Büyükyurt

Büyükyurt is a village in Nazımiye district of Tunceli (Dersim), Turkey. 
History.
The old name of the village is Hakis. In the village, which is named Hakis in the records of the 16th century; only non-Muslims lived in 67 households in 1518 and 135 households in 1541. In the village at the beginning of the 20th century; there were 220 Armenian and 960 Kurdish population. The settlement, which was a nâhiye since the records of 1912, maintained its position as a nâhiye until 1936. In 1935, Hakis was recorded as a connected of Nazimiye kaza of Elâziz province. Although the old name of the village "Hakis" was changed, it was recorded as "Büyükyurt ("Hakis")" for a while. In the 1960 census, 742 people were recorded, 340 males and 402 females in village. 
According to one data, the village was the largest village in Dersim before the villages were evacuated. Kizilbash who speak "Kirmanckî" and Armenians live in the village and the sons of the two peoples "lived together as brothers" for centuries.