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List of conflicts
| Date | Uprising | Location | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 838–841[1] | Dasini tribe uprising against the Abbasids | Suppressed | |
| 955–1071[2][3][4] | War against the Musafirid. | Rawadid dynasty | Victory |
| 990–1085 | Kurdish uprising | The Marwanids | Victory, led to the birth of the Marwanids dynasty |
| 1506–1510 | Kurdish-Yazidi uprising against the Safavids[5] | Suppressed when the Yazidi leader, Shír Ṣárim, was defeated in battle. | |
| 1609–1610 | Battle of Dimdim[6] | Suppressed | |
| 1770-1771 | Bedagh Beg Rebellion[7][a] | Bahdinan | Suppressed |
| 1775 | Bajalan uprising[8] | Suppressed | |
| 1806–1812 | Babanzade Rebellions (1806–1812) | Suppressed | |
| 1830–1838 | Mir Muhammed Rebellion | Suppressed | |
| 1838 | Han Mahmud Rebellion[9] | Suppressed | |
| 1838 | Sait Beg Rebellion[10][11] | Suppressed | |
| 1839 | Garzan Uprising[12] | Suppressed | |
| 1845–1847 1854–1855 |
First Bedirkhanis Revolt | Suppressed | |
| 1854–1855 | Yezdanşêr's uprising | Suppressed | |
| 1877 | Dersim Rebellion (1877) | ||
| 1877–1878 | Second Bedirkhanis Revolt | Suppressed | |
| 1880–1881 | Revolt by Sheikh Ubeydullah of Nehri against the Qajars.[13][14] | Defeat | |
| 1889 | Emin Ali Bedirkhan Revolt[15] | Suppressed | |
| 1892 | Dersim Rebellion(1892)[16] | Suppressed | |
| 1907 | Bitlis Uprising (1907) | Suppressed | |
| 1907–1909 | Dersim Rebellion (1907–1909) [17] | Kurdish military victory
Ottoman diplomatic victory | |
| 1908-1911 | Hamawand rebellion | Suppressed | |
| Early March – 4 April 1914 | Bitlis uprising (1914) | Suppressed | |
| 1914 – 1918 | Kurdish rebellions during World War I |
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| 1919–1922 – First Mahmud Barzanji Revolt | First Mahmud Barzanji revolt | Suppressed | |
| 1918–1922 | First Simko Shikak revolt | Suppressed | |
| 1918–present | Iraqi–Kurdish conflict | Ongoing | |
| 1918–present | Kurdish–Iranian conflict | Ongoing | |
| 1919 | Ali Batı Rebellion | Suppressed | |
| 1919–1924 | Kurdish revolts in Iraq (1919–1924) | Suppressed | |
| 1919-1920 | Surchi revolt | Iraq Levies | Suppressed |
| 17 August- Early September 1919 | Kağızman Uprising[b] | Suppressed | |
| 1920 | Penek Uprising[c] | Suppressed | |
| 1920 | Cemil Çeto Uprising | Suppressed | |
| 6 March – 17 June 1921 | Koçgiri rebellion | Suppressed | |
| November 1922 – July 1924 | Second Mahmud Barzanji revolt | Suppressed | |
| August 1924 | Beytüşşebab rebellion | Suppressed | |
| 8 February – March 1925 | Sheikh Said rebellion[13] | Suppressed | |
| 1925 | Raman and Reşkotan Uprising | Suppressed | |
| 1926 | Second Simko Shikak revolt | Suppressed, Simko Shikak flees to Mandatory Iraq | |
| 1926 | Koçuşağı Rebellion[18][19] | Suppressed | |
| 1927 | Mutki Uprising | Suppressed | |
| 22 May – 3 August 1929 | Asi Resul Rebellion[20] | Suppressed | |
| September 1929 | Tendürek Uprisings | Suppressed | |
| October 1927 – September 17, 1930 | First, second and third Ararat rebellion[21][22][23][24][25] | Suppressed, Republic of Ararat disbanded | |
| July 7, 1930 – November 2, 1930 | Tutaklı Ali Can Rebellion | Suppressed | |
