Kurdish Revolts in Ottoman and Republican History

Kurdish Revolts in Ottoman and Republican History Book Description Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, embarked on a development move with the east, west, south and north of the country after the War of Independence. He developed various projects for this. For the development of the country, he felt the need to expand his internal government institutions, starting from the eastern regions of the country. He also considered implementing an important reform program in the Dersim region. It connected the country from one end to the other with railways. However, unfortunately, there were those who opposed these development policies in the Eastern and Southeastern regions, especially with the instigation of foreign powers and imperialist states. These oppositions sometimes brought about internal rebellions. These uprisings dealt great blows to the development and progress of the country. He underlined that the basic character of these rebellions that took place in the Eastern and Southeastern regions during the Atatürk period was to exclude the people of Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia from being a part of our nation through various means, with the instigation of the imperialists, and evaluated it as follows: "The Kurdish issue is absolutely out of question for the benefit of the Turks. Because Kurdish elements are so settled within our national borders that they live densely in very limited places. By losing this intensity and invading the Turks, such a border has been formed that if we wanted to draw a border in the name of Kurdishness, we would have to destroy Turkey.” (From the Promotional Bulletin)