Koçgiri rebellion
1921 Kurdish uprising against the Turkish State / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Koçgiri rebellion (Kurdish: Serhildana Qoçgiriyê; Turkish: Koçgiri İsyanı) was a Kurdish uprising, that began in the overwhelmingly militant Koçgiri region in present-day eastern Sivas Province in February 1921. The rebellion was initially Alevi, but it succeeded in gathering support from nearby Sunni tribes.[2][13] The tribal leaders had a close relationship with the Society for the Rise of Kurdistan (SAK).[14][15] The rebellion was defeated in June 1921.
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Koçgiri Rebellion | |||||||
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Part of Kurdish rebellions in Turkey and the Turkish War of Independence | |||||||
Armed Kurds, in a 1911 photograph | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Atman tribe[2] Direjan tribe[2] Koçgiri tribe[2] Parçikan tribe[2] Pevizan tribe[3] Zerikan tribe[3] Society for the Rise of Kurdistan | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mustafa Kemal Pasha Nureddin Pasha Binbaşı Halis Bey (commander of the 6th Cavalry Regiment) †[4][5][6][7] Topal Osman |
Alişan Bey [8] Alisher Efendi Nuri Dersimi Paso Misto | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Government claim: Rebel claim: |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
500 rebels killed[10] 32 rebel leaders and 500 rebels captured[8] |
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