He was not a Kurd Before asking this question what must be thought is that; can a ruler be from a different nation from his father and father's father and so on. In Ottoman Dynasty, at that time there was Greek blood but as far as I can see Kurds were not treated as first class citizens too. Later, in 1600s-1700s-1800s there are many sultan mothers that are Greek, which can make us statement that at the last times of Ottoman Dynasty were actually quite Greek Check it out here: osmanli700.gen.tr/english/miscel/mothers....
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.