Tunceli Province

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Tunceli Province
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Overview
Region:Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
Area:7,774 (km)
Total Population76,401 TUIK 2006 (est)
Population density9.8(pop/km)
Licence plate code:62
Area code:0392
Governor Websitehttp://www..gov.tr
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Tunceli (Zazaki: Dêsim, Kurdish: Dêrsim) is a province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The province was named Dersim until 1936 (Dersim meaning 'silver door' in Kurdish and Persian), and some still call the region by this name. The province's population is predominantly Zaza. Its adjacent provinces are Erzincan (Erzıngan) to the north and west, Elazığ (Xarpêt) to the south, and Bingöl (Çolig) to the east. The province covers an area of 7,774 km² and has a population of 76,401. It has the lowest population density of any province in Turkey, just 9.8 inhabitants/km². Tunceli is the only Turkish province with an Alevi majority.

The name of the provincial capital, Kalan, was then officially changed to match with the province's name. Tunceli is known for its old buildings (though mainly destroyed by Hamidiye Alays in the late 19th century and Turkish army in 1936-37 military operations against the last remaining Armenians and Alevi Derebeys-local rulers), and impressive scenery, especially along the Munzur River, and the mountains Kou Munzuri and Kou Mercani.

Districts

Tunceli province is divided into 8 districts (capital district in bold): Although a distinct province, it was administered from Elazığ until 1947.

History

The history of the province stretches back to antiquity. It has been mentioned as 'Daranalis' by Ptolemy, and seemingly, it was referred to as 'Daranis' before him. One theory as to the origin of the name associates with the Persian Emperor Darius.

As of the end of the 19th century, the region (called "Dersim") was included in the Ottoman sancak (subprovince) of Hozat, depending the city and the province of Mamuret-ül Aziz (Elazığ today), with the exception of the actual district of Pülümür, which depended on the neighboring sancak of Erzincan, then a part of the Erzurum Province. This status continued through the first years of the Republic of Turkey, until 1936 when the name of the province ("Dersim") has been changed to Tunceli -literally 'the land of bronze' in Turkish, (tunç meaning bronze and el (in this context) meaning land). The center of the province has been fixed in the town of Kalan and the district of Pülümür has been added within the boundaries of the new province.

The Dersim Rebellion, 1937

Main article: Dersim Rebellion
In 1937-1938, a major rebellion by Dersim's Kurdish population began around the Kizilbash heartland of Dersim, which was itself part of a region marked for total evacuation by Ankara [1]. 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 [2].

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 [3][4][5].

Education

Ninety-eight percent of Tunceli's population has at least a primary school education, leading to one of the highest rates of literacy for a district within Turkey. In 1979/1980 Tunceli had the highest number of students attending universities as well as the top entry points until the only higher education school shut down and converted to a military base.

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References

1. ^ Kendal, in Chaliand, Gerard (1980) People Without a Country. London & New Jersey, Zed Press, p.67
2. ^ Olson, R., The Kurdish Rebellions of Sheikh Said (1925), Mt. Ararat (1930), and Dersim (1937-8): Their Impact on the Development of the Turkish Air Force and on Kurdish and Turkish Nationalism, Die Welt des Islam, New Ser., Vol.40, Issue 1, March 2000, pp.89-90
3. ^ Kinnane, Derk (1964) The Kurds and Kurdistan, London, Oxford University Press, p.31
4. ^ Pelletiere, Stephen C. (1984) The Kurds. An Unstable Element in the Gulf, Boulder, Westview PressPelletiere,p. 83
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