Right now Kurdistan is primarily a geographical term for areas where Kurds live (and have lived for many centuries), although there are movements for political independence.
As to why they never formed a country - it comes down to bad luck.
Nation states became popular as a concept in the 19th century. As the empires of the late 19th to early 20th were falling apart that’s when current nation-states were formed, by people who could pull it off.
Kurds couldn’t due to timing and location. Just as the Ottoman Empire which ruled them previously was falling apart, a new empire, the British, jumped in to fill the gap. Kurds didn’t have time or resources to establish a state in one of the rare moments when it was possible.
In the end Ottoman Empire was reformed into Turkey, and the territory was split between them and a British “protectorate” which will eventually become Iraq.
Right now Kurdistan is primarily a geographical term for areas where Kurds live (and have lived for many centuries), although there are movements for political independence.
As to why they never formed a country - it comes down to bad luck.
Nation states became popular as a concept in the 19th century. As the empires of the late 19th to early 20th were falling apart that’s when current nation-states were formed, by people who could pull it off.
Kurds couldn’t due to timing and location. Just as the Ottoman Empire which ruled them previously was falling apart, a new empire, the British, jumped in to fill the gap. Kurds didn’t have time or resources to establish a state in one of the rare moments when it was possible.
In the end Ottoman Empire was reformed into Turkey, and the territory was split between them and a British “protectorate” which will eventually become Iraq.