Dersim Ethnocide
Main article: Dersim Massacre
In 19371938, approximately 65,00070,000 Alevi Kurds[21][22][23] were killed and thousands were taken into exile. A key component of the turkification process was the policy of massive population resettlement. Referring to the main policy document in this context, the 1934 law on resettlement, a policy targeting the region of Dersim as one of its first test cases, with disastrous consequences for the local population.[24] The Dersim ethnocide[21] is often confused with the Dersim Rebellion that took place during these events. Today, not much is left of Derim's distinctive culture and the majority of its people live in the diaspora.[21]
Kurds
According to Shaller and Zimmerer in the Journal of Genocide Research, the leadership of Young Turks planned to eliminate Kurdish identity by deporting Kurds from their ancestral land and displacing them in small groups.[25] In this era, the Kurds suffered from deportations and death marches and forced Turkification.[25] The Young Turks partially implemented these plans in WWI and 700,000 Kurds were forcibly removed where approximately 350,000 of these displaced Kurds perished.[25] These Kurds were forced by the young Turks to go on death march resembling the Armenian marches[25] which was part of a plan to eliminate Kurdish identity.[25] The movement has also been seen as the cause for the policy of "Turkification" which Turkey has attempted to impose on its ethnic minorities such as the Kurds until 1991. In an attempt to deny their existence, the Turkish government categorized Kurds as "Mountain Turks" until 1991.[26][27]