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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 [[Kurdish state (1918-1919)|quasi-independent Kurdish state under British supervision]]. |
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 [[Kurdish state (1918-1919)|quasi-independent Kurdish state under British supervision]]. |
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British wartime promises of an independent Kurdistan were included in the |
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), [[Incorporation of Kurdish territories into the Republic of Turkey|incorporating the Kurds into Turkey]]. [[Kurdish rebellions in Turkey]] continued after 1923 and are still ongoing in the present day. |
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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. |
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. |
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