Talk:Zazas/Archive 3

Changing the name of article
@Mttll Why did you change the name? Do you want to impose your turkish mind in all wikipedia? How many other "zaza people" are there in the world? For disambiguation can you re-name. But do we need it? Don't forget please, the article is about Zazas around the world. --Gomada (talk) 15:48, 18 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Except the diasporans, the Zaza people seem to live exclusively in Turkey. Not sure what you are talking about. --Mttll (talk) 16:03, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Look at the article. It's about Zazas around the world, not the Zazas who just live in Turkey? Do you understand?--Gomada (talk) 16:07, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * The Zazas don't really live "around the world" though. Their native territory is exclusively confined to Turkey, plus they have some diasporan population. I might have created a separate "Zazas in Turkey" article, but it would basically be duplicate content. --Mttll (talk) 16:19, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Do you put in Turkey or in X country to each article because of native territory? And if you don't delete sourced information like that, you would see information about other countries such as Germany, Sweden, Norway etc. Don't modify articles according to your political mind! If you had such an idea, you could start a discussion here. After that you could decide with other users. Don't forget you are not the only user in Wikipedia!--Gomada (talk) 21:40, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of sourced information
To the lovely turkish friends: Kmoksy and Mttll.. If you want to improve the article, please learn to communicate with other users and don't delete sources. This is not turkish wikipedia that you impose your turkish mind here.--Gomada (talk) 15:54, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Exactly which part of my edits are you objecting to? What am I supposed to have deleted? --Mttll (talk) 16:03, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Don't you know what you changed? Than It'll be better that you stop it, Coz you delete sources! And Interestingly you have been blocked many times just because you wanted to impose your mind here.--Gomada (talk) 16:11, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I know what I changed, I just don't know what part of it you have objections about. Mind pointing them out? --Mttll (talk) 16:19, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Seriously? You are deleting sourced information!!! What is this? And Kmoksy changed same as you without explanation. Isn't it interesting?--Gomada (talk) 21:31, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Pay more attention; I hardly deleted anything, I just moved some information (comparison of Zazas to Kurds) from the lead to a new section called "Zazas and Kurds". --Mttll (talk) 08:20, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Zazas are not Kurd
This edit is Kurdish nationalism and vandalism. --Kmoksy (talk) 15:17, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 11 February 2015

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The result of the move request was: Moved. EdJohnston (talk) 04:55, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Zaza people in Turkey → Zaza people – I had unilaterally moved the article to its current name. I can't revert it myself, so I'm making this proposal. --Relisted. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 15:07, 22 February 2015 (UTC) Mttll (talk) 00:50, 11 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Suggest Zazas. When the demonym can be pluralised then this is used as the designation for the people.  Its the difference between Arabs, Kurds, etc, and topics such as Turkish people.  "Zazas" gets far more Google results than "Zaza People" but, to some extent, this may be affected to references such as to the phonetic sound "zazas".  GregKaye 11:46, 14 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Support either the proposal or User:GregKaye's suggestion per WP:PRECISION. The fact that the nominator wants to undo his/her own recent move make this borderline uncontroversial.  —  AjaxSmack   02:19, 23 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Also note previous opposition to the current title here. —  AjaxSmack  02:23, 23 February 2015 (UTC)


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Vandalism by User:Kmoksy
User:Kmoksy is vandalising the sources without any explanation.--Gomada (talk) 09:22, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Two pages
Why do we have to pages (Zaza people and Zaza people in Turkey)? First of all the two pages are contradicting each other. Secondly, the second one is unnecessary when most Zazas live in Turkey. --Ahmetyal (talk) 16:10, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Zaza people in Turkey needs to be merged into "Zaza people". Khestwol (talk) 22:33, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Done. I restored "Zaza people in Turkey" to its former status as a redirect to "Zaza people". Khestwol (talk) 22:44, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Fiction image
This is a fiction image and not encyclopedic. --Kmoksy (talk) 01:56, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Political edits
This and Category:Zazas edits are political assimilation of the Kurdish nationalism edits. --Kmoksy (talk) 19:17, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Kurdish nationalism? :D Will you try to read sources? Is Martin van Bruinessen a Kurdish nationalist too? :d Malmîsanij is a Zaza scholar. Respect to sources! Do you want to fill the article with your turkic propaganda?--Gomada (talk) 21:49, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * You can't call sources unreliable, just because you disagree with them. (I'm refering to Arakelova) --Ahmetyal (talk) 21:55, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Only Arakelova? This is important claim. Others? --Kmoksy (talk) 22:09, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I've added to more works. --Ahmetyal (talk) 22:48, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

