What do you know about Zaza People from Turkey?

Zaza People live in Middle and Eastern of Turkey. Is is not certain but it is estimaed that 5-6 million Zaza people lives in Anatolia. They can not speak their own language, because Turkish Government have banned it since formation of the Country, 1923. Therefore , they revolted three times against the government to gain their rights.

First revolution was happened in Middle of Anatolia, city of Sivas(Qocgiri) in 1920-1921 . In this revolution thousands of Zaza and Alevis People (RedHeads) were killed by gangs of the government. Some rebellious could have escaped to Dersim where Zaza People were in safe then.

Second revolution was happened in 1925 and at the end of the revolution all leaders of the movement were executed by the government.

Actually the last one was not a revolution. It was actually a genocide . Some sources say in Dersim,where the last revolution of Zaza People were happened, approximately 40.000 people were killed and as many as people were have diarrhoead to western Anotolia. This genocide was happened in 1937-1938. At the end of the genocide leader of Dersim Country "Seyid Riza" was executed by the government.