Koçgiri Rebellion

Koçgiri Rebellion
Part of Kurdish rebellions in Turkey and Turkish War of Independence
Koçgiri rebels
Date 6 March 1921 - 17 June 1921 Location Sivas, Tunceli, Erzincan Result Decisive Turkish victory. Revolt suppressed.
Belligerents
Grand National Assembly Central Army	Koçgiri Tribe Society for the Rise of Kurdistan Ginyan Tribe (changed sides)
Commanders and leaders
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Nureddin Pasha Binbaşı Halis Bey (commander of the 6th Cavalry Regiment) † Topal Osman	Alişan Bey  Alişer Nuri Dersimi Paso Misto
Strength
Government Claim: 3,161 men 1,350 military animal 2,750 rifles, 3 light and 18 heavy machine guns Rebel Claim: 6,000 cavalrymen 25,000 infantrymen Unknown nr of militia and Gendarmerie	Government Claim: 3,000 rebels (mostly cavalry) 2,500 rifles Rebel Claim: 6,000 rebels
Casualties and losses
Unknown	500 rebels killed 32 rebel leaders and 500 rebels captured

Grand National Assembly

Government Claim:
3,161 men
1,350 military animal
2,750 rifles, 3 light and 18 heavy machine guns

Rebel Claim:
6,000 cavalrymen
25,000 infantrymen

Government Claim:
3,000 rebels (mostly cavalry)
2,500 rifles

Rebel Claim:

The Koçgiri Rebellion or Koçkiri Rebellion was an Alevi Kurdish uprising, in the overwhelmingly militant Koçgiri region. While waged by the Kızılbaş Koçgiri tribe, it was originally suggested by members of an organisation known as the Society for the Rise of Kurdistan.

The commander of the Central Army Nureddin Pasha sent a force of some 3,000 cavalrymen and irregulars including Topal Osman's battalions. Rebels were crushed by June 17, 1921.

Before repressed the revel, Nurettin Pasha said (as to some sources, this words belong to Topal Osman):

In Turkey, we cleaned up people who speak "zo" (Armenians), I'm going to clean up people who speak "lo" (Kurdish) by their roots.

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