What is Seyid Riza?
{{Infobox person | name = Seyîd Riza | image = Seyid Rıza 3 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1863 | birth_place = [[Tunceli Province|Dersim]], [[Ottoman Empire]] | death_date = November 1937 (Aged 74) | death_place = [[Elâzığ]], [[Turkey]] | nationality = [[Zaza people|Zaza]] [[Kurds|Kurd]] | other_names = | occupation = Tribal leader and [[Alevism|Alevi]] sheikh | years_active = | known_for = Executed for being one of the leaders of the [[Tunceli Province|Dersim rebellion]]. | notable_works = }} '''Seyid Riza''' was a [[Zaza people|Zaza]] [[Alevism|Alevi]] political leader of the [[Zaza people|Zaza]] [[Kurds]] of [[Tunceli Province|Dersim]], a religious figure of [[Alevism]]. He was also the leader of the [[Dersim]] movement in eastern [[Turkey]] during the 1937–1938 [[Tunceli Province|Dersim Rebellion]] against the [[Turkey|Turkish government]] of [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]]. He declared a rebellion against the Turkish government after [[Nowruz]] festivities. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Riza, Seyid}} [[Category:1863 births]] [[Category:1937 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}