Nazımiye (), formerly known as Kızıl Kilise (, ), is a municipality and seat of the Nazımiye District of Tunceli Province in Turkey. It had a population of 1,262 in 2021. It is populated by Kurds of the Arel and Lolan tribes. The main religion is Kurdish Alevism and main language is Zazaki. At the same time, crypto-Armenians who survived the Armenian genocide also live in Nazımiye.
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Nazımiye (), formerly known as Kızıl Kilise (, ), is a municipality and seat of the Nazımiye District of Tunceli Province in Turkey. It had a population of 1,262 in 2021. It is populated by Kurds of the Arel and Lolan tribes. The main religion is Kurdish Alevism and main language is Zazaki. At the same time, crypto-Armenians who survived the Armenian genocide also live in Nazımiye.
== History == Its old name is Kızıl Kilise (). The settlement, which came under Ottoman rule after the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514, was first connected to the Çemişgezek Sanjak and then to the Mazgirt Sanjak.
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