Koçkiri Rebellion

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Koçkiri Rebellion was a rebellion of Alevi (Kurdish dominant) uprising, of the 1920, in the overwhelmingly militant Kizilbash Dersim region, while waged by the Kizilbash Koçkiri tribe, was masterminded by members of an organisation known as the Osmanli Kürt Taâlî Cemiyeti.

This particular rebellion failed for several reasons, most of which have something to do with its Kizilbash character. To most Kurmanji (a dialect spoken by Kurds) at the time, the uprising appeared to be merely an Alevi uprising - and thus not in their own interests.

In the aftermath of the Koçkiri rebellion there was talk in the new Grand National Assembly of Turkey of some very limited forms of Autonomous Administration by the Kurds in a Kurdish region centred on Kurdistan. However, all this disappeared in the Treaty of Lausanne, signed in 1923.

[edit] Etymologie

Koçkiri is the name of the biggest Afshar Clan outside Khorasan and Iran. Today most Kocgiris can speak kurdish language and they are living in central and eastern of Turkey. KOCHKAR ATA (Khodzha-Kochkari, Koçger-i Hoca) was a dervish of Ahmad Yasawi. His name means "ram". According to common belief Koçkar Ata is from Teke turcomans. In his time the people were making the rams fought and since his ram was being champion of each match, he named as Kochkar. His real name is not to be known. After Kockar Ata's death, his ram could not resist the separation and it dead. Then it graved over his grave. So a ram statue had been put over Koçkar Ata's grave. There is scripture in Arabic alphabet as "ya Allah, ya Muhammed, ya Ali" wich is typical for Kizilbash people.