They assimilated large parts of the Greeks in Asia Minor (not all though), although that was in the early Medieval period to the early 1800.They did'nt assmimilate the Greeks, their remained a large many of them until the nastiness of the OEs collapse during WWI and subsequent Population Transfers between Turkey and Greece; the modern Turkish population (and the population going back centuries) are a mixture of different peoples, including Greeks, people from the Southern Balkans, the previous inhabitants of Anatolia and a small amount (IIRC 15% genetic heritage) of the Oghuz Turks.
As to the question itself, no, the OE actually did'nt fully control the Kurdish lands until the mid 19th century onwards and overall was a state based on 'many people living as side by side' than a 'All people are Turks/Ottomans'.
They assimilated large parts of the Greeks in Asia Minor (not all though), although that was in the early Medieval period to the early 1800.
Edit: So if the Ottomans take control of Kurdish lands centuries earlier, they could assimilate them? It doesn't even have to be deliberate, it could just be natural over the course of centuries.
They assimilated large parts of the Greeks in Asia Minor (not all though), although that was in the early Medieval period to the early 1800.
Edit: So if the Ottomans take control of Kurdish lands centuries earlier, they could assimilate them? It doesn't even have to be deliberate, it could just be natural over the course of centuries.