Hakkâri Nasturileri: İsyan ve Göç (1915-1936)
Hakkâri Nestorians: Revolt and Migration (1915-1936)

Summary/Abstract: For the Nestorians, who lived in and around Hakkâri for many years under the Ottoman rule, World War I represents a significant break. The Nestorians, who took the side of Russia by hoping for independence after the start of the war, had to leave their homeland Hakkâri in the following process, let alone achieving this goal. The Nestorians, who migrated to Iran's Urmia and Salmas provinces in the middle of 1915 after the expected support from Russia did not come, came under the command of the British after the October Revolution in Russia in 1917. They migrated to Iraq, which was under the control of the British. The next most important goal of the Nestorians is to establish an independent state that will include Hakkâri with the support of the British. However, the end of the British mandate in Iraq on May 30, 1932, before the promises made to them were kept, created a significant disappointment for the Nestorians. After that, under the leadership of the League of Nations, studies were started for the collective resettlement of Nestorians in Iraq, in the surrounding countries and in distant continents. But success was not achieved. As a result, the Nestorians, who were in the Entente Bloc and had to leave Hakkâri with their hopes of independence, dispersed to various areas within Iraq after nearly twenty years without achieving their goals and after suffering significant losses. In this study, the migration processes of the Nestorians of Hakkâri will be discussed from the beginning of the First World War (1935) to

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