and are in Syria on behalf of the government. They too do not care about the Kurds and have nothing to gain from attacking or using them.
Will this video be on Nebula?
You got something wrong in the map. European didn’t had control over kurdistan in iran. They had control of Ottoman territories.
Kürdlere özgürlük ✌️
please create a video about the Assyrians.
Great video
after seeing this video, the first thing in my mind that I was understand what is happening in middle east that people say its just a conflict. but the reality its very complex and its related to anything, such as between saddam husain and kurds, turks and pkk, Iran and kurds, syria and kurds, that the reality its have a same problem like in my country Indonesia. which is OPM in Papua island is wanting their freedom in their land, but the government and I especially not agree with that. BUT, in this kurds case somehow I support kurds to fight for freedom over their land and get their own country, which is this is same like the conflict in Papua that I don't support and agree and its opposite with the kurds case that I don't. (pardon me if my English is bad pal, cause I'm still learning)
Most of the video is fiction
If you don´t know the history of the middle east and the politics, sociology, ethnology and so many other things, maybe don´t support the kurdish independence or you will lock yourself in this exact dilemma. Give Papua independence then we will think about kurds
You are wrong. Kurds have been Iranians for thousands of years. Imperialism and imposed borders has split them in 4 countries.
Iran has no problem with the Kurds because our homeland, the Kurds, is Iran. Our dear friend, we have lived in Iran for thousands of years, and we hope that the Kurds who separated from Iran will return to their homeland, Iran.
I love your work man.
کوردستان❤❤❤
ایران ❤❤❤
@@irans_great_civilization You have an amazing government and your regime is totally not falling
Thank you ❤
Thank you for truth!
We thank you for making this video❤
One of the reasons why the imperalists (France and Britain) didnt make a Kurdistan like they made Syria, Iraq and Jordan and so on, is because they were afraid of the conservative and pracitising Kurdish Muslims who would held the uprise and keeping for an Ottoman Empire opposite of secular Kemal Ataturk and his likewise secular politicians who were against Ottoman, Kurds and Islamic influence. The Kurds were some of the most loyal Muslims who oppossed secularism and the imperalists didnt like this fact.. they afraid of a new Islamic empire in middle of Mesopotamia after the Ottoman fall
I was saying that for years.
Turks are having a country because English and French wanted to be sure that a caliphate will not be established again
@@rastisdiq4142 you so right brother
Yup exactly they did not want another salahudini ayubi
What of the Assyrians who lived there before you all
@@Stanleyslipz we were neighboors
We are Kurds, and we always strive for our freedom and rights , God sees everything, and He surely brings justice in His own way
Thank you for shedding light on these important historical events. It's truly appreciate the effort that went into researching and presenting these stories. A heartfelt thanks to the team for their dedication in bringing these moments from history to our attention.
Τhank u Johnny!
This country never existed. Never.
Nation states are just 100 years old broski, turkey iraq syria and iran didnt exist before that either :)
@Grillaa010What is your source? Iran has existed for thousands of years
@@نخوندم-غ2ط Not as a nation state, the Persians have had Iranic empires and kingdoms, just like the Kurds did have Iranic empires and kingdoms, lmao
My wife is partially Kurdish, and you're touching a lot of complex issues. I must say it's an excellent video.
i am from mergasor town! right now, thanks for this giant explanation
Im a kurd tnaks for this video mr❤️👏
The linguistic and genetic similarities between Kurds and Persians show that Kurds are not a separate race. Kurds are just a branch of the Persians.
We Kurds are not Persians, we are Iranians.
@@Namii2726 ۳۸۶ / ۵٬۰۰۰
The Kurds in Turkey speak both Kurdish and Turkish. The Kurds in Syria and Iraq know Arabic because they grew up there, and we Kurds in Iran know Persian because it is the official language of Iran. And does it really matter that you don't know Persian? What matters is that the Kurds lived in Iran for thousands of years and are Iranians, and unfortunately some Kurds
Açelya abla benden büyüksün küfretmek yakışmaz. O yüzden saygıyla anlatacağım. Genetik benzerlikten dolayı bir ulus diğer ulusla aynıdır falan demek saçmalık. O zaman Almanlarla İngilizler aynı ulus mu? Dilbilime gelince, çok temek bir soru: dil nedir? Bir dil nerede "dil" olur ya da lehçe nerede dile dönüşür? Tamamen sübjektif bir şekilde belirleniyor, özellikle o dili ya da lehçeyi konuşan halkın milli düşüncesine ve duygusuna bağlı. Kürtler kendilerni Perslerden ayrı görüyorlar, bu yüzden Kürtçe ayrı bir dil. Nokta
As the Kurdish nation, we thank you ❤
A question, is there discrimination against Kurds in Turkey???, does Erdogan hate Kurds???
@LeoPessi-q9x There is discrimination and racism against Kurds in Turkey. Our language is forbidden, they consider it as an unknown language. And the Syrian border where Kurds live is being bombed. The other day, A famous Kurdish theater actor and 6 people with him were killed. Not only Erdogan, but also many political organizations target and threaten Kurds. Kurdish education bans, language bans and cultural bans have been causing internal conflict for years.
