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Abstract

Ermeni-Kürt ilişkilerinin tarihi yüzyıllar gerisine uzanmaktadır.1800’lerde Ermeniler, Kürdistan olarak adlandırılan bölgede ortayaçıkan ve Osmanlı askeri gücü tarafından bastırılan Kürt isyanlarınakatılmışlardır. Ermeniler, 1915’ten sonra, Cumhuriyet DönemiTürkiyesi’nde baş gösteren ve 1930’ların sonlarına kadar devam edenKürt isyanlarına da dahil olmuşlardır. Ermeni DevrimciFederasyonu’nun (EDF, namı diğer Taşnaksutyun) bu dönemdekihedeflerini belirleyen iki düşünce söz konusudur: Ermenilerin OrtaDoğu’daki yerleşkelerinin geçici olduğu ve Ermenilerin tarihianavatanlarına geri dönmeleri gerektiği. EDF’nin yeni kurulmuş olanTürkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin doğu bölgelerinde yaşamaya devam eden –daha sonraları “Gizli Ermeniler” olarak anılacak olan - Ermenilerinvarlığından haberdar olması böylesine cüretkar bir plana teşebbüsetmesinin esas sebebidir. Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türkiyesi, SovyetlerBirliği, Ermenistan, Fransa ve Britanya’da bulunan arşiv belgeleri vebahsi geçen dönemde ortaya çıkan Kürt isyanlarında rol almış olanEDF’nin bazı önde gelen liderlerinin anı türü eserlerine ve mektuplarınaerişim, dönem hakkında daha detaylı bir anlatım sunmak için benzersizbir fırsat sunmaktadır. Bu çalışma, konu hakkındaki uluslararası tarihselanlatıda var olan boşlukları doldurmak amacıyla Cumhuriyet DönemiTürkiyesi’nde yaşanan Kürt isyanlardaki Ermeni - ve özellikle EDF katılımına odaklanmaktadır

Keywords

• Ermeni-Kürt İlişkileri, Kürt İsyanları, Cumhuriyet

ARMENIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE 1925 (ARARAT) AND 1937 (DERSIM) KURDISH REBELLIONS IN REPUBLICAN TURKEY: MAPPING THE ORIGINS OF “HIDDEN ARMENIANS”

Abstract

The history of Armenian-Kurdish relations extends over centuries. In the 1800’s, Armenians were involved in the Kurdish rebellions in Kurdistan proper. The rebellions were crushed by Ottoman military might. After 1915, a new phase of Armenian involvement in yet a new episode of Kurdish rebellions ensued in Republican Turkey. This new collusion lasted all the way to the late 1930s. The aim of the ARF (Armenian Revolutionary Federation, AKA Tashnagtsutyune) at the time was twofold: Dispersion into the Middle East was considered to be a temporary sojourn and the ARF was adamant in its thinking that Armenians should repatriate to their historic homeland. The ARF attempted such an adventurous plan due to its knowledge that many pockets of Armenians—ergo, what would later become known as “Hidden Armenians”—existed in the Eastern Provinces of the newly established Turkish Republic. Having access to archival material from republican Turkey, the Soviet Union, Armenia, France, Britain, as well as the memoirs and letters of some prominent ARF leaders involved in the Kurdish rebellions of the time creates a unique opportunity to present a more detailed account about the period under. The article will focus on Armenian and especially ARF participation in those uprisings. This has to be done in order to close a gap in the international historical discourse regarding the subject.

Keywords

• Armenian-Kurdish Relations, Kurdish Rebellions

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