Seyid Riza

Seyid Riza
Seyid Riza, before 1937
Bornc. 1863
Lertik, Harput Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Ovacık, Tunceli)
DiedNovember 1937 (aged 74)
Elazığ, Turkey
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
NationalityKurdish
OccupationTribal leader
Known forExecuted for being one of the leaders of the Dersim rebellion

Seyid Riza (Kurdish: سەید ڕەزا, romanized: Seyîd Riza, c. 1863 – 15 November 1937) was an Alevi Kurdish political leader of Dersim, a religious figure and the leader of the Dersim rebellion.

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