Tunceli Tourist Map With Attractions Visiting Places

Tunceli, Turkey's Eastern Anatolia Region is located in the Upper Euphrates provinces.
history
According to the findings obtained from the archaeological surveys in Tunceli, the region was settled in the Chalcolithic Age (5500-3500 BC). Isuva (Hurri-Mitanni) in the region called the date written in the 2200 BC begins with the Subarrular. In 2200 BC, the region was captured by the Hurrians. Isuva name for the first time III. During the Tuthaliya period, Hittite sources. The Hittites, who established a great state in Anatolia, came to Tunceli in 1375-1335 BC. After the collapse of the Hittite Empire, the region was dominated by the Urartians in the 12th century BC. The region, which is the settlement area of ​​the people defined as Muşki, was dominated by Medes and Persians respectively in the 7th century BC and then the region was conquered by Alexander the Great and came under the domination of Macedonians. After the collapse of the Macedonian State in 17 BC, the Romans came under the sovereignty of the region for a short time, although the Parthians in the 2nd century AD, the Romans broke the part of the activity of the region connected Kappadokia. The region, which was ruled by the Roman and Seleucids, remained within the borders of the Eastern Roman Empire after the separation of the Roman Empire into two, and was located in Tehema in the 7th century AD under the name of Mez Roman Mesopotamia MS. The region was ruled by Byzantines and Sassanids by changing hands from time to time. In 639 AD the caliph passed to Anatolia during the reign of the Islamic Caliph Omar, but the region passed into the hands of the Arabs, but as a result of long-lasting struggles between the Arabs and the Byzantines, the region came under the reign of the Byzantines in 972 AD. After the Malazgirt War in 1071, when the Turkish rule was spreading rapidly in Anatolia, the region came under the dominance of the Turks in 1087. The Anatolian Seljuks, who completely dominated Anatolia in 1228, held the region under their domination until the Battle of Kösedağ in 1243. When the Seljuks were defeated in the Kösedağ War, the region came under the control of the Mongols. Later this region was under the rule of Mengücekler and then Akkoyunlu State for a long time. Tunceli, which was under the administration of Akkoyunlu State until the reign of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, came under Ottoman rule after Otlukbeli War in 1473. After a short period of Safavid 's management under the region, in 1514 after the Battle of Caldiran came under Ottoman rule again.

The region, under the Ottoman rule in 1847, the center of Hozat, "Dersim Livası" by the name of the starboard was connected to Erzurum. In 1879, the Persian "Silver Gate" meaning "Dersim" is a separate province with the name of Tunceli, in 1892 again by the starboard was connected to the province of Mamurat-ül Aziz (Elazığ). Dersim actually pronounced today Tunceli'yi, it determines the name of the region. The old names of today's Tunceli center were Mamiki or Mameki (Kirmanç: Mamekiye), Kalan (Ottoman: قالان, Kirmanç: Qalan).

World War I
Dersim played an important role in World War I. The Dersim tribes fought under the leadership of Seyid Riza for the rescue of Erzincan, a region of Dersim, with a force of 5 thousand people from the Russians and Erzincan was liberated.

Republican period
Dersim is the old name of the province. Dersim province was transformed into a district by the decision of the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 26 June 1926 and was connected to Elâzığ. The name of Dersim was changed with the Law No. 2884 on the Administration of Tunceli Province on 25 December 1935 and a new provincial center was established in the village of Mamiki. The center of the remaining town was the village of Mamiki. Mamiki and Siğenk, an old village, were transformed into a quarter of Tunceli. It became a province again with the law numbered 2885 enacted on 25 December 1935 and the name of the region in the Dersim historical region covering Munzur area was changed to Tunceli. During the Republican era, Tunceli witnessed Dersim Rebellion under the leadership of Seyit Rıza and suffered great damage during the Dersim criticism of 1937-38.