Koçgiri rebellion

Koçgiri rebellion
Part of Kurdish rebellions in Turkey and the Turkish War of Independence

Armed Kurds, in a 1911 photograph
Date6 March 1921 – 17 June 1921
Location
Sivas, Tunceli, Erzincan
Result

Turkish victory

  • Revolt suppressed
Belligerents

Grand National Assembly

 Atman tribe
Direjan tribe
Koçgiri tribe
Parçikan tribe
Pevizan tribe
Zerikan tribe
Society for the Rise of Kurdistan
Commanders and leaders
Mustafa Kemal Pasha
Nureddin Pasha
Binbaşı Halis Bey (commander of the 6th Cavalry Regiment) †
Topal Osman		 Alişan Bey 
Alisher Efendi
Nuri Dersimi
Paso
Misto
Strength

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

Rebel claim:
6,000 cavalrymen
25,000 infantrymen

Unknown number 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

The Koçgiri rebellion (Kurdish: Serhildana Qoçgiriyê; Turkish: Koçgiri isyanı) 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. The tribal leaders had a close relationship with the Society for the Rise of Kurdistan (SAK). The rebellion was defeated in June 1921.

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