As İsmail Beşikçi (1990) once said, ‘Turkey has Kurdistan, Iran has Kurdistan, Iraq has Kurdistan, Syria has Kurdistan. Everyone has a Kurdistan, except the Kurds themselves’. Kurds are the native population of Mesopotamia, possessing a unique and rich homeland, culture, and civilization. However, following the division and occupation of their homeland, they have been labeled a stateless nation, and have been facing ongoing genocide. The Kurdish genocide remains one of the least recognized yet most continual cases of genocides and mass violence in modern history. Despite experiencing over one hundred genocides across multiple states—including Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria, and the former Soviet Union—Kurdish suffering has been largely neglected by the international community and overlooked within genocide studies. This introductory chapter introduces the topic of the handbook, which brings together thirty scholars in a comprehensive survey of Kurdish genocides from the Ottoman and Safavid empires to the modern-day manifestations of mass violence. It explains that the contributors, through historical, political, sociological, and psychological lenses, investigate the modalities of ethnic cleansing, cultural erasure, and systematic extermination that have shaped the Kurdish experience. They cover geopolitical interests driving genocide, perpetrators’ ideological constructions, and the lasting impacts on survivors. It explains that the aim of this handbook is to challenge the prevailing silence surrounding the Kurdish genocide and present an argument for its inclusion in the global discussion of genocide. In so doing, it provides a critical contribution to understanding state violence, historical erasure, and the pursuit of justice in the face of continued denial.