In 1937/38, the so-called 'Dersim massacres' took place in Turkey. There, the Turkish military used extreme violence against the predominantly Alevi local population. Beginning in 2010, the Dersim Tarih ve Kültür Merkezi (Dersim Culture and History Center) conducted over 400 video interviews with survivors and their descendants. Most of the interviews were conducted in the local language of Kırmancki/Zazaki. The project, generously funded by the German Federal Government's Commissioner for Culture and the Media, will use the unique potential of a selection (100) of these interviews to initiate further research as well as educational and cultural projects. The core of the project is therefore the transcription, translation and gradual publication of the material.
The project Dersim 1937/38 (Ruhr University Bochum) and the Dersim Center for Culture and History kindly invite you to an afternoon dealing with the topic "Remembering Dersim".
How can we remember Dersim? Which role plays Oral History and how can the project Dersim 1937/38 contribute to that?
More information can be found here (only in German). Please sign up in advance here (only in German). Thank you!
Note that the event will only be held in German!
For updates and background information follow us at @dersim1937.38
Dr. Ismail Küpeli
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaft
E-Mail: ismail.kuepeli@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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Last update: Apr 25, 2025
