Seyid Riza

Seyid Riza was a Zaza political leader of the Zaza Kurds of Dersim, a religious figure of Sufi Islam. 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.