Society for the Rise of Kurdistan also known as the Society for the Advancement of Kurdistan, was secretly established in Constantinople on 6 November 1917 and officially announced organization formed
Society Vice President Emin Ali
Society Vice President Kurd Fuad Pasha
Alîşêr Efendî and his wife Zarife Xatun, in hiding in Tunceli. Probably photographed in the 1930s.
Fourteen Points
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The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918, speech on war aim
Society for the Rise of Kurdistan
…independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey. The Society based its statements for an independent or autonomous Kurdistan on the Treaty of Sèvres and the Fourteen Points stipulated by Woodrow Wilson. The society formed many local dependencies in the eastern provinces of Turkey. The leadership of the society was almost…
U.S. president Woodrow Wilson in a 1918 portrait
President Wilson tells George Washington that he destroys autocracy with his 14 points.
Wilson's Fourteen Points as the only way to peace for German government, American political cartoon, 1918.
1926 German artwork made with Notgeld coins depicting "The World-Juggler with 14 Points;" Clemenceau and Lloyd George light bombs.