TURKEY TROUBLED
KURDISTAN REVOLT
TO FOUND NEW STATE
RESTORATION OF KHALIFATE. (Received 11.10 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, February 25. Owing to the rapid extension of the Kurdistan revolt the. Turkish Government has proclaimed martial law in thirteen Eastern provinces. Sheik Said's rebels, numbering 7000, aim at forming a Kurdish State, and restoring the Khali fate. Government troops surrounded the rebels northeast of Diarbekir. The suddenness of the rising in difficult regions is perplexing the Government. A Turkish flotilla bombarded the village of Katen, the home of Sheik Said, the demonstration resulting in indescribable panic and considerable damage being done.—Sun. TURKS ACCUSE GREEKS. REBEL BAND INCREASING. (Received 12.45 p.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, February 2',. The Turkish Government accuses Greeks of inciting the Kurdistan • revolt. Sheik Said, declares his intention of proclaiming the son of the exSultan, Abdul Ilainid, as King. The gendarmerie joined the rebels, who now number 20,000. —Sun.
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Northern Advocate, 26 February 1925, Page 5
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