Koçgiri rebellion

Koçgiri Rebellion
	Part of Kurdish rebellions in Turkey and the Turkish War of Independence
	; Armed Kurds, in a 1911 photograph
Date	6 March 1921 - 17 June 1921
Location	Sivas, Tunceli, Erzincan
Result	Turkish victory Revolt suppressed;
Belligerents
Grand National Assembly Central Army;	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 animal; 2,750 rifles, 3 light and 18 heavy machine guns Rebel claim:; 6,000 cavalrymen; 25,000 infantrymen; Unknown nr 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 İsyanı) 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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