This edit is Kurdish nationalist vandalism. --Kmoksy (talk) 22:26, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
 * A source for you:Virtually all Zaza speakers consider themselves, and are considered by the Kurmanji speakers, as Kurds. -Kurdish nationalist(!) Martin van Bruinessen :D--Gomada (talk) 22:28, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

This template edit is a Kurdish nationalism. --Kmoksy (talk) 00:34, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 9 May 2015
Remove Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (Turkey) and Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front from 'see also' section. No relation to the page. Also File:Zaza rebels dersim.jpg will be deleted from Wikipedia the day after tomorrow. Hence its best to remove the file.

Ahmetyal (talk) 12:50, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
 * It's the easiest way to protect the page. Instead of it, the user:Kmoksy should be warned. The article was protected in the end of January too, because of POV push of that user. In short, if he will not be warned, he will keep to vandalise the page. He doesn't care sources or policy of Wikipedia.--Gomada (talk) 19:01, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I've removed those two links. I'm not sure why the image needs deleting? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:55, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 5 May 2015

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The result of the move request was: page moved, clear consensus. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 19:02, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Zaza people → Zazas – "Zazas" is the WP:COMMONNAME for these people per Ngram. "Zaza people" is used extremely rarely. "Zazas" is an unambiguous and plural demonym. Per WP:ETHNICGROUP. And it is more WP:CONCISE than "Zaza people". Per Kurds, Pashtuns, Tajiks, Koreans, Punjabis, Germans, Swedes, Russians, Serbians, and many other titles of similar articles. Khestwol (talk) 07:37, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Support per nom GregKaye 10:17, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Support--Kmoksy (talk) 10:49, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Support per above. Khestwol (talk) 11:14, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Support per above. --Ahmetyal (talk) 18:21, 5 May 2015 (UTC)


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Zazaki language
Note, a similar move discussion is now open at Zazaki language's talk page. Khestwol (talk) 23:40, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

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Reference for adding a flag
, the James Minahan reference does not seem to be reliable (who is he?) and he seems to be the only reference to claim that the red flag is the ethnic flag of Zazas. Do you have more reliable source? --Semsurî (talk) 13:51, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello Semûrî, it was now the right step to write here on the talk page and not in the ANI noticeboard. Please always be nice and friendly to other editors. So the source that the other editor added, I find accurate according to Wikipedia guidelines. If you have a problem with this, you can also report here regarding the source: Reliable sources/Noticeboard, regards Marcel Schelzer (talk) 14:51, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * So the oldest use of the flag I can find is a clearly unreliable post from 1998 on the Flags of the World website that refers to this Zaza flag as "alleged" - . All other uses I found, with the exception of the Minahan one, seem to be copied from it, sometimes verbatim. I cant find any sourcing for the other flag Minahan presents. The FOTW entry is said to be based on an article by someone named Lucien Philippe, but I can find no reference to him or the article that was not also based on the FOTW piece. The FOTW site claims that the flag was used in a number of rebellions; I know that for several of the rebellions listed there were Kurdish flags that were used, but I can find no photographs or descriptions of them - I vaguely suspect based on a 90s era periodical that one of them may have been red. As it is, without further information I would support removing the flag - even if we could find sourcing, my guess is it would show the flag to be of a particular movement and inappropriate for this article. Darthkayak (talk) 21:10, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I will remove the flag per your findings. --Semsurî (talk) 21:36, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Editions of BenaHol should be accepted
Dear editors and collegues, the editions of the user Benahol should be accepted and not deleted. I'll also make some contributions and corrections to that article. Best, --Asmen (talk) 00:04, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Benahol (talk) 21:53, 7 May 2020 (UTC)== About the Zaza Nation ==

German Linguist Prof. Dr. Ernst Kausen said that the people of Zaza are based on Parthian Empire and He said that the Zaza language is a language of its own. Ernst Kausen, "He says that zaza people have a population of 3 million. Zaza people were largely assimilated by the Turks and Kurds." Iran historian Kaveh says he has a strong bond with Zaza and the Part Empire in Farrokh. References:


 * Kausen, Ernst: Zaza. http://zazaki.de/deutsch/aufsaezte/kausen-Zaza.pdf
 * Farrokh, K. (2007). Shadows in the desert: ancient Persia at war. New York: Osprey Publishing MidlveHouse.

