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Dersim Rebellion

1937 CE – 1938 CE · 1 year

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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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Kurdish-Alevi tribes (Seyid Riza)
  • Republic of Turkey

Key moments

Defining events in the Dersim Rebellion.

  1. 1937 Turkish aerial campaigns
  2. 1938 Siege of Dersim

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1937 CE and 1938 CE.

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