Osman Sabri ( ku, Osman Sebrî ), (1905,

Kâhta Kâhta ( ku, Kolîk, Ottoman Turkish: کولک / ''Kölük'') is a city in Adıyaman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Kâhta District.Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

– 11 November 1993,

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Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

) was a

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

poet, writer and journalist. He was born in ''Narînç'' or ''Narinc'' (present-day village of Narince, Kâhta) in what was then the eastern provinces of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

(present-day

Adıyaman Province Adıyaman Province ( tr, , ku, ) is a province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The capital is Adıyaman. The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority. Adıyaman Province was part of the provi ...

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). He and his family were involved in the failed Sheik Said Rebellion led by

Sheikh Said Sheikh Said of Palu ( ku, شێخ سەعید, translit=Şêx Seîd, 1865 – June 29, 1925) was a Kurdish sheikh, the main leader of the Sheikh Said rebellion and a Sheikh of the Naqshbandi order. He was born in 1865 in Palu to an influenti ...

. The ones apprehended were tried. Two uncles of him were hung in

Diyarbakır Diyarbakır (; ; ; ) is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, ...

while he was imprisoned. After his release he took refuge in

in 1929, where he got in contact of the leaders of

Xoybûn Xoybûn or Khoyboun ( ku, ,Xoybûn خۆیبوون) was a Kurdish nationalism, Kurdish nationalist political party, that is known for leading the Ararat rebellion, commanded by Ihsan Nuri. Many Armenians joined the movement as well, the party was a ...

. While in Syria, he got to know many Kurdish intellectuals such as: Celadet Bedir Khan, Cegerxwîn, ''Tîrêj'' and

Qedrîcan Qedrîcan or Qedrîcan, Abdulkadir Can (1911–1972) was a Kurdish poet, writer and translator. He was born in Derik, a small town (present-day Mardin Province, south-eastern Turkey). At a time when schooling was the subject of jokes and when few ...

. After the establishment of

Republic of Ararat The Republic of Ararat, or Kurdish Republic of Ararat,Abbas Vali, ''Essays on the origins of Kurdish nationalism'', Mazda Publishers, 2003, p. 199./ref> ( ku, کۆماری ئارارات, translit=Komara Agiriyê and ku, Komara Araratê) was ...

during the Ararat rebellion, he tried to join the revolt, but he was again imprisoned by the

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authorities in

Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...

and

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

. Although he was freed in 1935, the British forced him into exile to

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one year later in 1936. He went to

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

in 1937, and again became involved in the Xoybûn and in the Kurdish publications in

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

. He was employed by the

French Mandate The Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (french: Mandat pour la Syrie et le Liban; ar, الانتداب الفرنسي على سوريا ولبنان, al-intidāb al-fransi 'ala suriya wa-lubnān) (1923−1946) was a League of Nations mandate foun ...

administration between 1944 and 1949, the year he was dismissed by the Ministry of the Interior. He also took part in founding the

Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria (Kurdish: ''Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê li Sûriyê'' ku, پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان سووری; ar, الحزب الديمقراطي الكُردستاني في سوريا ''Hizb Al- ...

in 1957 and was elected as the secretary general of that party. Within the party, he was an adherent of the ideology of

Mustafa Barzani Mustafa Barzani ( ku, مەلا مسته‌فا بارزانی, Mistefa Barzanî; 14 March 1903 – 1 March 1979) also known as Mela Mustafa (Preacher Mustafa), was a Kurdish leader, general and one of the most prominent political figures in mode ...

. Due to his nationalist activities, he was arrested and imprisoned several times until 1972.

Works

He published many articles in different Kurdish journals, such as '' Hawar'' (1932), ''Ronahî'' (1943), ''Roja Nû'' (1943), ''Hêviya Welêt'' (in Europe, 1963), ''Çiya'' (in Europe, 1966), ''Hêvî'' (Paris, 1983), ''Berbang'' (Sweden, 1983), ''Roja Nû'' (Sweden, 1979). He published a book on the Latin-based

Kurdish alphabet The Kurdish languages are written in either of two alphabets: a Latin alphabet introduced by Celadet Alî Bedirxan in 1932 called the Bedirxan alphabet or Hawar alphabet (after the '' Hawar'' magazine) and a Perso-Arabic script called the Sorani ...

in 1954.

Books

# Apo, “Gotinên xav nepijîn bê tav”, Germany, 1981. # Elîfbêya Tikuz, 1982. #Çar Leheng, Syria, 40 pp., 1984. #Bahoz û çend nivîsarên din, 68 pp., 1956. #Elîfbeya Kurdî, 56 pp., Syria, 1955. #Derdên me (gotar û helbest) #Dîwana Osman Sebrî (Collection of Poems), 215 pp., Stockholm, 1998. #Bîranînên Osman Sebrî (Memoirs), 2003.

References

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