Yes. Kurds make up between 15% and 25% of the Turkish population.
The main ethnic groups in Turkey are Turks, Kurds, Arabs, and others such as Circassians, Bosniaks, and Albanians. Turks make up the majority of the population, while Kurds are the largest minority group. These ethnic groups have diverse cultures, languages, and histories.
the Kurds are the largest minority and make up 20% of turkey's population.
Turkey has the largest population of Kurds, with estimates ranging from 15 to 20 million people. Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Turkey.
Because the Kurds wanted to form an independent state from turkey
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Kurds are the second largest ethnic group in TURKEY(after Turks) and in IRAQ and SYRIA (after Arabs). In Iran, Kurds are the third largest ethnic group behind Persians and Azeris.
They are the Kurds in northern Iraq.
The dominant ethnic group in Turkey are the Turks. There are a number of minorities as well, such as Kurds (by far the largest minority), Arabs, Armenians, Assyrians, Azeris, Chechens, Circassians, Georgians, Greeks, Jews, Laz, Romani, and Syriacs.
There are several ethnic groups that would qualify such as the Armenians, the Circassians, the Chechens, Assyrians, Georgians, the Azeris, the Zazas, and the Ossetians, but the most famous and the most populous are the Kurds.