Tunceli controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1937
Dersim massacre and forced displacement
Military operations conducted in the Dersim region in 1937–1938 after the Tunceli Law resulted in the deaths of thousands of predominantly Kurdish Alevi inhabitants and the forced displacement of tens of thousands. The episode remains a central and contested part of Tunceli's public memory.