Many Kurdish youth have died due to the assimilation policy that has been going on for years. With the curfews and declaration of a state of emergency, Kurdish regions have completely turned into a war zone. Kurdish political leaders and parties were imprisoned. Selahattin Demirtaş was one of the leading figures of Kurdish politics, but they imprisoned him. There are many similar political prisoners. They are usurping the political will of the Kurds by appointing trustees to the municipalities they have elected. #freekurdistan
It is because your people does own comply being a Turk. Once this new republic was formed our forefather atatürk wanted every part of the natşons to be one. Kurdish authorities didnt listen. As being a Turk you don't need to have the genetics for it. Even Atatürk has mentioned that for one to be turk individual needs to think like a Turk. Yet you are here calling discrimination out of nowhere. If your people would have standed down no one would be hurt on southeastern anatolia. We do not want to evaporate the kurds out of our grounds. We want unified turkic government uneer turkic soils. @@kurdish_nation
Im a kurd from Kurdistan I’ve reed this in the first course of 9th which was 2024 on December they talk about what happened what they did what happened after world war 2 and who served when in world war 2 era
They don't let me rest peacefully on my mountain's side.
If I had the partridge's birdsong, why would I desire the sound of explosions?
How is it fair to shoot at me or chase me away?
If I say I’m a Kurd and wish to live in my Kurdistan,
I dream of a Kurdistan free from strife.
I long for peace-I do not wish for a land filled with hate. 😢
In just 17 minutes you summarized all. Very well prepared video. Heartbreaking facts.
14:16 Why are there dots in the Mediterranean sea? Does PKK have a naval presence that we are not aware of? Or is your source misleading?
Thank-you for your information I will always love the kurds.
We love you❤
Okay, so you love Iran, thank you.
@@irans_great_civilization we aint iranian🙂bye🤙🏻
@@irans_great_civilizationHere we go again 🤦🏻♀️
I have been a follower and admirer of your journalism from the beginning, and I will continue to support you despite some inaccuracies presented in videos like this one and the NATO video. However, a piece of advice regarding historical facts: it may be beneficial to consult with a few historians and present both sides of the argument, allowing the audience to draw their own conclusions. While the visuals are great (with some inaccuracies of maps used...) frequent major inaccuracies in your videos could undermine your trustworthiness. There will be topics covered that some of your followers may not be familiar with, but then we will remember the topics you have covered without presenting all the facts and then question the trusthwortiness of your work in those topics we are not familiar at all. So for example after NATO, this and some other videos, I cannot show you as a reference to my friends when talking about something because I know they can come with some more established facts. I genuinely admire your work and enthusiasm, and I know that these mistakes are not due to laziness or ill intentions, but I believe you are too prominent to make such avoidable errors at this stage.
I wish your channel the best! You do such thorough, interesting journalism!!
The problem with johnny harris is that he sound like he knows what he is talking about until he talk about something you know about.
like you know any better. Any historic fact you utter is changed by the likes of you. Kurdish history cannot be told by a turk.
@@OGmane-r5n I´m a historian though, he is an ´independemt journalist´ what I say has more merit than what he says, even if you don´t like it-
@@adidoki highly depends on the sources you use for your research
@@OGmane-r5n European sources are enough to disprove most claims of a supposed great kurdish past with independent states ruling in anatolia or other parts of the middle east. What are your sources?
@@adidoki This is not what I claimed, neither did the person in the video, what I am saying is that those who opress a people should not talk about their history, as they most likely biasely change facts, aspects, etc. Now to your point: Although kurds never had their own independent or autonomous region governed by themselves, regions where they lived was often called 'kurdistan' or 'land of kurds', which was an administrative region. This was governed by the Seljuk Ahmed Tekuder.
You can find this in the chronicals of seljuks
In a letter by the ottoman emperor Süleyman to the french king, where he describes himself as the sultan of kurdistan. You can find this in Roderic H. Davison and other Ottoman historian's works.
Her bijî kurd û Kurdistan yek parçe ✌🏻❤️☀️💚
Long live free kurdistan ✌🏻
I hope all people in the world will be free from oppression..
Historically, the region where Kurdish people live has always been part of Iran. To frame recent events without acknowledging this long-standing context is like starting a story halfway and disregarding its roots. The notion of an independent Kurdistan has no historical precedent; it has been a modern construct used to foster divisions among local populations, allowing external powers to exploit these conflicts for influence and control. This approach, seen in many countries, often seeks to fragment larger nations into smaller, dependent territories, limiting their ability to protect their resources and interests. The impact on stability and unity in these regions is deeply concerning.
Absolutely brilliant doc...everything...the image maps were fantastic...a million thanks
well made, zor spas
Amazing video !! everything is true and real thanks for be with right side and show the truth !
I'm a kurd.
Thank you for highlighting the government scandal in the region. The events are truly shocking and the world is witnessing the situation of the Kurdish nation. Though recognised as valiant fighters, they have not engaged in acts of invasion. I foresee a positive future for Kurdistan with changing geopolitical dynamics in the region. It is likely that the regimes in Iran, Turkey, Syria, and Iraq will face repercussions. History shows the misuse of power by Arab leaders. Anticipating a stronger presence of Israel in the region.
Thank you bro
Thank you v.m. For a good video.
What a great video ❤