| July 16, 1930 – October 10, 1930 | Oramar Revolt | Suppressed | |
| 1931 | Jafar Sultan revolt | Suppressed | |
| 1931–1932 | Ahmed Barzani revolt | Suppressed, low-level insurgency continues through 1933, another revolt by Barzanis erupts in 1943 | |
| 1935 | Yazidi revolt of 1935 | Suppressed | |
| 20 March – November, 1937 and 2 January – December, 1938 | Dersim rebellion | Revolt suppressed, Turkey would, inresponse, begin the Dersim Genocide. | |
| 1941–1944 | Hama Rashid revolt | Suppressed, Hama Rashid driven into Iraq | |
| 1943 | 1943 Barzani revolt | Suppressed | |
| November 1945 – December 15, 1946 | Iran crisis of 1946[26] | Creation of the Soviet-backed Republic of Mahabad, revolt later suppressed | |
| 11 September 1961 – 1970 | First Iraqi–Kurdish War | Stalemate, led to the Iraqi-Kurdish Autonomy Agreement of 1970 | |
| 1967 | 1967 Kurdish revolt in Iran | Suppressed | |
| April 1974 – 1975 | Second Iraqi–Kurdish War | Suppressed, the Iraqi government re-establishes control over Kurdistan | |
| 1976–1978 | PUK insurgency | Long-term Iraqi victory, led to the Kurdish rebellion of 1983 | |
| 1979 | 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran | Suppressed | |
| 1983–1986 | Kurdish rebellion of 1983 | Indecisive, led to the Anfal campaign. | |
| 15 August 1984 – 12 May 2025 | Kurdish–Turkish conflict | Ceasefire[27][28][29][30][31][32][33] | |
| 1986–1996 | KDPI insurgency | Suppressed; KDPI announces unilateral cease-fire in 1996 | |
| 1 March – 5 April 1991 | 1991 Iraqi uprisings | Iraqi military victory; establishment of the Kurdish Autonomous Republic, also known as Iraqi Kurdistan | |
| March 2004 | 2004 Qamishli riots | Suppressed | |
| 1 April 2004–present | Iran–PJAK conflict | Ongoing | |
| 19 July 2012 – present | Rojava conflict | Ongoing | |
| 24 July 2015 – 12 May 2025 | Kurdish–Turkish conflict | Ceasefire | |
| 19 April 2016 – present | Western Iran clashes | Ongoing | |
| 24 August 2016 – present | Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war | Ongoing | |
| 15 – 27 October 2017 | 2017 Iraqi-Kurdish conflict | Iraqi victory, Kurdistan Region loses territory including Sinjar, Kirkuk and Khanaqin. |
See also
- A Modern History of the Kurds by David McDowall
Notes
References
- ↑ Bosworth, C.E. (1998), The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Vol. 5: Khe-Mahi, Brill Academic Publishers, p. 451
- ↑ Hugh Kennedy, The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates The Kurdish dynasties which emerged in the second half of tenth century...the Rawwadids
- ↑ Sharaf Khan Bidlisi The Sharafnam̂a Rawwadi Kurds..
- ↑ Ian Richard Netto, Encyclopaedia of Islam "There was a succession of Kurdish dynasties such as ... Rawwadids of Tabriz and Azerbayjan"
- ↑ "Of the anger and alarm aroused by these proceedings..." persian.packhum.org. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ↑ "DIMDIM". Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved February 21, 2007.
- ↑ Guest, John S. (2012). Survival Among The Kurds. Routledge. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-136-15736-3.
- ↑ "Iranica - Search Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. , p.533.
