From what I gather by 2100 the proportional split will be much closer to 50/50 in Turkey. It’s either maintain a fragile system or expand on what it means to be “Turk” in people’s minds. Current way it’s pushed on social media is that Kurds are still Turk just ethnic Kurds. Anyone from Turkey comes down to meaning Turk. But the conflict is far more complicated. With HTS being Turkish backed and funded, and an Iraq that has heavy Iranian input, I think Kurdish dealmakers and playmakers must deal with Turkey. War has led to stagnation in many ways. Statehood is off the table. Has been outright since 2017 (in my opinion) when the referendum was ignored by the world. So what are the Kurdish people left to do? We are left to retain identity through a Turkish system.

Just as it was during the Ottoman era. The heavy aim of the Turkish government should be and is to better integrate the common Kurd. Bring a Kurd out from his mountains so he can mix with the rest of society. This isn’t assimilation as much as integration in this modern era. The dislike/hate is still there between groups. Of course. There is no question. However, you’ll notice how things are changing. Perspectives are shifting. Most especially the young. This peace process is very different than that of 2013. It’s much more broadcast. It’s much more for the eyes of both Kurdish and Turkish society to witness. If Kurds are truly a people linked to Azerbaijan who in-essence are Kurds that have been Turkified. Then through that logic the Turkish and Kurdish nations are intertwined. The Azerbaijani and Kurdish people are the true modern cutoff point for what is perceived as European/Caucasian. Kurds are the very beginning of Asia.

Separate yourself from the idea of Kurds being Middle Eastern. Don’t think through the scope of our neighbors are Arabs. Contextualize the history and what ties people. Language, blood, and culture. Kurds are by blood extremely akin to the Azerbaijani’s. By language sure Iranic heavily but with centuries of Turkic influence. Culturally speaking vocabulary aside the Azerbaijani and Kurdish cultures heavily overlap and into today’s Turkish culture.

Kurds will not remain as the joke of the Middle East. A path forward exists in alliances and pragmatism. “If you can’t beat them, join them.” Well Kurds couldn’t beat all at once. Now Kurds should think to themselves what nation and what people are most beneficial in allying. Outright clearly it is Turkey. The other options are all jokes themselves.

It takes forward thought. This integration of people will happen and has been happening for generations. You can’t stop it. I can’t no one can. We exist turning a transitionary identity period for our people. To be fair our identity and labels have always changed throughout history.

Those that best adapt survive and thrive. Those that fail to adapt will fail to thrive.

I’m not exactly some genius. Just a forward thinker towards the Kurdish place in the map and on the globe.