Dersim

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Dersim is a mountainous, historically autonomous region in eastern Anatolia known as a cultural and political center for Zaza- and Kurdish-speaking Alevi communities and for its long tradition of resistance to central authorities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dersim canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Kurmanji Kurdish ⓘ
linked to: Kurmanji

Zazaki language ⓘ
linked to: Zazaki
country Turkey ⓘ
culturalHeritage Alevi rituals and cem ceremonies ⓘ
culturalRegionFor Alevi communities ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Zaza people ⓘ
governedBy religious leaders ⓘ
tribal leaders ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Kurds ⓘ
Zaza ⓘ
hasMinorityGroup Armenians ⓘ
Sunni Kurds ⓘ
linked to: Kurds
hasReligiousGroup Alevis ⓘ
historicalAutonomy Ottoman period ⓘ
early Turkish Republic period ⓘ
historicalEvent Dersim Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Dersim Rebellion

Dersim Rebellion ⓘ
historicalLanguage Kurdish ⓘ
Zaza ⓘ
historicalName Dersim ⓘ
knownFor Alevi culture ⓘ
Kurdish-speaking communities ⓘ
Zaza-speaking communities ⓘ
historical autonomy ⓘ
resistance to central authorities ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
massacreDate 1937–1938 ⓘ
modernAdministrativeSuccessor Tunceli Province ⓘ
modernOfficialNameOfCoreArea Tunceli ⓘ
linked to: Tunceli Province
overlapsWith Bingöl Province ⓘ
Elazığ Province ⓘ
Erzincan Province ⓘ
Tunceli Province ⓘ
partOf Anatolia ⓘ
politicalSignificance center of Alevi political movements ⓘ
center of leftist movements in Turkey ⓘ
previousAuthority Ottoman Empire ⓘ
rebellionAgainst Republic of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Turkey
rebellionDate 1937–1938 ⓘ
regionType peripheral region ⓘ
religiousTradition Alevism ⓘ
river Murat River ⓘ
Peri River ⓘ
terrainFeature mountainous region ⓘ
topography deep valleys ⓘ
high mountains ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zaza → historicalRegion → Dersim ⓘ
Dersim → historicalName → Dersim ⓘ
Zaza Dimlî → region → Dersim ⓘ
Tunceli → historicalName → Dersim ⓘ
subject linked to: city of Tunceli
Pertek → historicalRegion → Dersim ⓘ
Zazas → traditionalArea → Dersim ⓘ