Do you think Kosovo is Serbia?

[Anonymous]

I realized a lot of Western people satsa Kosovo is Serbia but they also support Kurdistan.

Why you think Kosovo is Serbia but Kurdistan is not Turkey?

[abc3643]

As for Kosovo, ...
Back when Yugoslavia still existed, there were 6 republics:
Bosnia-Hercegovina
Croatia
Macedonia
Montenegro
Serbia
Slovenia

However, Yugoslavia was a tossed salad of ethnic tension only held together by the strength of dictator Marshal Tito (Josep Broz). Serbia was large enough to have its own ethnic tensions which is what gave rise to the autonomous republics of Kosovo and Vojvodina within Serbia.

So, when Tito died in the 1980s, the end of Yugoslavia was imminent. Especially when the Iron Curtain came down beginning in 1989. And with the end impending end of Yugoslavia, Kosovo asserted its independence but that was short-lived. The 1990s were not a good time to be in the former Yugoslav republics because there was a lot of war during that time.

Anyway, in the long run, Kosovo is recognized as an independent nation by over 100 countries - a little over half. Many other countries do not recognize its independence and considers it part of Serbia.

The US and most western nations that do not have internal strife regarding secession recognize Kosovo.
Countries like Russia and China and Spain do not because they have their own internal groups that want to declare independence and, in China's case, they consider Taiwan as theirs and the Russians want Ukraine back. In Spain, there is a secessionist movement by Catalans. Anyway, they don't want to be seen as hypocrites, so they side with Serbia regarding Kosovo.


Now, as for Kurdistan, "Kurdistan" is spread over a few nations... Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria a bit.
However, there is no independent nation of Kurdistan. The closest thing to that is in Iraq and Iran which have official Kurdistan provinces.

So, there you have it.
Kurdistan is an idea although, frankly, it ought to exist.
Kosovo, depending on who you talk to, is an independent nation.
It de facto is.

[Alexandrubaschet08]

In many of the countries that do not recognize Kosovo, there are separatist movements that are influenced by other nations according to regional interests.
But in general, the idea of ​​declaring independence without the acceptance of the supreme authority, in this case Serbia, cannot be recognized internationally.
When Romania declared its independence in 1859, it was not recognized by all nations and we recognized ourselves as independent from the Ottoman Empire only in 1877 when leaders from Istanbul recognized this.
Ukraine was recognized by Russia in 1994.
Catalonia is not recognized by the authorities in Madrid, so they cannot declare independence.
Scotland in the UK, which recognizes Kosovo, also wants to declare independence, especially after Brexit, but is still waiting for a referendum to be recognized by the authorities in London.

[Alexandrubaschet08]

Regarding the situation of the Kurds and the creation of a future independent and unified Kurdish state, in my opinion they are at the beginning of the road and this group will have to come to light through the fire of wars.
The situation of Kurdistan is no different from that of Romania when it was also divided between 3 empires, and in 1918 all the provinces with Romanians united into a single unitary and indivisible state.
Good luck in the future of your nation.

[abc3643]

@Alexandrubaschet08
Well, England, the "Supreme Authority" over the American colonies didn't exactly recognize the United States in 1776. They did 7 years later. ;)

[Alexandrubaschet08]

Yes but still the suprem autority recognise it.
In Romania we declar independent in 1859 but we was recognise after 1877 and that's the yare when we started celebraiting.
This is one of the resons why Romania don't recognise Kosovo and i agree with this one as well

[abc3643]

@Alexandrubaschet08 Keep in mind, in reality, there is no such thing as "Supreme Authority". This is why nations have militaries - to protect them from other countries (or persons) who want to express their "supreme authority".

About 4 or 5 years before you were born, on Christmas Day 1989, Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena learned the hard way that his "supreme authority" over Romania was worthless.

[Alexandrubaschet08]

The country that controls that region is the supreme authority regardless of the status that region has until it declares independence.
And independence must be recognized by the country itself from which the new region secedes and becomes an independent state.
Romania by the Ottomans.
Russia by the Mongols
USA by the UK
Brazil by Portugal
Egypt by the Ottomans
Algeria by France
etc.
There is no fully recognized state without the consent of the state of which it is part or which occupies the region. This is recognized through diplomacy or military force.
Through diplomacy:
Canada by the UK
Slovakia by the Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia
Montenegro by Serbia
Australia by the UK
Norway by Sweden
etc.

[elew4too]

I don't believe in separatism and self-determination, so yes. in my opinion, the negatives of breaking your country apart outweigh the perks of a little more legal autonomy/cultural affinity.

[Adam1978]

No different countries.