Pülümür ( ku, Pilemor)
is a small
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
and its surrounding district in
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 transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
. The mayor is Müslüm Tosun (
CHP). The city has a population of 1,656. Majority of the city is
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
.
Notable people
*
Hüseyin Kenan Aydın
Hüseyin Kenan Aydın (born 22 October 1962, in Pülümür, Tunceli Province, Turkey) is a German politician and member of Die Linke.
Professional career
In 1980 he was employed by Thyssen-Krupp. From 1991 to 2003 he was involved in the worker ...
References
Cities in Turkey
Districts of Tunceli Province
Populated places in Tunceli Province
Kurdish settlements in Turkey
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