3000万人的民族为何始终建不了国？库尔德人的百年建国梦与一次次被抛弃的历史

Why did the Iraqi Kurds, with 93% support in their 2017 independence referendum, see Kirkuk recaptured by government forces just a week later? With 30 million Kurds scattered across Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran, and possessing one of the richest lands in the Middle East, why have they been stateless for a century? What kind of great power rivalry lies behind this? A famous historian's quote: "The Kurds have no friends, only mountains." Key Concepts: Kurdish history, Kurdish independence referendum, Middle East geopolitics, the oil scramble, US Middle East policy, the Turkish Kurdish issue, the ISIS war, the Syrian civil war, Halabja chemical weapons, Kirkuk oil fields 📚 References: Treaty of Sefur, Treaty of Lausanne, Algiers Agreement, UN Human Rights Report 🔔 Subscribe for more interesting facts about humanities and geography 💬 Do you think the Kurds can establish a state?