Assyrian rebellion

Assyrian Rebeillon
Part of Revolts during the Turkish War of Independence and Assyrian independence movement
Hakkari in Turkey
DateJuly 1924 - 28 September 1924
Location
Hakkari
Result
  • Failure, Hakkari Assyrians expelled to Iraq.
  • Successful assyrian counter attack stopping a possible Turkish invasion of iraq after gathering in amadiya
  • Conflict ended when the British royal air force bombed the Turks
Belligerents
Assyrian peopleAssyrians

 Turkey

  • Kurdish tribes
Commanders and leaders
Malik Khoshaba
Malik Yonan
Malik Shamisdin
Malik Ismael II		 Mustafa Kemal Pasha
Süleyman Sabri Pasha
Osman Avni
Nurettin Pasha
Mürsel Pasha
Ferit Bey
Ihsan Nuri
Units involved
Tyari
Tkhuma		 Turkish Armed Forces
Kurdish tribes
Strength
Less than 1,000 men[1] 40,000+ men[2]
Casualties and losses
Low[3] 1500+[4]

The Assyrian rebellion (Turkish: Nasturi Ayaklanması, "Nestorian Uprising")[5] was an uprising by the Assyrians in Hakkari which was administered by Assyrians at the time.[6] It began in July 1924 and ended on 28 September that same year.[7][8] This was the first rebellion in the newly formed Republic of Turkey. After the rebellion ended, 8,000 Assyrians were deported into Mandatory Iraq.[9]

(Another rebellion by the Assyrian community had taken place in 3–4 September 1924.)[10]

  1. ^ Genelkurmay belgelerinde Kürt isyanları: Nasturi-Şeyh Sait-Raçkotan-Raman-Sason-Ağrı-Koçuşağı-Mutki-Bicar-Asi Resul-Tendürük-Savur-Zeylan-Oramar (in Turkish). Kaynak Yayınları. 2011. p. 49. ISBN 9789753436007. Archived from the original on 2023-04-07. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  2. ^ Genelkurmay belgelerinde Kürt isyanları: Nasturi-Şeyh Sait-Raçkotan-Raman-Sason-Ağrı-Koçuşağı-Mutki-Bicar-Asi Resul-Tendürük-Savur-Zeylan-Oramar (in Turkish). Kaynak Yayınları. 2011. p. 62. ISBN 9789753436007. Archived from the original on 2023-04-07. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  3. ^ Donef, Racho (2014). The Hakkâri Massacres: An Anthology of Documents Related to Massacres and Deportation of Assyrians in Northern Mesopotamia : Ethnic Cleansing by Turkey, 1924-25. Tatavla Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-9874239-1-7. Archived from the original on 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  4. ^ Donef, Racho (2014). The Hakkâri Massacres: An Anthology of Documents Related to Massacres and Deportation of Assyrians in Northern Mesopotamia : Ethnic Cleansing by Turkey, 1924-25. Tatavla Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-9874239-1-7. Archived from the original on 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  5. ^ Genelkurmay belgelerinde Kürt isyanları: Nasturi-Şeyh Sait-Raçkotan-Raman-Sason-Ağrı-Koçuşağı-Mutki-Bicar-Asi Resul-Tendürük-Savur-Zeylan-Oramar (in Turkish). Kaynak Yayınları. 2011. p. 35. ISBN 9789753436007. Archived from the original on 2023-04-07. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  6. ^ Donef, Racho (2014). The Hakkâri Massacres: An Anthology of Documents Related to Massacres and Deportation of Assyrians in Northern Mesopotamia : Ethnic Cleansing by Turkey, 1924-25. Tatavla Publishing. pp. 167–174. ISBN 978-0-9874239-1-7. Archived from the original on 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  7. ^ Olson, Robert (2013-12-18). The Emergence of Kurdish Nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880–1925. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292764125. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2020. (1) Nestorian (Nasturi) rebellion (12–28 September 1924); (2) Sheikh Said rebellion (13 February–31 May 1925); (3) Raçkotan and Raman pacifying operations
  8. ^ Ismael, Yaqou D'Malik. Assyrians and Two World Wars: Assyrians from 1914 to 1945. Ramon Michael. p. 173. Archived from the original on 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  9. ^ Dündar, Fuat. "When did the First World War End for Turkey ?". Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée (141): 141209–206 –. ISSN 0997-1327. Archived from the original on 2023-04-13. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  10. ^ Olson, Robert (2013-12-18). The Emergence of Kurdish Nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880–1925. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292764125. Archived from the original on 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2020-10-03. One of these was the Assyrian (Nestorian) rebellion of 3–4 September 1924 of Beyt Sebab, which, as indicated above, was itself very much related to the Sheikh Said rebellion.