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	Tunceli, Turkey - Mersina: Information about Turkey
		A province surrounded by mountains exhibiting a majestic view, Tunceli is a land with untouched natural beauties; and an area of rocky steep cliffs displaying a wild appearance; this province with its peculiar characteristics lies 133 kms north of Elazig.
		Beginning with the Urartians, it changed hands among Persians, Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans, and today it is a modern province with remains from these periods.
		It was constructed in the Middle Ages, and is a place to be explored by sightseers.
	www.mersina.com /Turkey/E_Anatolia/Tunceli (192 words)

	Tunceli, Turkey
		In one of the most underdeveloped but also one of the most attractive regions of eastern Turkey lies the provincial town of Tunceli, a settlement on the southern edge of an impressive mountainous region.
		Hemmed in by the paths of the Peri Suyu in the east, the Firat Nehri to the west and the north and the Murat Nehri in the south, all sources of the Euphrates, the triangular region thus created which forms the "wild" Tunceli highlands is characterized by two very different types of mountains.
		Tunceli became the provincial capital in 1950 and like the earlier village of Mamiki, it has little of interest to offer visitors.
	www.planetware.com /turkey/tunceli-tr-tu-tu.htm (588 words)

	Tunceli Belediyesi (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tunceli was administered from its temporary center, Elazığ, until 1946 and in 1947 the provincial center was moved to the town of Kalan.
		The Munzur Mountains and Karasu are in the north, the Bingol Mountains and the Peri brook in the east, Keban Dam Lake in the south and the Euphrates in the West.
		Tacar, Hozat, Geyiksuyu (Deşt brooks), Munzur brook, Pülümür stream, and Peri brook are the principal waterways of the province.
	www.tunceli.bel.tr /english_dt.asp?ID=41 (953 words)

	15 terrorists killed in clash in Tunceli province
		The fighting was in the eastern province of Tunceli, which is not near the border with Iraq, where most of the recent clashes have occurred.
		A large-scale operation was being conducted against the terrorists by the military on Sunday in the rural Dokuzkaya, Sarıyayla, Kızılmescit and Zağge areas located in the Pülümür and Nazimiye districts of Tunceli with approximately 5,000 troops, NTV reported Sunday afternoon.
		Tunceli is some 550 kilometers northeast of the province of Şırnak and 650 kilometers (400 miles) northeast of the province of Hakkari, the places where most of the recent fighting with the terrorists has taken place.
	www.todayszaman.com /tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=125769 (514 words)

	Tunceli Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The province was named 'Dersim' until 1936 (Dersim meaning 'silver door' in Kurdish and Persian), and some still call the region by this name.
		Its adjacent provinces are Erzincan to the north and west, Elazığ to the south, and Bingöl to the east.
		Tunceli is known for its old buildings (though mainly destroyed by Hamidiye Alays in the late 19th century and Turkish army in 1936-37 military operations against the last remaining Armenians and Alevi Derebeys-local rulers), and wonderful natural landscape, especially along the Munzur River, Munzur Mountain and Mercan Mountains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tunceli_Province (392 words)

	Five Kurdish fighters killed in southeast Turkey
		TUNCELI, Turkey, June 24 (Reuters) - Five rebel fighters of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed and one Turkish security guard was injured during an armed clash on Friday, officials said.
		Separately, a civilian taxi driver in the town of Tunceli was seriously wounded when his vehicle hit a remote-controlled mine planted in a city street, another official said.
		Also in Tunceli, a taxi driver was seriously injured when his vehicle ran on a mine planted on a rural road by PKK rebels, the Anatolia news agency reported.
	www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2005/6/turkeykurdistan132.htm (547 words)

	ipedia.com: Tunceli Province Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1935, Tunceli Province was established with it...
		In 1935, Tunceli Province was established with its temporary center in Elazığ;.
		Tunceli was administered from its temporary center, Elazığ;, until 1946 and in 1947 the provincial center was moved to the town of Kalan.
	www.ipedia.com /tunceli_province.html (176 words)

	Emeğin Partisi - EMEP - The Party of Labour
		The natives of Tunceli who wanted to entertain the guests in their own homes were prevented and those coming from out of the province were forced to spend the nights in the tents.
		Hence, the placard stating the 'gratitude' of the people of Tunceli to the leader of MHP, has infuriated the people of Tunceli, who up to that point were trying to patiently evade the provocation attempts.
		Our Tunceli Organization's building as well as the homes of the president of our Tunceli Province Organization and the other administrators were raided.
	www.emep.org /docs/press/Dersim.html (996 words)

