Tal Afar uprising
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| Tal Afar uprising | |||||||
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| Part of the Al-Jazira Front of the Turkish War of Independence and the Iraqi Revolt | |||||||
 Tal Afar Citadel, 2007 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Iraqi Turkmens |
 United Kingdom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Lt. Cemil Muhammed Halil[2] | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Tal Afar uprising or Kaçakaç Rebellion[1] was a rebellion during the Anglo-Turkish War of 1918–1923, which resulted in a British victory.
With the capture of Sheikh Mahmud and his exile to Kuwait, the first period of the Kuva-yi Milliye movement in Sulaymaniyah in 1919 ended. After this, resistance efforts shifted to Mosul. Various organizations, especially the "Cemiyet-i Hilaliye" established here, gained effectiveness with the participation of the Arabs[3]
Uprising
Telafer was captured by the Turkmens with the rebellion led by Lieutenant Colonel Cemil Muhammed Halil Efendi. With the delay in the reinforcements coming from Anatolia, the forward operation to save Mosul remained inconclusive.[2] Learning about the situation, the British entered Tal Afar with the support of the air force and eventually suppressed the uprising.