Kurdish massacres

The Kurdish massacres (Kurdish: Komkujiyên Kurdan; Turkish: Kürt isyanları lit. "Kurdish rebellions"), including the Zilan and Dersim massacres, were massacres perpetrated by the Republic of Turkey against the Kurds.

Kurdish massacres
Part of Late Ottoman genocides
Date	1921–1938
Target	Kurds
Attack type	Deportation, mass murder, others
Deaths	34,500–77,000[1][2]
Perpetrators	Turkey Kemalists
Motive	Anti-Kurdish sentiment, Turkifaction, Anti-Alevi sentiment

References

1. Mikaberidze 2013, p. 746.
2. Gerlach 2016, p. 401.

Sources

• Mikaberidze, Alexander, ed. (2013). Atrocities, Massacres, and War Crimes: An Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 746. ISBN 978-1-59884-925-7. Zilan Massacre–Turkish troops massacred between 4,500 and 47,000 Kurdish residents of the Zilan Valley during Kurdish Revolt in July 1930.
• Gerlach, Christian (2016). The Extermination of the European Jews. Cambridge University Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-521-88078-7. But by far the bloodiest violence targeted Kurds during the Dersim uprising of 1937–38, when Turkish troops massacred about 30,000 people.