A part of Zazas, consider themselves ethnic Kurds and Turks but they are often described as Zaza or Dımıli. References:


 * İranica Encyclopedia: DIMLĪ-ZAZA
 * Tahta, Selahattin 2002: Ursprung und Entwicklung der Zaza-Nationalbewegung im Lichte ihrer politischen und literarischen Veröffentlichungen. Unpublished Master Thesis. Berlin.
 * Gündüzkanat, Kahraman 1997: Die Rolle des Bildungswesens beim Demokratisierungsprozeß in der Türkei unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Dimili (Kirmanc-, Zaza-) Ethnizität. Münster.
 * Fırat, M. Sherif. (1981) Dogu İlleri ve Varto Tarihi, Ankara:Turk Kulturunu Arastırma Ensıtusu.
 * Tankut, Hasan Reşit, (2000) Zazalar Üzerine Sosyololojik Tetkikler, Istanbul:Kalan
 * Sociological study on Zaza
 * 
 * According to the Konda survey company, about 1.5 million people have identified themselves as Zaza.

Vladimir Minorskiy made a clear statement in the English error-free edition of the Islamic Encyclopedia that the Zazas were absolutely not Kurdish. O.Mann, David Mckenzie, Haddank and Prof. Kojima states that Zaza and Gorani are not Kurdish dialects and are an independent language. People named Dimili or Zaza are based on the same ethnicity. 2010. Kurdish nationalists and the state impose Kurdish ethnicity on the Zaza people. Because of ignorance, government officials and locals did not know the difference between Zaza and the Kurd, and they defined Zaza as Kurds like Kurmanji. Semsûrî's sources are not sociological research. This are the articles that reference the mistakes. It is not sociological research on Zazas. (It's not even a questionnaire about zaza.) Benahol (talk) 21:53, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Encyclopesida of Islam
 * KAYA, Ali, Başlangıcından Günümüze Dersim Tarihi, Demos Yayınları, İstanbul,
 * Türkiye'nin Etnik Yapısı, A. Tayyar Önder, Bilim Sanat Yayınevi

I just moved Zaza nationalism to a new page and a lot of data was added. I thought it should have a separate title — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benahol (talk • contribs) 22:56, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

ZAZAİSTAN
Zazaistan is the geographical region that forms part of the Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia regions and the Zaza people live. Dr. Zülfü Selcan's article titled “Historical Development of Zaza Language”. This article and the book is 114–115. Its pages include a Zazaistan map. In Zazaistan, Erzincan, Elazığ, Tunceli, Şanlıurfa, Malatya, Sivas, Bitlis, Bingöl, Erzurum, Diyarbakır and Muş are located together. Ebubekir Pamukçu was the first to bring up the name of Zazaistan. According to Pamukcu, Zaza people are a people rejected by both Turks and Kurds, and the term Zazaistan should be used instead of Kurdistan. Before the term of Zazaistan, the name of a region named Zazana is mentioned in the Behustin inscriptions. About Zazana at the International Zaza History and Culture Symposium held in Bingöl University in 2011: "The name of a place called" Zazana "is mentioned at the beginning of the 20th poem of the stone inscription. In this old Persian inscription, Zazana is defined This region is the settlement areas where the Zaza People live today. " — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benahol (talk • contribs) 21:26, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Selcan, Zülfü 2001: Zaza Dilinin Gelisimi 2011
 * Raya Zazaistani (Zazaistan Road) Magazine published by Ebubekir Pamukçu in Sweden in 1991.
 * Desmala Sure(Germany),No.9, Aralık 1993, s.25-33
 * You can add information on Zazaistan if it's based on reliable information. And there's no need to remove any information for this addition. --Semsûrî (talk) 22:18, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * And stop keep re-adding that unsourced map. --Semsûrî (talk) 22:20, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

No map on the page. Zazaistan is also included in Turkish Zazalar article. Benahol (talk) 22:25, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Too much data added to Zaza nationalism page. must have a separate title. Benahol (talk) 22:27, 7 May 2020 (UTC)


 * As long as you don't explain why you remove information, I will revert your edits. You are more than welcome to add any notable information without removing well-sourced ones. --Semsûrî (talk) 22:29, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

information not removed. page opens by titles. (articles). Just Zaza nationalism on a new page Benahol (talk) 22:37, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

I changed the faulty sources I added.(like blog pages)Benahol (talk) 22:39, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