	Turkey: "Still critical": Assessing the Scale of the Problem
		Kayaş hamlet of Kırkpınar village in Dicle, Diyarbakır province.
		Küpetaşı hamlet of Kırkpınar village in Dicle, Diyarbakır province.
		In the case of Siirt province, the underrecording of the original population seriously distorts the picture for the province as a whole.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2005/turkey0305/5.htm (3201 words)

	Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
		The province is surrounded by mountain ranges in the south and in the north.
		Tunceli is an Eastern Anatolia province surrounded by natural beauties.
		In the Bingol Mountains located to the north of the province, there are countless glacier lakes formed by the melting of glaciers, which is an interesting natural event.
	www.enjoyturkey.com /info/sights/east.htm (2046 words)

	One killed as strong quake jolts eastern Turkey - smh.com.au
		The quake struck the eastern province of Tunceli early today, the Istanbul-based Kandilli seismology centre said.
		It was also felt in the nearby provinces of Erzincan, Erzurum and Sivas.
		Tunceli province, about 1,200km east of the capital Ankara, is a mountainous area and is not heavily populated.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/01/27/1043534004070.html (363 words)

	DOGAN AND OTHERS v. TURKEY - 8803/02 [2004] ECHR 296 (29 June 2004)
		The mayors further pointed out that the inhabitants of the region faced starvation on account of the food embargo and that the restrictions imposed by the authorities on access to the high ground in the region had struck stock-breeding, which was the sole source of income of the inhabitants of the region.
		A state of emergency was thus decreed in the provinces of Bingöl, Diyarbakır, Elazığ;, Hakkari, Mardin, Siirt, Tunceli and Van.
		It was declared to be over in the provinces of Batman, Bingöl and Bitlis on 2 October 1997, in the province of Van on 30 July 2000, in the provinces of Tunceli and Hakkari on 1 August 2002 and in the provinces of Diyarbakır and Şırnak on 30 November 2002.
	www.worldlii.org /eu/cases/ECHR/2004/296.html (15095 words)

	nov-8-1996
		TUNCELI, Turkey, Nov 8 (Reuter)- A Turkish leftist leader said on Friday Ankara had placed a food embargo on the eastern province of Tunceli to cut supplies to separatist Kurds.
		Tunceli, one of 10 provinces under emergency rule, has been the scene of regular large-scale security operations against PKK rebels hiding in caves and woods in the mountains.
		The men accused of tearing down the flag were charged with treason and could face the death penalty.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /kurdistanobserve/nov-8-1996.html (1565 words)

	Arslanian Family History - Where From?
		The former Ottoman Empire vilayets (provinces) of Van, Bitlis, Erzerum, Diarbekir, Kharput (Harput), and Sivas comprised the heart of western Armenia.
		Dersim province, Turkey was renamed Tunceli province in 1936.
		Dersim was a "no-man's land of winding valleys and tiny upland plateaus," populated by rugged Armenian mountaineers.
	www.arslanmb.org /arslanian/WhereFrom.html (1476 words)

	Toprak Home Page
		High mountains encircle Tunceli, 133 km north of Elazig on the Elazig-Erzurum road.
		High mountains encircle Tunceli, 133 km north of Elazig on the Elazig-Erzurum road, On the way stop off to see the fortress of Pertek, built in the Middle Ages and still in good condition today.
		The current climatic conditions came to exist in the middle of the third period, or around thirty million years before our time, and were consolidated in the last few hundred thousand years.
	web.deu.edu.tr /atiksu/turkiye/tunceli.html (581 words)

	Turkey Human Rights Practices, 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Istanbul province, 322 disappearances were registered during the same period; 137 people were located alive.
		In the 10 provinces under emergency rule, the regional governor can and does empower security authorities to search without a warrant residences or the premises of political parties, businesses, associations, or other organizations.
		The law states that unions and confederations may be founded without prior authorization based on a petition to the governor of the province where the union's headquarters are to be located.
	www.usemb.se /human/human95/turkey.htm (14147 words)

	Beritans settling Women in banking sector have higher education levels than men Tunceli villages reoccupied ANAP ...
		Moves to repopulate villages in Tunceli, one of the hardest-hit provinces in the fight against terrorism, are gaining momentum
		Tunceli Governor Mehmet Ali Turker has announced that moves to repopulate villages in Tunceli province, one of the areas most negatively affected by the fight against terrorism, are gaining momentum and that loans have been provided so that new houses can be built for those peasants returning to their villages, the Anatolia news agency reported.
		Governor Turker said that villagers and farmers in Tunceli province had been forced to abandon their homes as a result of the terrorism which began in the area in 1994.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=17776 (2148 words)

