The Nestorian Rebellion in Light of Archival Documents: A Security Perspective

Project no. 33096 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2025

Summary

<p class="ql-align-justify">&nbsp;This&nbsp;project&nbsp;aims&nbsp;to&nbsp;examine&nbsp;the&nbsp;Nestorian&nbsp;Uprising&nbsp;and&nbsp;its&nbsp;resolution&nbsp;in&nbsp;light&nbsp;of&nbsp;documents&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;Turkish&nbsp;Diplomatic&nbsp;Archives,&nbsp;focusing&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;diplomatic,&nbsp;military,&nbsp;and&nbsp;international&nbsp;dimensions&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;uprising&nbsp;that&nbsp;took&nbsp;place&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Hakkâri&nbsp;region&nbsp;in&nbsp;1924.&nbsp;The&nbsp;Nestorians&nbsp;were&nbsp;a&nbsp;Christian&nbsp;community&nbsp;living&nbsp;particularly&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;regions&nbsp;of&nbsp;Hakkâri,&nbsp;Mosul,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Urmia&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;late&nbsp;Ottoman&nbsp;period&nbsp;onward,&nbsp;and&nbsp;they&nbsp;sought&nbsp;to&nbsp;preserve&nbsp;and&nbsp;expand&nbsp;their&nbsp;status&nbsp;under&nbsp;the&nbsp;protection&nbsp;of&nbsp;Western&nbsp;powers,&nbsp;especially&nbsp;Britain.&nbsp;The&nbsp;Nestorian&nbsp;Uprising,&nbsp;which&nbsp;broke&nbsp;out&nbsp;during&nbsp;the&nbsp;period&nbsp;in&nbsp;which&nbsp;the&nbsp;Mosul&nbsp;Question&nbsp;was&nbsp;being&nbsp;addressed&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;context&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;establishment&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Republic&nbsp;of&nbsp;Türkiye,&nbsp;created&nbsp;a&nbsp;serious&nbsp;crisis&nbsp;not&nbsp;only&nbsp;in&nbsp;terms&nbsp;of&nbsp;internal&nbsp;security&nbsp;but&nbsp;also&nbsp;within&nbsp;the&nbsp;framework&nbsp;of&nbsp;international&nbsp;relations.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">The&nbsp;study&nbsp;will&nbsp;examine&nbsp;the&nbsp;main&nbsp;causes&nbsp;and&nbsp;development&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;uprising,&nbsp;as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;military&nbsp;and&nbsp;diplomatic&nbsp;strategies&nbsp;pursued&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;founding&nbsp;government&nbsp;in&nbsp;response&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;events,&nbsp;within&nbsp;the&nbsp;framework&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;regional&nbsp;and&nbsp;global&nbsp;political&nbsp;dynamics&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;period.&nbsp;Particular&nbsp;attention&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;paid&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;conflict&nbsp;between&nbsp;Türkiye’s&nbsp;efforts&nbsp;to&nbsp;secure&nbsp;its&nbsp;national&nbsp;borders&nbsp;and&nbsp;Britain’s&nbsp;interests&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;region,&nbsp;and&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;extent&nbsp;to&nbsp;which&nbsp;this&nbsp;conflict&nbsp;became&nbsp;a&nbsp;decisive&nbsp;factor&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;process&nbsp;of&nbsp;resolving&nbsp;the&nbsp;uprising.&nbsp;In&nbsp;this&nbsp;context,&nbsp;the&nbsp;study&nbsp;will&nbsp;analyze&nbsp;the&nbsp;causes&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Nestorian&nbsp;Uprising&nbsp;within&nbsp;a&nbsp;historical&nbsp;continuum&nbsp;extending&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;Ottoman&nbsp;Empire&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Republic&nbsp;of&nbsp;Türkiye,&nbsp;together&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;military&nbsp;and&nbsp;diplomatic&nbsp;measures&nbsp;taken&nbsp;to&nbsp;suppress&nbsp;it.