Çemişgezek (; ) is a municipality (
belde
Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish.
All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...
) and seat of
Çemişgezek District of
Tunceli Province,
Turkey
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.
The mayor is Levent Metin Yıldız (
AKP).
The town had a population of 3,009 in 2021 and is populated by both
Kurds
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...
and
Turks.
The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Çukur, Hacı Cami, Hamamatik, Kale, Mescit, Tepebaşı and Yenimahalle.
Climate
Çemişgezek has a
Mediterranean climate
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(
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* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
: ''Csa'') with very hot, dry summers and chilly, frequently snowy winters.
Notable natives
*
Aurora Mardiganian –
Armenian genocide
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily t ...
survivor, writer of ''
Ravished Armenia''.
*
John I Tzimiskes - Byzantine emperor of Armenian origin
*
Aynur Doğan – Kurdish singer
*
Diyap Yıldırım – Kurdish politician
See also
*
Emirate of Çemişgezek
References
External links
Populated places in Çemişgezek District
Kurdish settlements in Tunceli Province
District municipalities in Turkey
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