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**RobertLS** · 09-22-2010, 07:04 PM

Oh definitely. We are represented by Kurds, in Europe.

The Kurdish issue certainly is intriguing. I remember talking to a 'Turk' in my year about the Ottoman Empire, and he eventually turned out to be a Kurd. I was surprised that he would so uncompromisingly present himself as Turkish because I expected Kurds to have at least some ethnic pride.
The Turkish attitude to Kurds is a bit paradoxical as well. Turkey spent decades trying to negate Kurdish identity, calling them 'Mountain Turks', and now I see people like you (understandably) complaining about being represented by them.

More on-topic, I've read several times that some Mexicans don't like the bad reputation low-class Mexicans in the United States are giving them.

09-22-2010, 07:04 PM	#11
RobertLS Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 479 Senior Member	Oh definitely. We are represented by Kurds, in Europe. The Kurdish issue certainly is intriguing. I remember talking to a 'Turk' in my year about the Ottoman Empire, and he eventually turned out to be a Kurd. I was surprised that he would so uncompromisingly present himself as Turkish because I expected Kurds to have at least some ethnic pride. The Turkish attitude to Kurds is a bit paradoxical as well. Turkey spent decades trying to negate Kurdish identity, calling them 'Mountain Turks', and now I see people like you (understandably) complaining about being represented by them. More on-topic, I've read several times that some Mexicans don't like the bad reputation low-class Mexicans in the United States are giving them.
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