Seyid Riza

Seyid Riza was a Zaza Alevi political leader of the Zaza Kurds of Dersim, a religious figure of Alevism. He was also the leader of the Dersim movement in eastern Turkey during the 1937–1938 Dersim Rebellion against the Turkish government of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He declared a rebellion against the Turkish government after Nowruz festivities.

Category:1863 births
Category:1937 deaths