Kurds have never had their own country
Persians have Iran
Turks have Turkey, and many other central asian countries
Pashtuns have Afghanistan (Pashtun is synonymous with Afghan)
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.
Arabs, Armenians, Kurds, Persians, Jews, and Turks are the ethnic groups that live in the Middle East.
The Arabs are the most populous, but there are also Persians, Kurds, Turks, and numerous smaller minorities.
Southwest Asia is one of the most diverse regions of the world with an incredible number of minorities and ethnic subdivisions within what are usually established as monolithic ethnic groups. The largest ethnic groups in Southwest Asia are the Arabs, Persians, Turks, Kurds, Jews, and the Copts.
The major ethnic groups of North Africa are Arabs, Berbers, Bedouins, Azeris, Kurds, Persians, Turks, Iranians, Israelis, and Palestinians.
Some prominent ethnic groups in Southwest Asia include: Arabs, Turks, Kurds, Persians, Azeris, Jews, Copts, Maronites, Druze, Assyrians, as well as many other ethnic minorities.
Arabs, Turks, Persians, Jews, Kurds, Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriacs, Armenians, Azeris, Circassians, Greeks and Georgians
No. Persians and Turks are two distinct groups.
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They identify themselves with whatever ethnicity they pertain to, just like anyone else. The majority of Southwest Asians are ethnically Arab, and so will identify with that term, but there are numerous minorities who amount to over 200 million people, such as Persians, Turks, Kurds, Copts, Jews, Druze, Maronites, etc.
Yes and No. Generally speaking, Middle Eastern is not an ethnicity since the term can be applied to a number of different ethnic groups (Arabs, Turks, Persians, Jews, etc.) However, people from the Middle East will often just call themselves Middle Eastern to avoid necessarily associating with one of the various ethnic groups.
The Turks.