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Nazımiye (), formerly known as Kızıl Kilise (, ), is a municipality and seat of the Nazımiye District of Tunceli Province in Turkey. It had a population of 1,262 in 2021. It is populated by Kurds of the Arel and Lolan tribes. The main religion is Kurdish Alevism and main language is Zazaki. At the same time, crypto-Armenians who survived the Armenian genocide also live in Nazımiye.

Key facts

Turkey place.name
Nazımiye
Turkey place.type
municipality
Turkey place.image_skyline
Nazımiye town in 2006 9444.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption
A view from Nazımiye, 2006
Turkey place.image_map
Tunceli location Nazımiye.png
Turkey place.map_caption
Location of Nazımiye on Tunceli
Turkey place.district
Tunceli
Turkey place.leader_party
CHP
Turkey place.leader_name
Ali Emrah Tekin
Turkey place.population_total
1,262
Turkey place.population_as_of
2021
Turkey place.postal_code
62950

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Nazımiye (), formerly known as Kızıl Kilise (, ), is a municipality and seat of the Nazımiye District of Tunceli Province in Turkey. It had a population of 1,262 in 2021. It is populated by Kurds of the Arel and Lolan tribes. The main religion is Kurdish Alevism and main language is Zazaki. At the same time, crypto-Armenians who survived the Armenian genocide also live in Nazımiye.

== History == Its old name is Kızıl Kilise (). The settlement, which came under Ottoman rule after the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514, was first connected to the Çemişgezek Sanjak and then to the Mazgirt Sanjak.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nazımiye” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.