With a possible developing cooperation of the US (under Trump) and Russia, I hope this is a step toward a solution other than what Erdogan wants, Conquest.
NOTE: there is more at the source site that I was not able to copy and paste here. It is worth looking at the 2nd article at the source.
Putin makes outreach to Kurds - will they see him as better choice for their than the U.S. ?
Putin continues relationship with Turkey signing legislation for major gas pipeline project
http://m.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=178776
Russia is familiar with the concept of homelands for well-defined ethnic groups (”nationalities”). Within the Russian federation, there are Oblasts (”provinces”) and “Republics.” The Republics have a lmore leeway than the Oblasts. They can, for example, adopt a second official language and teach the history of their people in their schools.
Can there be such Republics in Syria and Iraq? Maybe and maybe not. And, if there can be a Kurdish Republics in Syria and Iraq, could there be Sunni Republics in those two countries?
Or, should two new countries be formed - one for the Kurds of present-day Syria and Iraq, and another for the Sunni of present-day Syria and Iraq?
Turkey and Iran are nervous about this because Turkey fears Kurdish separatists in eastern Turkey, and Iran fears Kurdish separatists in western Iran. Iran also has potential problems with Azeris in northwestern Iran, and Arabs in southwestern Iran.
The bottom line is this: In Syria and Iraq the national government was unable to defend the Kurds or the Sunnis from ISIS and, furthermore, the Shiite governments of those countries have been engaged in discrimination to various degrees against the Sunnis. It can therefore be said that the national governments of those countries have forfeited any claim over the regions of those people.