Kurdish Rebellions and Conflict Groups in Turkey during the 1920s and 1930s

This paper is about Kurdish rebellions and conflict groups in Turkey during the 1920s and 1930s. The study defines these rebellions and conflict groups as local, sporadic and segmented. They were local as they underwent regional forms and variations. Yet, the values and actions of rebellious actors were not reduced to only local realities since it is possible to observe that they exceeded local frames by religious and nationalist motivations. Second, they were sporadic because they did not have temporal continuity. Most importantly, they were segmented in the sense that Kurdish actors in the revolts were not fully integrated. Even though they had almost identical conflictual relationships with state power, they were not present together in the same revolt. These major characteristics determined the nature of mobilization as well as the boundaries of Kurdish conflict groups and rebellions.