- ↑ Balcı, Ramazan (30 January 2014). Osmanlı'nın Doğu Siyaseti. Işık Yayıncılık Ticaret. ISBN 9789944766913. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
- ↑ Birlik, Rezan. Batılı Seyyahların Gözüyle Şırnak ve Çevresi. DTA Yayıncılık Bilişim Ltd. Şti. p. 112. ISBN 978-6259442549. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
- ↑ Mutlu, Servet (2002). Doğu Sorunu'nun Kökenleri: Ekonomik Açıdan. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9754373974. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
- ↑ Ballı, Rafet (1991). Kürt dosyası (3 ed.). Cem Yayınevi. p. 51. ISBN 9754063001. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
- 1 2 "Are Kurds a pariah minority?". Social Research. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08.
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 951.
- ↑ Ekici, Deniz (2021). Kurdish Identity, Islamism, and Ottomanism: The Making of a Nation in the Late Ottoman Empire. Lexington Books. p. 25. ISBN 9781793612601. Retrieved 2025-10-25.
- ↑ Taş, Erhan (2025). "Dersim Sancağında Yaşayan Koçuşağı (Koçan) Aşireti'nin Osmanlı Devleti'nin Son Dönemindeki Faaliyetleri Ve Koçuşağı Askerî Harekâtı (1926)". Fırat Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 35 (3): 1119–1136. doi:10.18069/firatsbed.1598751.
- ↑ Balcı, Ramazan (2014). Osmanlı'nın Doğu Siyaseti (in Turkish). Işık Yayıncılık.
- ↑ Saraç, Özgür; Şeren, Gamze Yıldız (2022). İlkesiz Vergilere Tepkiler: Vergi İsyanları. Efe Akademi Yayınları. p. 434. ISBN 978-605-71382-3-1. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
- ↑ Döger, Yusuf Ziya (13 October 2022). Şeyh Said Hareketi Sonrası Pêçar Tenkil Harekâtı / 1927. Nûbihar Yayınları. p. 80. ISBN 978-605-68371-0-2. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: checksum (help) - ↑ Mumcu, Uğur (1993). Kürt Dosyası. Tekin Yayınevi. p. 22. ISBN 978-605-4274-51-2. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
- ↑ Yusuf Mazhar, Cumhuriyet, 16 Temmuz 1930, ... Zilan harekatında imha edilenlerin sayısı 15,000 kadardır. Zilan Deresi ağzına kadar ceset dolmuştur...
- ↑ Ahmet Kahraman, ibid, p. 211, Karaköse, 14 (Özel muhabirimiz bildiriyor) ...
- ↑ Ayşe Hür, "Osmanlı'dan bugüne Kürtler ve Devlet-4" Archived 2011-02-25 at the Wayback Machine, Taraf, October 23, 2008, Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ↑ M. Kalman, Belge, tanık ve yaşayanlarıyla Ağrı Direnişi 1926–1930, Pêrî Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997, ISBN 975-8245-01-5, p. 105.
- ↑ "Der Krieg am Ararat" (Telegramm unseres Korrespondenten) Berliner Tageblatt, October 3, 1930, "... die Türken in der Gegend von Zilan 220 Dörfer zerstört und 4500 Frauen und Greise massakriert."
- ↑ "CSP – Major Episodes of Political Violence, 1946–2008". Systemicpeace.org. June 12, 2013. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- ↑ "The PKK's withdrawal: An historic step". The Economist. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ↑ Letsch, Constanze (8 May 2013). "PKK begins to withdraw from Turkey". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ↑ "Nearly half of PKK terrorists reportedly withdraw from Turkey". Today's Zaman. 24 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ↑ "Turkey: PKK leader calls halt to armed struggle". Ansamed. 21 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ "Cautious Turkish PM welcomes Öcalan's call for end to armed struggle". Hürriyet daily news. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ "Kurdish separatist group leader Öcalan calls to stop armed struggle". Trend AZ. 21 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ "Ocalan's farewell to arms brings Kurds hope for peace". Euronews. 21 March 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2013.