Çemişgezek ( ku, Melkişî; hy, Չմշկածագ, translit=Čmškacag) is a town and district of
Tunceli Province
Tunceli Province ( tr, Tunceli ili, ku, Parêzgeha Dêrsimê, Zazaki: ), formerly Dersim Province, is located in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The least densely-populated province in Turkey, it was originally named ''Dersim Province' ...
,
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. The mayor is Levent Metin Yıldız (
AKP).
The district has a population of 7,418 as of 2021.
Demographics
The town and district is populated by both
Kurds ug:كۇردلار
Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ir ...
and
Turks
Turk or Turks may refer to:
Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic ...
.
Notable natives
*
Aurora Mardiganian
Aurora (Arshaluys) Mardiganian ( hy, Ô±Õ¸Ö‚Ö€Õ¸Ö€Õ¡ ±Ö€Õ·Õ¡Õ¬Õ¸ÕµÕ½Õ„Õ¡Ö€Õ¿Õ«Õ¯Õ¡Õ¶Õ¥Õ¡Õ¶; January 12, 1901 – February 6, 1994) was an Armenian-American author, actress, and a survivor of the Armenian genocide.
Biography
Aurora Mardiganian wa ...
–
Armenian genocide
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was ...
survivor, writer of ''
Ravished Armenia
''Ravished Armenia'' (full title: ''Ravished Armenia: The Story of Aurora Mardiganian, the Christian Girl, Who Survived the Great Massacres'') is a book written in 1918 by Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian about her experiences in the Armenian gen ...
''.
*
Aynur DoÄŸan
Aynur DoÄŸan (born 1 March 1975) is a contemporary Kurdish singer and musician from Turkey.
Career
Aynur Doğan was born in Çemişgezek, a small mountain town in Tunceli Province in Turkey and fled to İstanbul in 1992. She studied ''saz'' ...
– Kurdish singer
*
Diyap Yıldırım
Diyap Yıldırım or Diyap Ağa (1852 in Çemişgezek – 1932 in Sivas) was a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin and the leader of the Ferhatuşağı tribe in Dersim. He represented Dersim (now Tunceli) in the Grand National Assembly of Tur ...
– Kurdish politician
See also
*
Emirate of Çemişgezek
Emirate of Çemişgezek (, 13th century–1663) was a hereditary and autonomous Kurdish emirate existing from the 13th century to 1663, centered around Çemişgezek including Mazgirt, Pertek and Sağman. The emirate was populated by both Muslims a ...
References
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Populated places in Çemişgezek District
Districts of Tunceli Province
Kurdish settlements in Turkey
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