The Sheikh Said rebellion allegedly triggered with the British support was influential in the League’s decision. Turkey’s main argument was that Turks and Kurds were living in harmony and they were inseparable. The rebellion was contrary to what Turkish decision makers were claiming. The Sheikh Said
rebellion was considered by the European powers as a religious as well as a nationalist movement, reflective of the preoccupations of the Kurdish tribes to protect their “national and religious” identities against the Republic.