	Ankara cracks down on Kurds after attack -DAWN - International; 12 June, 2004
		TUNCELI, June 11: Three Turkish security personnel were killed on Friday in the heaviest day of fighting since Kurdish separatists called off a unilateral ceasefire.
		Backed by helicopter gunships, up to 10,000 Turkish soldiers launched an operation in a remote corner of southeastern Tunceli province after guerrillas from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) attacked military armoured vehicles with rocket fire, killing one soldier and wounding two others, a military source said.
		"Soldiers on duty on a road in Tunceli province came under heavy attack today," he said, adding the militants numbered around 600 people.
	www.dawn.com /2004/06/12/int9.htm (451 words)

	Ethnologue: Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: )
		East central, mainly in Elazig, Bingol, and Diyarbakir provinces, upper courses of the Euphrates, Kizilirmaq, and Murat rivers.
		The majority are in the provinces of Hakkari, Siirt, Mardin, Agri, Diyarbakir, Bitlis, Bingol, Van, Adiyaman, and Mus.
		Rize in northeast, towns of Kemer, Atin, Artasen, Vitse, Arkab, Hopa, Sarp; and villages in Artvin, Sakarya, Kocaeli, and Bolu provinces.
	www.arminco.com /hayknet/haylezu/turk.htm (1927 words)

	Turks.US Daily News - Earthquake In Tunceli
		The earthquake was felt in Black Sea region, eastern Erzurum and Erzincan provinces and in central Sivas province.
		Pulumur Mayor Mesut Coskun said that there was damage in most of the buildings in Pulumur township in southeastern Tunceli province, and that they urgently needed tents.
		Noting that a total of 200 tents would be sent from Erzurum and Erzincan provinces to the region, Erkal said that all the health officials were ready to work.
	www.turks.us /article.php?story=20030128114423837 (550 words)

	Tunceli - All About Turkey
		An Anatolian province surrounded by mountains exhibiting a majestic view, Tunceli is a land with untouched natural beauties and an area of rocky steep cliffs displaying a wild appearance.
		This province with its peculiar characteristics lies 133 kms north of Elazig.
		Contact Burak at buraksan@superonline.com for all kinds of regular and/or private travel services throughout the country.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /tunceli.htm (236 words)

	DESTRUCTION OF MUNZUR VALLEY IMMINENT
		The Munzur Creek merges with Pulumur Creek nearby Tunceli and carries on its journey southwards.
		However, the 25 per cent of the land in Tunceli is actually mountainous and rocky.
		Vast majority of the said population is concentrated in city of Tunceli.
	www.kurdforum.com /english/KDuzaug00.htm (656 words)

	PKK Takes on Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Turkish security troops killed three PKK rebels in an operation in Tunceli province (eastern Turkey).
		Turkish security troops engaged a PKK guerrilla unit in a firefight near the village of Geyikusu (Tunceli province), leaving one rebel dead.
		June 11, 2006: PKK rebels ambushed a Turkish Army convoy in Tunceli province.
	www.kurdmedia.com /news.asp?id=12679 (464 words)

	Turkey: Kurdish rebels killed, soldiers injured
		Only five days after the ceasefire, two soldiers were wounded in eastern Turkey's remote Tunceli province.
		Another soldier was killed a week later in a clash in the southeastern province of Siirt, and two PKK rebels were killed in separate fighting in the Sirnak province, also in the southeast.
		The ceasefire came after a sharp rise in violence by the PKK, which Turkey says uses neighboring Kurdistan region (northern Iraq) as a springboard for attacks on Turkish agents across the border.
	www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2006/10/turkeykurdistan941.htm (374 words)

	Turk forces kill rebels
		TUNCELI: Turkish forces killed three Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas in eastern Turkey on Sunday, while a bomb on a rail track wrecked a cargo train in the same region, military officials said.
		Soldiers, supported from the air, attacked a group of 13 Kurdish guerrillas in the mountainous province of Tunceli and killed three, an army official said.
		Attacks on property and civilians in the poor, rural east and Turkey’s largest city Istanbul have also become more frequent.
	www.kurdishaspect.com /doc619102.html (140 words)

	Discover Anatolia : Turkey Tours Adventure Tunceli
		Stage 3 - The Mercan Valley (On the Erzincan - Tunceli province boundary)
		The valley begins in Ovacik and joins with the Pulumur Valley in the city of Tunceli.
		The Peri Valley, Pulumur Valley, the Havachur Valley and the Ormanyolu Stream Valley is also located in Tunceli.
	www.discoveranatolia.org /tours.php (664 words)

	Turkey - The Wild East
		Travel in Tunceli province might be particularly hazardous.
		On October 9, 1993, an American tourist was abducted by the PKK while traveling by bus on the main highway between Erzurum and Erzincan, in Tunceli province.
		Due to the tense security situation, the climbing of Mt. Ararat near the border with Iran continues to be extremely dangerous, even with the required Turkish government permits.
	www.comebackalive.com /df/dplaces/turkey/dplace1.htm (369 words)

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