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First off, I agree with your assessment. So much of the Middle East (and Africa) were arbitrarily broken up in the post-Colonial world. Same goes for much of Europe. If all those little groups of ethnicities were broken up and granted sovereignty, perhaps there wouldn't be so much violence.
As for Kurdistan - Turkey vehemently opposes the creation of such a state, as a large portion of their nation is made up of Kurds. Were such a state created, they would lose a portion of their country, and they would have a more than likely hostile neighbor on their border. It is much easier for them to control the Kurds in their nation under their own laws.
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