Self-determination, one of the founding principles of the United Nations, and I would argue a fundamental human right, is more often honored by NOT being implemented than truly being respected and put into effect. We’re bearing witness to this farce in Kurdistan and Catalonia.
But there are many more places that are in the same situation. Artsakh is obviously the most salient example for Armenians, but there are countless others. Some, other than Kurds in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, are very close to home. The Lezghis, Talyshes, and Tats in Azerbaijan; the Abkhaz, Ajars, and Ossets in Georgia; countless groups in Russia; even Turkey is far from being homogeneously “Turkish”
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