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Dersim Rebellion

1937 CE – 1938 CE

Kurdish-Alevi uprising in the Dersim (Tunceli) region of eastern Turkey against forced assimilation and resettlement policies.

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Turkish military operations, 1937–1938

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Dersim Rebellion

1937 CE – 1938 CE

Kurdish-Alevi uprising in the Dersim (Tunceli) region of eastern Turkey against forced assimilation and resettlement policies. The Turkish military response, including aerial bombardment, killed an estimated 13,000-70,000 civilians. Turkey officially recognised it as a massacre in 2011.

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