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forces'. Nevertheless, the British deep state continued its efforts to build a

Nestorian state in Anatolia. During the conference held in San Remo, Italy
from June 18 to 26, 1920, convened for the purpose of sharing Ottoman ter-

ritory, Lord Curzon demanded a special settlement area for Nestorians. Af-
ter this development, Nestorians decided to launch a military attack on

Hakkari and then settle there. The attack that started on October 27, 1920
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failed due to harsh winter conditions.

1924 Riot

Three years later, Nestorians rioted one more time and again, their sup-

porters were the British deep state. The British deep state continued to use
Nestorians as mercenaries against Turkey until the Mosul issue was resolved

in its favor. 407

Hakkari governor Halil Rıfat Bey, who was taken a prisoner in the be-
ginning of the 1924 Nestorian riot and later released, said that he saw uni-

formed and armed British soldiers among Nestorians, and British planes fly-
ing over Hakkari (Çukurca) hills. Based on his observations, he said: 'There

is no doubt that the British have been recently provoking these people against
our government'. 408

Halil Rıfat Bey was spot on with his analysis that the riot was backed by
the British deep state. This fact is further verified in an article published by
The Times during the same time. This article depicted the Turkish lands,

planned to be taken for Nestorians, as the Assyrian State, and referring to the

incident in Hakkari, used a threatening tone and said if the region were left
to Turkey, more incidents would follow. In the same article, the Turkish land
of Çölemerik (Hakkari) was called 'lands that belonged to no one yet'. Gov-

ernor Halil Rıfat Bey, who went to investigate the area, was portrayed as a per-

son that violated the region. 409

Indeed, Turkey has declared on several occasions that the British had
armed Nestorian tribes that staged attacks against Turkey. 410

In truth, the British deep state was planning to build autonomous Kur-

dish and Nestorian regions within Mosul vilayet, which according to its plan

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