In 1937–38, Dersim in Eastern Anatolia became the scene of massacres perpetrated by the Turkish military against the predominantly Alevi population. Measures of expulsion and re-education contributed to the widespread destruction of Dersim’s traditional way of life.
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The Dersim 1937/38 project has compiled interviews with eyewitnesses and is making the videos, subtitled in Kırmancki, Turkish and German, available to the public.
PROGRAMME
Welcome
Dr Gundula Bavendamm, Director, Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion and Reconciliation
Minister of State Dr Wolfram Weimer, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Hüseyin Aydın, Chair of the Dersim Culture and History Centre
Moderator: Dr Silke Krohn, Head of Education and Outreach, Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion and Reconciliation
FURTHER INFORMATION
Doors open: 09.30
Language: German
FREE ENTRY
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
The event is a collaboration between the Dersim Culture and History Centre, Ruhr University Bochum and the Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion and Reconciliation.
PROGRAMME
Welcome
Dr Gundula Bavendamm, Director, Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion and Reconciliation
Minister of State Dr Wolfram Weimer, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Hüseyin Aydın, Chair of the Dersim Culture and History Centre
Moderator: Dr Silke Krohn, Head of Education and Outreach, Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion and Reconciliation
FURTHER INFORMATION
Doors open: 09.30
Language: German
FREE ENTRY
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
The event is a collaboration between the Dersim Culture and History Centre, Ruhr University Bochum and the Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion and Reconciliation.
Dates
May 2026
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