Ali Teli Kemi is known by the name Ali Teli. He was born in 1945 in the village of Bebo in the Nerwe and Rekani sub-district of the Amedi district in the Duhok governorate. He completed his primary education in the village of Bebo. He studied middle and high school in the Amedi district. In 1975 he migrated to East Kurdistan and resided in the city of Urmia. In 1991 after the popular uprising of South Kurdistan, he returned to South Kurdistan.
In 1961 he joined the Peshmerga forces of the September Revolution and became a Peshmerga under Commander Haji Beroxi in the Nerwe and Rekani region. Later he went to Zakho and spent some time on the Zakho Mountain. He participated in the battles of the Semel district, Zawita Valley, Sarke, and Siwaretuka.
In 1962 he became a Peshmerga in the new organization of the Behdinan region forces, under the command of Mustafa Nerweyi. That same year, with his force and the special force of Mela Mustafa Barzani he crossed into the Soran district and was in Ranya, Qeladize, and Koye. In 1964 he participated as a member in the sixth congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
In 1970 with Mustafa Nerweyi, he was based in the village of Beshe in the Similani sub-district of the Choman district. In 1974 he participated in the battles of Zozik Mountain and Geruye Omer Axa. In 1975 after the defeat of the September Revolution, he went to the border of North Kurdistan and, with several other Peshmerga, continued partisan activities as a mobile unit.
In 1976 after the start of the Gulan Revolution he joined the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces. He was appointed as a Unit Commander in the Gulan District Committee. He carried out activities in the districts of Duhok, Shekhan, Akre, and up to near the city of Mosul. With Sami Abdulrahman and 100 other Peshmerga, he participated in the Baze battle.
In 1979 he went to East Kurdistan and participated in the ninth congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. After the conclusion of the congress, he returned to South Kurdistan. In 1988 during the extensive Anfal operation and the chemical bombardment of the Behdinan region, he was in the village of Mazya in the Rekan district. After that operation, he went to the border of North Kurdistan and from there he went to the city of Urmia in East Kurdistan.
In 1991 with the start of the popular uprising of South Kurdistan, he returned to South Kurdistan with Omer Osman and Zeim Ali via Haji Omeran, and from there he went to the city of Duhok and participated in the uprising. In 1992 after the organization of the Akre District Committee, he became the head of that committee. In 1995 he received the rank of Commander of the Akre Army. In 1997 he was transferred to the Command of the Kurdistan Army (Fe.le.k) and returned again to the Akre army. In 2003 he received the rank of Deputy Commander of the Zerevani in Erbil. Later he was transferred to the Zerevani Command Office of the city of Duhok. He participated in the 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 congresses of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
On 16 December 2010 at the 13 congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, by President Masoud Barzani he received the Barzani the Immortal medal.
1. Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.