Kurdish rebellions during World War I

rdf:langString Kurdish rebellions during World War I

rdf:langString Kurdish rebellions during World War I

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rdf:langString Large populations of Kurds displaced

rdf:langString Several villages burned, destroyed or looted

rdf:langString Dersim, March - May 1916: * At least 400 killed * At least 200 captured * Heavy casualties * Full figures unknown

rdf:langString ---- Kurdish state

rdf:langString Limited support:

rdf:langString Various Kurdish tribes

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rdf:langString Among others

rdf:langString Ahmed Izzet Pasha

rdf:langString Ali Ağa

rdf:langString Among others ---- Mahmud Barzanji

rdf:langString Galatalı Şevket Bey

rdf:langString Kurdish rebellions during World War I

rdf:langString August 1914 – October 1918

rdf:langString The Treaty of Sèvres was supported by Abdulkadir Ubeydullah and opposed by Nuri Dersimi , the latter of which would participate in the Koçgiri rebellion.

rdf:langString Nuri Dersimi.jpg

rdf:langString Seyyid Abdulkadir.jpg

rdf:langString the Middle Eastern theater of World War I

rdf:langString Northern and southern Kurdistan

rdf:langString De facto: Establishment of a quasi-independent Kurdish state until 1919

rdf:langString De jure: Territorial concessions given to Kurds in 1920, reversed in 1923

rdf:langString During World War I, several Kurdish rebellions took place within the Ottoman Empire. The rebellions were preceded by the emergence of early Kurdish nationalism and Kurdish revolts in Bitlis in 1907 and early 1914. The primary Kurdish war aim was the creation of an independent Kurdish state, a goal that Britain and Russia promised to fulfil in order to incite Kurdish resistance. Other reasons for resistance include a fear that they would suffer the same fate as the Armenians, the desire for more autonomy, and according to Ottoman sources, banditry. The first Kurdish rebellion was launched in August 1914, before the Ottoman entry into World War I. From 1915 to 1916, further Kurdish rebellions took place in Botan, Dersim, and south of Kiğı. 1917 saw 2 additional waves of rebellion in summer and August, the latter of which received Russian military support. Besides direct military opposition, Kurdish civilians also partook in passive resistance by assisting advancing Russian forces, hiding or adopting Armenian refugees during the genocide, and resisting Ottoman military drafts. Shortly before the Armistice of Mudros in October 1918, Mahmud Barzanji broke away from the Ottoman Empire and established a quasi-independent Kurdish state under British supervision. British wartime promises of an independent Kurdistan were included in the Treaty of Sèvres (1920), which assigned a small amount of territory for a planned Kurdish state, but these plans were abandoned with the Turkish nationalist victory in the Turkish War of Independence and the ensuing Treaty of Lausanne (1923). Kurdish rebellions in Turkey continued after 1923 and are still ongoing in the present day. Several villages were looted, burned or destroyed by both the Kurdish rebels and the Ottoman authorities. In reprisal to the rebellions, Ottoman authorities deported large populations of Kurds.