If you look at Past Changes, you are the one who deletes a lot of data. Benahol (talk) 22:41, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

If you look at Past Changes, you are the one who deletes a lot of data. (edited) Benahol (talk) 23:01, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Dear Benahol, we see, that you have an intense interest to the Zaza page better. But please let us help you. You put sources directly into the text, make weird phrases, like ::"This article and the book is 114–115." Its pages include a Zazaistan map. In Zazaistan, Erzincan, Elazığ, Tunceli, Şanlıurfa, Malatya, Sivas, Bitlis, Bingöl, Erzurum, Diyarbakır ::and Muş are located together.
 * Then you don't add a map that actually shows the provinces together, but that show some areas of the provinces included in the "Zazaistan". Then I don't know what the "polish" ::tribes of the Zazas are. I haven't seen there at another Zaza page. I think semsuri is probably more informed than me. But als I have some doubts about what you add.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 23:46, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

why some writers' views were added as the general opinion of the Zaza people?
Why Semsûrî persistently wants the author's views to remain that way. ("many Zazas consider themselves ethnic Kurds, and they are often described as Zaza Kurds) not only the views of the writers are sociological research. Benahol (talk) 11:29, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
 * There's nothing to discuss. What you call opinion or view, I call fact. It is a fact that in academia they are described as Zaza Kurds. Now return to the ANI, instead of making me repeat myself all the time. --Semsûrî (talk) 11:40, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Sociological studies and researches about the people of Zaza show that the opinions of the authors are wrong. Benahol (talk) 11:42, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

V. Minorsky, founder of Kurdology, and Joyce Blau, president of the Kurdish Institute of Paris, states that Zazas are not Kurdish. (should the academic mistakes be considered correct in your opinion?) Benahol (talk) 11:45, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Zaza people are an Iranian people like the Kurds, and the encyclopedia of iranica states that Zazas are not Kurdish. Zaza-Dımli Gorani Benahol (talk) 11:51, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

I am waiting for your answers, I will make changes after the speech. Benahol (talk) 11:59, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Zazas are Kurds

 * [[Image:Kurdes Zaza de Diarbekir (Kurdistan).jpg|thumb|200px|Zaza Kurds in Diyarbakir (1881)]] I'm a Zaza and Zazas are Kurds. You are doing vandalism by deleting reliable sources Neribij (talk) 17:35, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * The Zaza are not Kurd! Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: The Zazas are an Indo-Iranian nation ethnically and historically related to the Kurds. ... Many zazas also speak Kurdish or Turkish as second and third languages. --Kmoksy (talk) 18:16, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know by Andrew Finkel: Although (to further complicate matters) not all Zaza speakers identify themselves as Kurds. --Kmoksy (talk) 18:53, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * "Speakers of Dimili are Kurds psychologically, socially, culturally, economically, and politically." A grammar of Dimili (know as Zaza) by Terry Lynn Todd. 1985, p. vi Neribij (talk) 20:18, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

(First of all, I don't like to talk about politic in Wikipedia, but unfortunalety, users as Kmoksy are here just for such political discussions. Due to this, I must answer like that)

@Kmoksy, I think you are trying to be funny :) There is a Zaza who says, we are Kurds and you are telling, no! no! You are not Kurd! :D Seriously? What do you want my turkish friend? :) Your turkish state tried to assimilate and divide Kurds for more than 90 years. Yes, unfortunately you assimilated some of us. But do you still believe that you will be successful and assimilate/divide all Kurds? That will remain just as a dream! You didn't comment and care all the time when you deleted information about Kurdishness of Zazas in the article. You showed us that your edits are just political, you don't care the reality or sources. (Your own website shows your nationalistic POV. P.S. for users who don't know the flag CcC)

Before you show us unreliable sources such as "James Minahan" (Who is this person? He has written: "...three groups of Zaza nation - Zaza, Kizilbash and Goran." Is this a joke or what? :) ), try to respect reliable sources and don't falsify them please! There are enough reliable sources which proves Kurdish identity of Zazas in article. Of course , if you dont delete anymore.

