Katika kongamano la kupatana amani baada ya Vita Kuu ya Kwanza suala la Wakurdi lilijadiliwa lakini bila kupata suluhisho. Waligawanywa tu.
Baada ya ugawaji wa Milki ya Osmani mwaka1918 walijikuta katika nchi ambako watu wengi walikuwa ama Waturuki, Waarabu au Waajemi walioathiriwa na itikadi ya utaifa. Wakurdi waliambiwa kujitazama kama raia wa nchi hizo na hivyo kuwa Waturuki, Waarabu au Waajemi. Hasa ndani ya Uturuki chini ya rais wa kwanza Ataturk kuwepo kwa Wakurdi kulikanwa, wenyewe waliitwa "Waturuki wa milimani". pote walikataliwa kuwa na shule ambako watoto wao wangejifunza lugha ya Kikurdi.
Katika historia hii uko msingi wa upinzani wa Wakurdi uliotokea katika nchi zote wanapoishi kiasili.
World Factbook (tol.laOnline). Langley, Virginia: US Central Intelligence Agency. 2015. ISSN1553-8133. Ilihifadhiwa kwenye nyaraka kutoka chanzo mnamo 2009-09-12. Iliwekwa mnamo 2 Agosti 2015. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link) A rough estimate in this edition gives populations of 14.3 million in Turkey, 8.2 million in Iran, about 5.6 to 7.4 million in Iraq, and less than 2 million in Syria, which adds up to approximately 28–30 million Kurds in Kurdistan or in adjacent regions. The CIA estimates are as of Agosti 2015[update] – Turkey: Kurdish 18%, of 81.6 million; Iran: Kurd 10%, of 81.82 million; Iraq: Kurdish 15–20%, of 37.01 million, Syria: Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%, of 17.01 million.
The Kurdish Population by the Kurdish Institute of Paris, 2017 estimate. The Kurdish population is estimated at 15–20 million in Turkey, 10–12 million in Iran, 8–8.5 million in Iraq, 3–3.6 million in Syria, 1.2–1.5 million in the European diaspora, and 400k–500k in the former USSR - for a total of 36.4 million to 45. 6 million globally.
"Number of resident population by selected nationality"(PDF). UNStats.UN.org. United Nations. Ilihifadhiwa kwenye nyaraka kutoka chanzo(PDF) mnamo 10 Julai 2012. Iliwekwa mnamo 9 Julai 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
"Language according to age and sex by region 1990–2014". Stat.fi. Statistics Finland. Ilihifadhiwa kwenye nyaraka kutoka chanzo mnamo 17 Februari 2013. Iliwekwa mnamo 19 Januari 2013. {{cite web}}: More than one of |archivedate= na |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= na |archive-url= specified (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
Based on arithmetic from World Factbook and other sources cited herein: A Near Eastern population of 28–30 million, plus approximately a 2 million diaspora gives 30–32 million. If the highest (25%) estimate for the Kurdish population of Turkey, in Mackey (2002), proves correct, this would raise the total to around 37 million.
"Kurds". The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Encyclopedia.com. 2014. Iliwekwa mnamo 29 Desemba 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
Aslanian, Sebouh (2011). From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean: The Global Trade Networks of Armenian Merchants from New Julfa. California: University of California Press. ISBN978-0520947573.{{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Blow, David (2009). Shah Abbas: The Ruthless King Who Became an Iranian Legend. I.B.Tauris. ISBN978-0857716767.{{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Bournoutian, George (2002). A Concise History of the Armenian People: (from Ancient Times to the Present) (tol.la2). Mazda Publishers. uk.208. ISBN978-1568591414.{{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
A People Without a State: The Kurds from the Rise of Islam to the Dawn of Nationalism, by Michael Eppel, 2016, University of Texas Press
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Maxwell, Alexander; Smith, Tim (2015). "Positing 'not-yet-nationalism': limits to the impact of nationalism theory on Kurdish historiography". Nationalities Papers. 43 (5): 771–787. doi:10.1080/00905992.2015.1049135.