What is Dersim?
{{Article issues| {{dead end|date=June 2023}} {{wikify|date=June 2023}} {{complex|date=May 2023}} }} {{for|the city in the region that used to be known as Dersim|Tunceli}} {{Infobox country | name = | image_map = Dersim, Capt. L. Molyneux-Seel, 1911.jpg | map_caption = A 1911 map of Dersim showing the routes traveled by Captain L. Molyneux-Seel, British Vice-Consul in [[Van, Turkey|Van]] | largest_city = [[Tunceli]] | org_type = | membership = [[Armenian highlands]] | membership_type = Location | area_km2 = | population_census = | population_census_year = 2020 | today = {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey]] | native_name_lang = | official_name = | conventional_long_name = Dersim | native_name = [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]: Dêrsîm<br>[[Zazaki language|Zaza]]: Dêsim<br>[[Armenian language|Armenian]]: Դերսիմի | ethnic_groups = '''Historical:'''<br>[[Hurrians]], [[Hattians]], [[Urartu|Urartians]], [[Luwians]], [[Cimmerians]], [[Medes]], [[Daylamites]], [[Oghuz Turks|Turkomans]]<br>'''Modern:'''<br>[[Zazas]], [[Kurds]], [[Turkish people|Turks]], [[Armenians]] }} '''Dersim''' ({{lang-diq|Dêsim}}; {{lang-ku|Dêrsîm}}; {{lang-hy|Դերսիմի}}) is a [[Mountain range|mountainous]] historical region in the [[Armenian highlands|Armenian Highlands]], which is in Eastern [[Turkey]] today. The region included all parts of Tunceli [[Province]] (Çemişgezek, Hozat, Pertek, Tunceli, Ovacık, Pülümür, Nazımiye, Pertek) Tercan, Erzincan, Kemah and Kemaliye in Erzincan Province, Keban in Elâzığ Province, Kiğı in Bingöl Province and Arapkir in Malatya Province). == History == [[File:Moyen_Orient_Amarna_1.svg|thumb|260x260px|Isuwa on a map of the ancient [[Middle East]] in the beginning of the [[Amarna period]], the first half of the 14th century BC.]] This region was known as Ishuwa in the 2000s [[BC]]. As a result of the struggle of the Ishuva Kingdom, which was established by the [[Hurrians