Azadî

[2] According to Kurds who reported to British intelligence officers, Azadî was established in Erzurum in 1921 by Halid Beg Cibran.

[4] Several reasons were put forward for its establishment, such as:[5] According to Robert Olson, Azadî has established sections in the cities of Erzurum, Dersim, Diyarbakir, Siirt, Istanbul, Bitlis, Kars, Hınıs, Erzincan, Muş, Van, Malazgirt, and Harput and several Kurdish notables and tribe leaders were the heads of the sections.

[7] According to Robert Olson, the British intelligence reported that by 1924 Seyyit Abdulkadir was the registered as the head of office in Istanbul.

[10] During its first General Congress in 1924, in which several commanders from the Hamidye cavalry and also Sheikh Said took part, it was decided that the Kurds should revolt against the Turks.

After many members from the Azadî were arrested following the failed revolt in Beytüşşebab, the movement has chosen Sheikh Said as its leader.