Which of the following is a minority ethnic group in several countries despite occupying a large area of the

region?

A Jews

B. Persians

C. Kurds

D. Turks

Answer: C is correct. Kurds. It is a ethnic minority without its own state.

Explanation: Kurds constitute ethnic minority group in several states (Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran). They strive for their own state which exactly what produces fear in all these states. Resulting discrimination attracts attention of international organizations like United Nations.

Kurds

Explanation:

Aproximately 30 million people in the middle east are Kurds, they don't have an official country or homeland. After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the first World War they strech over four countries and its borders namely: (Turkey, Iraq, Syria and its neighbour Iran) The area is a huge mountanious region. Kurdish peoples have sought authonomy, unsucessfully. Even worse some attempts have been carried in order to eliminate them, perhaps the most common : the kurdish genocide by Ali Hassan al-Majid against Kurdistan in northern Iraq during the late 1980's.