Halis Öztürk (

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish language ** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) **Central Kurdish (Sorani) **Southern Kurdish ** Laki Kurdish *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern ...

: Xalis Begê Sîpkî, Turkish: Sipkanlı Halis Bey, 1899 in

Tutak, Turkey Tutak (), is a town in Ağrı Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Tutak District.

- 24 September 1977

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) was a

chieftain A tribal chief, chieftain, or headman is a leader of a tribe, tribal society or chiefdom. Tribal societies There is no definition for "tribe". The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of weste ...

and Turkish

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

Life

Halis was born in the Tutak Kazası of Bayazıt Sancağı, Erzurum Vilayeti (present day; Tutak District of

Ağrı Province Ağrı Province () is located in eastern Turkey, bordering Iran to the east and the Provinces of Turkey, provinces of Kars Province, Kars to the north, Erzurum Province, Erzurum to the northwest, Muş Province, Muş and Bitlis Province, Bitlis to ...

), as the son of Abdulmejid Bey, who was the chieftain of Sipkan tribe and one of the commanders of the Hamidiye Cavalry Regiments. He engaged in agriculture.

Ararat Rebellion

In 1927, when the

Ararat rebellion The Ararat rebellion, also known as the Ağrı rebellion ( or ''Ağrı isyanı''), was a 1930 uprising of the Kurds of Ağrı Province, in eastern Turkey, against the Turkish government. The leader of the guerrilla forces during the rebellion ...

broke out, he joined in it and played an active role to the end of rebellion. According to Mehmet Ali Kışlalı, some sources mentioned that he was one of the prominent members who started the Ararat rebellion, and he was arrested and escaped while being transferred from

Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. It is the site of an ...

Trabzon Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...

. He participated in the peace negotiation with the representative of the

Republic of Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

, as a member of delegation of the

Republic of Ararat The Republic of Ararat, also known as the Kurdish Republic of Ararat,Abbas Vali, ''Essays on the origins of Kurdish nationalism'', Mazda Publishers, 2003, p. 199./ref> was a self-proclaimed Kurdish people, Kurdish state from 1927 to 1931. It w ...

. After the Ararat rebellion was suppressed, he defected to

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Deputy

After he returned to Turkey, taking advantage of an amnesty, he was elected a deputy representing

for the Democrat Party in the 9th (1950–1954), 10th (1954–1957) and 11th (1957–1960) Grand National Assembly of Turkey.Kâzım Öztürk, ''Türk Parlamento Tarihi: TBMM-IX. dönem, 1950-1954'': Vol: 7., Türk Parlamento Tarihi Araştırma Grubu, 1999, ,

Coup

After the coup d'état on 27 May 1960, he was arrested and tried at the special court of Yassıada. Because he knew very little

Turkish language Turkish ( , , also known as 'Turkish of Turkey') is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, a member of Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch with around 90 million speakers. It is the national language of Turkey and one of two official languag ...

, he gave his plea in "mix language" of

and Turkish. The accusation of the public prosecutor was the violation of and disregarding the constitution. He replied ''Mr. judge, I swear to God, if I've known that there was the constitution under our feet, I wouldn't have trampled on it.'' The Yassıada trials sentenced him to ten years in prison for the violation of the constitution.

Abdülmelik Fırat Abdülmelik Fırat (1934, Hınıs – 29 September 2009, Ankara) was a prominent Turkish-Kurds, Kurdish politician. He was the grandson of Sheikh Said, leader of the 1925 Sheikh Said rebellion. Early life and education His grandfather Sheikh S ...

, his dormmate in Yassıada and later

, describes him in his memories named ''Fırat Mahzun Akar'' as being clever and witty. Samet Ağaoğlu, another suspect of in the Yassıada trials, wrote in his memoirs named ''Marmara'da Bir Ada'' how Halis Öztürk replied to all contemptuous questions with witty answers in his local dialect.Samet Ağaolğlu, ''Marmara'da Bir Ada'', Baha Matbaası, 1972, p. 76. He died on 24 September 1977. He had three wives, thirteen daughters and seven sons.

Sources

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