<b>The Role of Kurds in the Struggle for the Foundation of Turkish Republic</b>

Abstract

Abstract

This article discusses the role of Kurdish tribes during the Turkish Independence War (1918-1922). It shows that despite various manipulations orchestrated by the British government, certain Kurdish groups based in Istanbul refused to collaborate with the British against the Ottoman Empire and thus did not follow a separatist policy. This article is reviewed along the Turkish-British Struggle in the national competition, the national movement in Kurdistan; they are used to describe how the tool they neutralize. During the continuing cutthroat competition, most of the Kurds did not become an instrument to all kinds of British policies. British did not manage to have the Kurds rebel along their imperial interests even though they manipulated the independence of Arabs, Armenian nationalism and Zionism.

Öz

Bu makale Türk Kurtuluş Savaşı (1918-1922) esnasında Kürt kabilelerin ne tür roller üstlendikleri konusunu ele almaktadır. Makalede, İngiliz hükümeti ve İstanbul’da bulunan bazı Kürt grupların kışkırtmalarına rağmen, kürt kabilelerin büyük çoğunluğunun İngilizlerle işbirliği yapmayı reddettikleri ve Osmanlı İmparatorluğuna karşı ayrılıkçı bir politika izlemedikleri tezi işlenmektedir.

Le rôle des Kurdes dans la lutte pour la Fondation de la République turque Résumé Cet article examine le rôle des tribus kurdes pendant la guerre d’indépendance turque (1918-1922). L’article examine la thèse qui défend que, malgré les manipulations orchestrées par le gouvernement britannique et certains groupes kurdes résidents à  Istanbul, la majorité des tribus kurdes ont refusé de collaborer avec les Britanniques contre l’Empire ottoman et n’ont pas suivi une politique séparatiste