From what’s been reported here in FR’s there are two groups of Americans fighting ISIS alongside and coordinated with each other in Kurdistan. One is aligned with the YPG which is declared communist hence openly secular and the other is a group of Assryrian Christians. These are the groups probably refered to here.
When Erdogan ran for re-election he talked of creating a greater Califate going back to the Crusade times and a leader who was a Kurd (Suleieman btw a derivitive of Solomon). Which the electorate didn’t buy into fortunately.
Personally I don’t feel the Turks have any affinity towards the Persians, the Kurds,or the Assryians.
Which brings US to the question who gets another bomb? Nobody’s talking about Turkey.
There is a great deal of mythology going around in Turkey about the Kurds.
BTW, the ones affiliated with YPG are the PKK. Once upon a time, during the Soviet Cold War era, the PKK were hardcore communists; nowadays, largely not the case. But, yes, OVERALL the Kurds are secular.
Personally I don’t feel the Turks have any affinity towards the Persians, the Kurds,or the Assryians.
And, Arabs. The two main groups the Kurds can't stand are: Turks & Arabs.
The Persians have had their own 'doubts' about the Kurds, and vice versa - much more of a rivalry between the two than complete hatred or disdain, compared to Arabs & Turks.
A HUGE difference in those 'doubts' between the Persians, Turks, Arabs, and Kurds is that, ETHNICALLY, the Kurds are actually "Iranic", and 'officially' from Medes times, are related by bloodlines & heritage to the Persians. They also share a linguistic line & affinity with the Persians.
In that part of the world where many ordinary people have an acute understanding of their history, these 'little differences' matter, politics aside.
And, if we're wondering about "Islamist Kurds" and "Armenian genocide", read thru comments here especially #11 and #13