Republic of Ararat Komara Agiriyê Komara Araratê | |||||||||
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| 1927–1931 | |||||||||
.svg) Flag | |||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||
| Capital | Kurd Ava[2] / Kurdava[3] (Doğubayazıt) 39°21′N 43°23′E / 39.35°N 43.38°E | ||||||||
| Common languages | Kurdish, Turkish[citation needed] | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
| President[4] | |||||||||
• 1927–1930 | Ibrahim Heski[5] | ||||||||
| Supreme Commander[5] | |||||||||
• 1927–1931 | Ihsan Nuri[5] | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• Independence declared[6] | 28 October 1927 | ||||||||
• Retaken by Turkey | September 1931 | ||||||||
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The Republic of Ararat, or Kurdish Republic of Ararat,[7][8][9] (Kurdish: کۆماری ئارارات, romanized: Komara Agiriyê[10][11] and Komara Araratê[12]) was a self-proclaimed Kurdish state from 1927 to 1931. It was located in the Armenian highlands, centred on Karaköse Province. "Agirî" is the Kurdish name for Ararat.[13]
- ^ "The National Flag of Kurdistan"., Kurdish Institute of Paris.
- ^ Wadie Jwaideh, The Kurdish national movement: its origins and development, Syracuse University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8156-3093-7, p. 211.
- ^ (in French) Celal Sayan, La construction de l'état national turc et le mouvement national kurde, 1918-1938, Presses universitaires du septentrion, 2002, p. 649.
- ^ Paul J. White, Primitive rebels or revolutionary modernizers?: the Kurdish national movement in Turkey, Zed Books, 2000, ISBN 978-1-85649-822-7, p. 77.
- ^ a b c (in Turkish) Emin Karaca, Ağrı Eteklerinde İsyan: Bir Kürt Ayaklanmasının Anatomisi, 3. Baskı, Karakutu Yayınları, 2003, ISBN 975-8658-38-7, s. 23.
- ^ Dana Adams Schmidt, Journey among brave men, Little, Brown, 1964, p. 57.
- ^ Christopher Houston, Kurdistan: crafting of national selves, Indiana University Press, 2008, ISBN 0-253-22050-5, p. 52.
- ^ Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East, 1. cilt, Infobase Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8160-7158-6, p. 385.
- ^ Abbas Vali, Essays on the origins of Kurdish nationalism, Mazda Publishers, 2003, ISBN 978-1-56859-142-1, p. 199.
- ^ "Xwendin û danasîna pirtûkan". dengekurdistan.nu (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "کۆماری ئارارات، ئاوڕدانەوەیەک لە مێژوو". chawykurd.com (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Ihsan Nuri Paşa" (in Kurdish). 25 March 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Republics of Ararat". www.ekurds.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.