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The Dêrsîm Genocide is a name given to violent suppression during the Dersim rebellion in the summer of 1937 and the spring of 1938 of the local population of Dersim, now called Tunceli Province (in Turkey). Thousands of Alevi Kurds^[1] were killed and thousands more were taken into exile, depopulating the province. A key component of the turkification process was the policy of massive population resettlement, a result of the 1934 law on resettlement, a policy targeting the region of Dersim as one of its first test cases with disastrous consequences for the local population^[2].

In 2008, the PKK, a Kurdish terrorist organization responsible for 30.000 killings in south-eastern Turkey,^[3] organized a "Dersim genocide conference" in which it reached the conclusion that Turkey was guilty of so-called 'genocide' not only of Alevis, but also Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, non-Alevi Kurds and Jews.^[4]

References

^ The Suppression of the Dersim Rebellion in Turkey (1937-38) Page 4
^ George J Andreopoulos, Genocide, page 11
^ http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/82738.htm
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Turkish

Hür, Ayşe (2008-11-23). ""Atatürk Dersim'i vuracağız dedi, vurduk"". Taraf (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-11-23.

[1] The Suppression of the Dersim Rebellion in Turkey (1937-38) Page 4

[2] George J Andreopoulos, Genocide, page 11

[3] ttp://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/82738.htm

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 [[File:Wilayah_Dersim_1937.png|thumb|230px|Tunceli 1938]]
-The '''Dêrsîm Events''' is a name given to violent suppression during the [[Dersim rebellion]] in the summer of 1937 and the spring of 1938 of the local population of Dersim, now called [[Tunceli Province]] (in [[Turkey]]). Thousands of Alevi [[Kurds]]<ref>[http://www.let.uu.nl/~Martin.vanBruinessen/personal/publications/Dersim_rebellion.pdf The Suppression of the Dersim Rebellion in Turkey (1937-38) Page 4]</ref> were killed and thousands more were taken into exile, depopulating the province. A key component of the [[turkification]] process was the policy of massive population resettlement, a result of the 1934 law on resettlement, a policy targeting the region of Dersim as one of its first test cases with disastrous consequences for the local population<ref>George J Andreopoulos, ''Genocide'', page 11</ref>.
+The '''Dêrsîm Genocide''' is a name given to violent suppression during the [[Dersim rebellion]] in the summer of 1937 and the spring of 1938 of the local population of Dersim, now called [[Tunceli Province]] (in [[Turkey]]). Thousands of Alevi [[Kurds]]<ref>[http://www.let.uu.nl/~Martin.vanBruinessen/personal/publications/Dersim_rebellion.pdf The Suppression of the Dersim Rebellion in Turkey (1937-38) Page 4]</ref> were killed and thousands more were taken into exile, depopulating the province. A key component of the [[turkification]] process was the policy of massive population resettlement, a result of the 1934 law on resettlement, a policy targeting the region of Dersim as one of its first test cases with disastrous consequences for the local population<ref>George J Andreopoulos, ''Genocide'', page 11</ref>.
 In 2008, the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|PKK]], a Kurdish terrorist organization responsible for 30.000 killings in south-eastern Turkey,<ref>http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/82738.htm</ref> organized a "Dersim genocide conference" in which it reached the conclusion that Turkey was guilty of so-called 'genocide' not only of Alevis, but also [[Armenians]], [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]], [[Greeks]], non-Alevi [[Kurds]] and [[Jews]].<ref>[http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=34808&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=887bf4a0cb].</ref>