Denial_of_Kurds_by_Turkey--David_Ernest_Duke

The denial of Kurds was the official state policy of Turkey for several decades, which denied that Kurds constitute its own ethnic group and instead alleged that they are a subgroup of Turks, and the words 'Kurd' and 'Kurdistan' were omitted by state institutions. During the 20th century, Kurds were referred to as Mountain Turks (Turkish: Dağ Türkleri), with the state prohibiting the use of the terms "Kurd" or "Kurdish". As of the 2020s, Turkey does not recognize Kurds as an ethnic group nor Kurdish as a language.