The second source which you gave is like that "Turkish Kurds (Kurds in Turkey) are also mainly speakers of Kurmanji but there are also Zaza speakers, although (to further complicate matters) not all Zaza speakers identify themselves as Kurds. Don't falsify sources please!--Gomada (talk) 10:39, 30 January 2015 (UTC)


 * @Kmoksy, You are really become funny. This is not Turkish vikipedi in which a lot of articles about Kurds (Kurmanj, Soran, Zaza, etc.) filled with unreliable information by Turkish nationalist users. Please don't changes reliable sources in the article. Before doing this let us to discuss it. It seems that you are changing the article according to your biased and nationalist ideas. You could'nt determine our identity. It is not your duty. We know who we are, better than you. So, please learn to discuss the changes with other users, before you do it.--Laser Perşikita (talk) 23:58, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Zazas are obviously free to identify themselves as Kurds. If most, or even a substantional minority, of the Zazas do so, this should be certainly mentioned in the article. It could also be that the Zazas have been historically lumped into the same category as Kurds by outsiders. If this is so, this should be mentioned in the article also. However, there is also the fact that Zazaki is most definitely not a dialect of Kurdish, but a related Iranian language. So presenting Zazas as a subset of Kurds just like Kurmanjis and Soranis is technically incorrect. --Mttll (talk) 04:50, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * @Mttll, your actions and words are contrasting. If you say, Zazas are free to identify themselves as Kurds, why did you delete Selahattin Demirtaş from this article? By the way, this article "Zaza people" is not a language article, if you want to talk about zazaki, you should comment on its own article!--Gomada (talk) 12:52, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Because according to reports, Demirtaş seems to be of Zaza origin instead of Kurdish and speaks Zaza but not Kurdish. --Mttll (talk) 08:41, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
 * According to reports? :) Would you like to translate one of his video in which he says, that he is not Kurdish? :) Here is his official website. He spoke to CNN and said: Because I come from the Kurdish people who have been denied and discriminated... So, my friend. Stop your political discussions and don't try to divide Kurds anymore. Our identity is not concern of Turkish people! And of course don't change articles anymore according to your POV, please!--Gomada (talk) 21:18, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I never said he didn't identify himself as Kurdish, only that he is Zaza by origin (and not Kurdish-Zaza mixture like others, such as Yılmaz Güney) and by mother language instead of Kurdish. Of course, it is up to him to identify himself as Kurdish regardless. Anyway, just so you know, you are constantly breaching tons of Wikipedia policies in your messages addressing me: Battleground mentality, assumption of bad faith, personal attacks (based on ethnicity/nationality no less). I strongly advise you to stop this. All Wikipedia users are free to edit whichever Wikipedia articles they like to edit. --Mttll (talk) 01:01, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

The picture says "Kurds Zazas", not "Zaza Kurds". Why is the image description wrong? Segann (talk) 17:57, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

WP:NPOV
This page is not WP:NPOV:
 * "ALMOST ALL speakers of the Zaza language consider themselves as KURDS and they are often counted as such by international statistics and surveys as part of the KURDISH people"
 * "Europe as part of the KURDISH diaspora"
 * Languages: "Zazaki (Dimli), KURMANJI KURDISH"
 * "The exact number of Zaza KURDS"
 * "Zaza KURDS in Diyarbakir"
 * "Zaza nationalism: In recent years, in which the question about political and human rights for Kurds in Turkey came more to spotlight, a new nationalistic movement was formed by a small group of people in the diaspora."
 * etc.

These are the Kurdish nationalist terminologies. --Kmoksy (talk) 18:45, 25 April 2015 (UTC)


 * This (Kurdish --- Kurmanji) edit is not WP:NPOV and it is a Kurdish nationalist terminology, such as "Kurmanji Kurds" and "Zaza Kurds" --Kmoksy (talk) 22:19, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * We should use "Zazas and Kurds" and not "Zazas and Kurmanjis," unless its a quote etc. --Ahmetyal (talk) 23:03, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

@My Turkish friend Kmoksy, do you know how the Kurds who live in Turkey name themselves? The word of Kurd is not equal Kurmanj. If you dont know, learn it! What a pity that, you live with those Kurmanj Kurds in Turkey, but you don't know their name. The word of Kurds includes Soran Kurds (as well) who live in Iraq and Iran. Is there any Soran Kurd in Turkey? But I know you from turkish Wikipedia and how you have been banned because of your nationalistic contributions. You don't want to improve this article. You just want to see your political point of view here. Do you have any other argument to disscuss here? The name of a nation is of course a topic related to nationalism. Do you have problem with the name of Kurdish groups? Do you want to forbid the name of my people as your Turkish republic did for long years? So, please don't bring your political arguments here. Respect people how they name themselves!--Gomada (talk) 13:00, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

