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[https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/597494 1914 Tarihli Bitlis İsyanının Osmanlı Arşiv Belgelerindeki Yansımaları-Cezalar, Mükâfatlar] |
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Kurdish rebels Supported by: Russian Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
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Molla Selim | Unknown | ||||||
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"thousands"[1] |
Garrison at Bitlis: Unknown, but less than the Kurds[1] Reinforcements: Unknown |
The Bitlis uprising was a Kurdish uprising in the Ottoman Empire in early 1914.[1] It was supported by the Russian Empire.[1] It was fought concurrently with an unrelated Kurdish uprising in Barzan in the Mosul Vilayet, which was also supported by Russia.[1] Later Kurdish nationalist historiography portrayed the uprising as part of a Kurdish nationalist struggle, but its actual causes laid in opposition to conscription and taxation.[1] The uprising began in early March, with a skirmish between Kurdish fighters and Ottoman gendarmes, where the latter was forced to retreat.[1] The Kurds subsequently laid siege to the city of Bitlis, and captured the city on 2 April.[1] Ottoman forces were then dispatched from Muş and Van and suppressed the uprising.[1] After the defeat of the uprising on 4 April, one of the rebel leaders, Molla Selim, successfully sought asylum in Russia.[1]
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1914 Tarihli Bitlis İsyanının Osmanlı Arşiv Belgelerindeki Yansımaları-Cezalar, Mükâfatlar