&nbsp;At&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;time,&nbsp;by&nbsp;evaluating&nbsp;the&nbsp;attitudes&nbsp;of&nbsp;international&nbsp;actors&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;Britain&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Kingdom&nbsp;of&nbsp;Iraq,&nbsp;the&nbsp;study&nbsp;will&nbsp;reveal&nbsp;the&nbsp;diplomatic&nbsp;gains&nbsp;achieved&nbsp;by&nbsp;Türkiye,&nbsp;as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;difficulties&nbsp;it&nbsp;encountered&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;aftermath&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;uprising.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">The&nbsp;research&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;conducted&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;basis&nbsp;of&nbsp;official&nbsp;correspondence,&nbsp;government&nbsp;reports,&nbsp;foreign&nbsp;policy&nbsp;documents,&nbsp;and&nbsp;military&nbsp;assessments&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;period&nbsp;preserved&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Turkish&nbsp;Diplomatic&nbsp;Archives&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Ministry&nbsp;of&nbsp;Foreign&nbsp;Affairs.&nbsp;In&nbsp;addition,&nbsp;British&nbsp;Foreign&nbsp;Office&nbsp;records,&nbsp;contemporary&nbsp;newspapers,&nbsp;and&nbsp;academic&nbsp;literature&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;used&nbsp;in&nbsp;order&nbsp;to&nbsp;provide&nbsp;a&nbsp;multidimensional&nbsp;analysis.&nbsp;By&nbsp;revealing&nbsp;the&nbsp;impact&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Nestorian&nbsp;Uprising&nbsp;on&nbsp;Türkiye’s&nbsp;early&nbsp;foreign&nbsp;policy&nbsp;and&nbsp;its&nbsp;connection&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;Mosul&nbsp;Question,&nbsp;the&nbsp;study&nbsp;aims&nbsp;to&nbsp;contribute&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;better&nbsp;understanding&nbsp;of&nbsp;how&nbsp;Türkiye’s&nbsp;national&nbsp;security&nbsp;and&nbsp;border&nbsp;policies&nbsp;were&nbsp;shaped&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;early&nbsp;Republican&nbsp;period.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">The&nbsp;events&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;examined&nbsp;chronologically,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;emergence,&nbsp;course,&nbsp;and&nbsp;resolution&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;uprising&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;analyzed&nbsp;within&nbsp;a&nbsp;cause-and-effect&nbsp;framework.&nbsp;In&nbsp;this&nbsp;process,&nbsp;archival&nbsp;documents&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;evaluated&nbsp;through&nbsp;content&nbsp;analysis.&nbsp;The&nbsp;statements&nbsp;contained&nbsp;in&nbsp;diplomatic&nbsp;and&nbsp;official&nbsp;documents&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;interpreted&nbsp;in&nbsp;relation&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;political&nbsp;discourse&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;period,&nbsp;while&nbsp;the&nbsp;concepts,&nbsp;actors,&nbsp;and&nbsp;diplomatic&nbsp;initiatives&nbsp;appearing&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;documents&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;classified&nbsp;through&nbsp;thematic&nbsp;coding.&nbsp;Furthermore,&nbsp;the&nbsp;attitudes,&nbsp;crisis&nbsp;perceptions,&nbsp;and&nbsp;resolution&nbsp;strategies&nbsp;of&nbsp;Türkiye&nbsp;and&nbsp;Britain&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;analyzed&nbsp;comparatively,&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;position&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Kingdom&nbsp;of&nbsp;Iraq&nbsp;also&nbsp;considered&nbsp;at&nbsp;a&nbsp;secondary&nbsp;level.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">Keywords:&nbsp;Nestorian&nbsp;Revolt,&nbsp;Mosul&nbsp;Question,&nbsp;Hakkâri,&nbsp;Border&nbsp;Security,&nbsp;Iraqi&nbsp;Mandate.</p>

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