In Iranian sources and linguistics, Zaza people and language are not among the Kurdish groups. In the International Zaza Language and Historical Symposium, you can get more detailed information about Zaza and Zaza language.Segann (talk) 18:16, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Incorrect and irrelevant information - biased information
"Zazas generally[7] consider themselves ethnic Kurds[8][5][9][10] and they are often described as Zaza Kurds.[6][11][12][13][14] " Can the above information be proven? Is it the result of extensive research on the Zaza people? Are these statements also mentioned in researches added with sources? Is this the opinion of the Zaza people themselves? How relevant are the added resources? Is it safe ?188.57.48.103 (talk) 06:30, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * The sources are there for your analysis, which would be expected of you rather than querying others about their overall veracity. First, you need to examine the sources closely, and only then you should query the talk page about any issues related to their verifiability. You are putting the cart before the horse. El_C 06:36, 13 June 2020 (UTC)


 * I wrote because I think it should not be added without review. Thanks. I'm starting to review.188.57.48.103 (talk) 06:41, 13 June 2020 (UTC)


 * I believe that material constitutes longstanding text, so you will have to build consensus for removal rather than the other way around. Certainly, a close analysis of the sources could benefit the article, but since there are multiple ones, it's likely that the content is properly sourced. Keeping an open mind, though. El_C 06:45, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Sources about the ethnicity of Zazas
I ask you not do undo my addition of the sources and the corrected informations about the Zazas. Those who don't accept should have a look on the given sources: Rençber (2013), p. 945. Çağlayan, Hüseyin (1995). Gündüzkanat & 1997). Kehl-Bodrogi (1998). Tahta & 2002). Taşçı (2006). Fırat (2010), p. 139). Werner & 2012, 2017. Schulz-Goldstein (2013). Arslan (2016). Philipp (2017). Törne (2019).

Best, --Asmen (talk) 13:22, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

I've explained the revert as following: You rewrite whole sections but keep the same reference, 2) you add information without adding a source, 3) and cite erroneously. On another note, Kehl-Bodrogi (1999) explicitly uses the word generally which you've removed and added 'slightly' and kept Kehl-Bodrogi as reference. Also, it's bad faith of you to integrate unsourced information into sourced information since it makes the reader belief the whole section is verified, like you've done with the 2005 genetical study section. --Semsûrî (talk) 14:07, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Dear Semsûrî, it is correct that the source information should be given correct, it was my technical lack. But my given sources, especially about the PhD theses (which are mostly written by Zaza academicians) are important and should not be removed or undone. So let's improve the cite rules or the technical side of the article without tending to an edit war. --Asmen (talk) 20:04, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't see any clarification about so called sources. That's why I recommend you to show us reliable sources where we can see/read the content. By the way, your following sentence is a clear POV without a reliable source; "This is more valid for the pro-Kurdish political active generation"
 * and there are even more sources about the Kurdish identity, but you wrote for example "According to Bodrogi the Zazas generally consider themselves Kurds" to confuse readers. Personal statments can't be a part of Wikipedia articles. That's why I'm going to undo your edits and recommend you to make it clear before you undo again. Cheers!--Gomada (talk) 12:55, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Semsuri
This person is openly Kurdish nationalist, ignoring the sourced data. Despite the fact that there is a lot of data refuting the headline, it is still in pursuit of perception. Please stop manipulating. You cannot be racist.46.155.244.5 (talk) 10:23, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Despite hundreds of scientific sources, I think there is officially someone's pressure here. Far from irrelevant scientific data. We see a manipulated substance under the influence of Kurdish nationalism.46.155.244.5 (talk) 10:40, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Aren't you the one who is removing information based on reliable references? Stop ranting.--Semsûrî (talk) 13:16, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * I see scientific research on Zazas as a source. You have shaped the page as the Zaza people through the eyes of Kurdish nationalists. Although there are data refuting the information in the headline on the page, why this insistence, Ahmet.46.221.171.229 (talk) 14:19, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

The information in the headline is not related to the sources anyway. Sociological data is not at all.46.221.171.229 (talk) 14:22, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

