@SpukiKitty
How about you please not denigrate an entire nation?
@SpukiKitty
Stupid Turks! I think they all wanted Islamic Ottoman Empire to last forever, if you're not both a Muslim and a Turk-only, you're a turkey!
Sure, they all wanted the Islamic Ottoman Empire to last forever… which is why they - the Turkish leadership and part of the populace post-WW1 - dismantled said empire, proclaimed a republic and very purposefully instituted a separation of religion and state! [/sarcasm]
@SpukiKitty
You'd think that a country that is supposedly a modern, secular state wouldn't be genocide-happy over Kurds, Armenians, etc. The idea that one can be a Kurd, Armenian, etc. and still be a Turkish citizen is alien to them!
Potentially up to a fifth of Turkey’s population are Kurds. They are citizens. Oppressed at times, but citizens. Your claim is therefore false.
The Armenian genocide happened during World War 1, before the founding of the Republic of Turkey. It was carried out by the non-secular Ottoman Empire (though of course modern Turkey still denies the genocide).
@SpukiKitty
Turkey is a nation of ungrateful bastards. The Kurds heroically demolished the DAESH "caliphate" and, rather than thank the Kurds for saving civilization, are like "Meh, not impressed" and invade Kurdish territory.
Yes, the Kurds were instrumental in defeating Daesh. That is not why Turkey invaded the Kurdish-controlled area of Syria (Rojava), though.
The Syrian Kurdish leadership has long had ties to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). While they might have some admirable ideas when it comes to social policy (hell, Rojava has been one of the brightest spots in the Middle East recently), the fact that the PKK has over the decades engaged in quite a lot of terrorism in Turkey is undeniable. Many Turks died - both troops and civilians.
Don’t get me wrong - I’m not saying Turkey is just innocently defending itself from terrorists (former or current). Hell, the Turkish state’s handling of Kurdish separatism within Turkey was brutal. And what they’re doing in northern Syria right now, whether it be largely motivated by legitimate security concerns or not, is vile.
The point is: The situation is not as simple as you paint it. The Turkish populace, as nationalistic as they may be (and they are plenty), are not a bunch of monsters. There’s a long history of bad blood between them and the Kurds, as well as fears associated with that. Their concerns may be excessive, their solutions to them clearly morally wrong, but they are not motivated by just some sort of malice.