Sheikh Said rebellion

Sheikh Said rebellion
	Part of Kurdish rebellions in Turkey
	; Turkish soldiers encircling Palu, Çapakçur (present-day: Bingöl), Genc (present-day: Kaleköy, Solhan), Piran, Hani, Lice, Ergani, Egil and Silvan, Cumhuriyet Newspaper, 30 March 1925.
Date	8 February—March 1925
Location	Elazığ, Bingöl, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa, Mardin, Muş areas
Result	Turkish victory Revolt suppressed;
Belligerents
Turkey	Azadî; Sheikh Said
Commanders and leaders
Mustafa Kemal Pasha; Kâzım Pasha (Third Army); Mürsel Pasha (VII Corps); Naci Pasha (V Corps)	Sheikh Said ; Halid Beg Cibran
Strength
February–March:; 25,000 men (fewer than 12,000 are armed troops; the rest are unarmed logistical troops); April:; 52,000 men (25,000 are armed troops)	15,000 men
Casualties and losses
	Total: 15,000–20,000 killed

The Sheikh Said rebellion (Kurdish: Serhildana Şêx Seîd, Turkish: Şeyh Said İsyanı) was a Kurdish nationalist rebellion in Turkish Kurdistan in 1925 led by Sheikh Said and with support of the Azadî against the newly-founded Turkish Republic. The rebellion was mostly led by Zaza speakers, but also gained support among some of the neighboring Kurmanji-speaking Kurds in the region.

The religious and nationalist background of the Sheikh Said rebellion has been debated by the scholars. The rebellion was described as "the first large-scale nationalist rebellion by the Kurds" by Robert W. Olson.

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