How can I explain more? Can you tell me? You are the one who added them. Zazas are not a community that generally considers itself Kurdish. If you haven't deleted it, there is already sociological data on the page. And he's lying. Can't you see this? Ahmet ?46.221.171.229 (talk) 14:55, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * The page already states: According to Kehl-Bodrogi and Arakelova Zazas never claimed a separate existence from Kurds and largely consider themselves Kurds.[7][8] However, some scholars consider them to be a separate ethnic group, and treat them as such in their academic work.[34]. No need to repeat how scholars treat this in the introduction. --Semsûrî (talk) 14:56, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Scientific data on the Zazas begin with Oskar Mann. Scientific data indicates that Zazas are not Kurds. In addition, sociological data on Zazas indicate that Zazas do not see themselves as Kurds..Scientific data has a large majority that the Zaza are an Iranian ethnic group. 46.221.171.229 (talk) 15:07, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Some scientific researches are as follows. See also international Zaza symposia.; -- Whether Zazas are Kurds or not is disputed in academia, that is why we don't conclude anything on this page. I can find hundreds of academic references that will argue that Zazas are ethnic Kurds. What then? Should we ignore all of those just because you don't like their conclusion? This article does not state that "Zazas are Kurds" only that they consider themselves Kurdish (per Arakelova) which you removed. --Semsûrî (talk) 15:26, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
 * V. Minorsky, Daylam-La Domination des Dailamites, Paris, 1932
 * O. Mann, Nachlaß in der Staatsbibliothek Berlin (W), Briefe; vgl. auch ebenda, Vortrag vom 4. Juli 1909 und 20. Jan. 1909, S. 11.
 * O. Mann/K. Hadank, Mundarten der Zāzā, Berlin 1932, 19-31; G. L. Windfuhr, Western Iranian Dialects, in: Corpus Linguarum Iranicarum, Hg.: R. Schmitt, Wiesbaden 1989, 294-295; s. auch New Iranian Languages: Overview, ebenda, 246-250 und New West Iranian, ebenda, 251-262; J. Gippert, Die historische Entwicklung der Zaza-Sprache, in: Ware, Nr. 10, Nov. 1996, Frankfurt a. M., 148-154.
 * Hüseyin Çağlayan (1995); Kahraman Gündüzkanat (1997); Krisztina Kehl-Bodrogi (1998); Kazım Aktaş (1999); Victoria Arakelova (1999); Selahattin Tahta (2002); Hülya Taşçı (2006); Gülsün Fırat (2010: 139); Yaşar Aratemür (2011, 2014); Eberhard Werner (2012, 2017); Esther Schulz-Goldstein (2013); Garry Trompf (2013); Zeynep Arslan (2016); Gohar Hakobyan (2017); Maria Philipp (2017); Annika Törne (2019) 46.221.171.229 (talk) 15:11, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

The opinions of two authors are already on the page, why are you adding it to the headline? This is nothing but perception. The information that the Zaza are an Iranian ethnic group should be in the headlines. Research conducted in Turkey refutes the views of these two authors. Since the first serious researches about Zazas in 1905, Zaza language identity is different from Kurds. In linguistics, Zaza is not among the Kurdish dialects. Even V. Minorsky, the founder of Kurdology, used the term "non-Kurd" for the Zazas.46.221.171.229 (talk) 15:35, 29 September 2021 (UTC)46.221.171.229 (talk) 15:38, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

As I said, the ethnic backgroud of Zazas is still disputed in academia. Cambridge published a book this year describing Zazas as Kurds (in 'The Cambridge History of the Kurds'). You are just pushing for your own opinion and your edits will ultimately be reverted over and over again. --Semsûrî (talk) 15:47, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

I can offer you hundreds of resources. You create a perception by adding the views of two people who already exist on the page to the title. It has absolutely nothing to do with the Zazas. Is this a platform that will satisfy your perception? Zazas in Turkey generally do not consider themselves Kurds. there is a lot of research. And Zazas are seen as the 4th largest people in the country. There are already many Zaza associations and Zaza platforms. Why do you still insist? 46.221.171.229 (talk) 15:55, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

So you say you can do whatever you want. So why is there a talk page? Isn't Wikipedia a platform with real data?46.221.171.229 (talk) 15:58, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

You just removed 'real data' that stated that Zazas generally consider themselves ethnic Kurdish? You shouldn't talk about me pushing for a certain perspective. --Semsûrî (talk) 16:04, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Are you reading what I wrote? How can I explain more? You mentioned that there are 2 authors' opinions. I say that there are studies that disprove this view. Do you think it should still be in the headlines? the opinion of these two authors46.221.171.229 (talk) 16:16, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Your edits do not fit NPOV. Period. You are trying to make it a fact that Zazas are an ethnic group which is disputed in academia. That is my point. You can give me millions of references, I can give you millions of references. This subject is disputed but you want Wikipedia to choose a lane. If you have a disagreement with the Arakelova quote then we can discuss that, but you not only removed it, you also added that Zazas are an ethnic group. --Semsûrî (talk) 16:26, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

