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Tunceli (Formerly Kalan; Zazaish and Kurdish: Dêrsîm) is the provincial capital of Tunceli Province in Turkey. It has a population of 25,041 (2000 census). Tunceli is located in the middle of the eastern part of Turkey. Although the population of Tunceli gradually decreased, it is really important for its people that still live in Tunceli and migrated different cities and countries. Tubceli is covered with huge mountains, which are called Munzur Mountains, and most of these mountains are holy for Tunceli public and Kizilbas People (Redhead People) like the Munzur River and the other natural things.

The Dersim Rebellion, 1937

In 1937-1938, a major rebellion began around the Kizilbash heartland of Dersim, which was itself part of a region marked for total evacuation by Ankara . The 1937-38 Dersim uprising can be seen as actually two separate uprisings, separated by a particularly hard winter. The first war went from late March 1937 to November 1937, while the second war began in April 1938 and lasted until December 1938. The Dersim rebellion was led by the local traditional Kizilbash elites, at the head of whom stood Seyt Riza, chief of the Abbasushagi tribe. Local intellectual cadres also played a role in the rising's leadership, according to one source.

Turkish Army mobilized 50,000 troops to suppress the rebellion. Since Dersim region was closer to Ankara than the previous rebellious regions, Turkish Air Force was used more effectively against the uprising. Sabiha Gökçen, Turkey's first female pilot and the adopted daughter of Atatürk, took part in the bombing raids against the Dersim Kurds .

Seyt Riza was himself captured on 5 September 1937 and was hanged, together with ten of his lieutenants, on 18 November. Retribution by Turkish forces claimed at least 40,000 Dersimlis, who were deported and massacred following this defeat .

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