First, it is not clear that Erdogan and other NATO members assess the Kurds similarly.

Source: https://www.aei.org/foreign-and-defense-policy/sweden-surrenders/

For ethnic minorities like the Kurds, it’s illegal to officially use Kurdish names or practice Kurdish traditions.

Source: https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a42708870/iranian-diaspora-founder-iran-protests-rights/

However, the Kurds are the most populous stateless people in West Asia.

Source: https://moderntokyotimes.com/turkey-bombs-pkk-in-iraq-and-syria-12-turkish-soldiers-killed/

Mahmoudzadeh was a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), an exiled Iranian opposition group seeking greater autonomy for Iran’s Kurds, who comprise an estimated 10% of the Iranian population.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/03/family-us-citizen-killed-irgc-strikes-sues-iran

Meanwhile, there were immediate tensions within the coalition over questions of regional autonomy, with Pahlavi and his supporters deeply hostile to any suggestion of de-centralisation in favour of Iran's non-Persian ethnic minorities such as the Kurds.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/09/iran-exiles-fragile-unity-fractured-year-after-amini-protests

Nasr explained that after Iranian Kurds mostly boycotted the 1979 referendum that established the Islamic Republic, many have been seeking safety in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, where they have established political organizations opposing the Iranian regime.

Source: https://themedialine.org/top-stories/iraq-caught-in-crossfire-between-turkeys-and-irans-kurdish-agendas/

NATO Turkey is still occupying North Cyprus (Orthodox Christians cleansed) and parts of Northern Syria – while also bombing the Kurds and Yazidis in Northern Iraq.

Source: http://moderntokyotimes.com/fresh-massacre-in-drc-g7-and-eu-fixated-on-funding-ukraine-japan/

Neither America nor Europe will stick its hand in this fire purely for the good of Turks or Kurds.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/03/kurdish-umbrella-group-says-us-pressure-wont-solve-turkeys-kurdish-problem-ocalan

The area has been a flashpoint for years, as ethnic Kurds have sought to incorporate the oil-rich province of Kirkuk and other territories into the Kurdish region, a proposition strongly resisted by the Iraqi government.

Source: https://themedialine.org/headlines/iraqi-soldiers-dead-in-skirmish-over-disputed-northern-posts/

The Kurds are the 'ideal scapegoat for both Turkey and Iran'

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230408-iraqi-president-condemns-turkish-bombardment-of-autonomous-kurdish-region

Thirteen of them were Kurds, and four were Balochi prisoners.

Source: https://jcpa.org/irans-revolutionary-guard-prepares-for-new-protests-as-the-anniversary-of-mahsa-aminis-murder-approaches/

While Western governments largely ignored Saddam’s Anfal campaign in the 1980s, they were more supportive of Iraqi Kurds in the aftermath of the Gulf War, instituting a no-fly zone to protect them against aerial attacks.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/22/iraq-kurdistan-region-democracy-war-invasion-united-states/