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 a self-proclaimed 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
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* Kurd (dis ...
state. It was located in eastern Turkey, centred on Karaköse Province. " Agirî" is the Kurdish name for Ararat.
History
The Republic of Ararat, led by the central committee of Xoybûn party, declared independence on 28 October 1927 or 1928, during a wave of rebellion among Kurds in southeastern Turkey. As the leader of the military was appointed Ihsan Nuri, and Ibrahim Heski was put in charge of the civilian government.
At the first meeting of Xoybûn, Ihsan Nuri Pasha was declared the military commander of the Ararat Rebellion. Ibrahim Heski was made the leader of the civilian administration. In October 1927, Kurd Ava, or Kurdava, a village near Mount Ararat
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, was designated as the provisional capital of Kurdistan
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. Xoybûn made appeals to the Great Powers and the League of Nations
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and also sent messages to other Kurds in Iraq
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and Syria to ask for co-operation. But under the pressure from Turkey, the British Empire as well as France imposed restrictions on the activities of the members of Xoybûn.
The Turkish Armed forces
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subsequently defeated the Republic of Ararat in September 1931.
Flag of the Republic of Ararat
The flag first appeared during the movement for Kurdish
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*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
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independence from 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) ...
and resembles an earlier version created by the Xoybûn (Khoyboon) organization, active in the Ararat rebellion of 1930, and flown by the break-away Republic of Ararat during the period 1927–1931.
See also
* List of Kurdish dynasties and countries
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* Flag of Kurdistan
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References
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States and territories established in 1927
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Former Kurdish states in Turkey
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Mount Ararat