I can offer you hundreds of sources about the Zaza being an Iranian ethnic group. Your problem is different. You still insist that the opinion of the two authors should be in the headlines. I don't know how old you are. Maybe you are a teenager. The University of Cambridge has no resolution. arguments written by the few Kurdish nationalists you mentioned 46.221.171.229 (talk) 16:32, 29 September 2021 (UTC)46.221.171.229 (talk) 16:34, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * I won't keep debating you, if you can't even recognize that there are hundreds of reliable references that state that they are Kurds and thus Wikipedia should not pick a side. Ignoring information that does not fit your personal opinion should make you refrain from editing Wikipedia. --Semsûrî (talk) 16:41, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

I gave dozens of sources that the Zazas are not Kurds. Researches on Zazas starting with Oskar Mann in 1905. It proves that the Zazas and the Zaza language are not Kurdish. I still don't understand why you're chasing perception. Do you know who V. Minorsky is? Founder of modern curdology more than 100 years ago. He said that the Zazas are definitely not Kurds. Zaza language already in linguistics; It is not included in the Kurdish (kurmanci, sorani, kelhuri) class. Do you know what linguistics is?46.221.171.229 (talk) 16:48, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * You lost me at: It proves that the Zazas and the Zaza language are not Kurdish. This is not how academia works. --Semsûrî (talk) 17:02, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Head of the Paris Kurdish Institute. Do you know who Joyce Blau is? he himself mentions that the Zaza people are an older nation than the Kurds and that they were assimilated by the Kurds. I have been doing research on the Zazas and the Zaza language for years, and what you write is astonishing.46.221.171.229 (talk) 16:58, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

The resources I have added are already academic. Can't you see this?46.221.171.229 (talk) 17:04, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * The sources you added are academic, but you also removed academic sources just because you did not like the information. This is not that difficult to understand. Can't you see this? This is not how Wikipedia works and your edits will be reverted. --Semsûrî (talk) 17:10, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

My friend already has information on the page. You stated this yourself. So nothing removed. Although there are studies that refute this information. Should it be all over the page? ? 46.221.171.229 (talk) 17:15, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

User:El_C why?46.221.171.229 (talk) 17:57, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * IP: Arbitration enforcement (WP:KURDS), I thought that was clear. El_C 17:59, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Please read what we discussed. Is it appropriate to include the information on the page, which has been refuted by research, in the headlines? The problem is, it's a perceptual situation. Also, the Zaza article here is not about the Kurds. Even tags? 46.221.171.229 (talk) 18:09, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Zazas generally[7] consider themselves Kurds[8][5][9][10] and are often described by scholars as Zaza Kurds.


 * These statements are absolutely wrong. Zazas are not a people who generally consider themselves Kurdish. Scientific data show that Zazas and Zaza language are not Kurdish. I've already provided dozens of resources. It has sociology data. User:El_C 46.221.171.229 (talk) 18:12, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * IP, it's a WP:KURDS-related dispute, irrespective of that assertion, which this protection makes no further endorsements about, one way or the other. El_C 18:18, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * These mistakes are never solved with Semsuri. He's biased. The page has nothing to do with Zazas. It's under pressure on the page.46.221.171.229 (talk) 18:25, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * That statement does not inspire confidence. In any case, if you reach an impasse on an article talk page, there are dispute resolution requests that you may avail yourself of, like Third opinion or a Request for comment. El_C 18:29, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi IP, if an IP accuses another editor in their first edit in relation of the term racist, it doesn't really encourage anyone to follow your reasoning. As explained by Semsuri, both POVs (that zazas are a separate ethnic group and also that they consider themselves as Kurds) are included in the article, what else do you want? Paradise Chronicle (talk) 18:34, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Semsuri had already declared that she would be taken back. And what he said happened, I saw that there was no point in arguing. If the discussion is carefully examined, everything is already seen.46.221.171.229 (talk) 18:35, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * You can read what's on the buddy talk page. I'm telling you, these data are not real. The data written by the two authors is already available on this page. Why is it in the headline? There is no situation where the Zazas consider themselves Kurdish. I am Zaza. Sociological data in Turkey show that the Zazas are the 4th largest people in the country. There is even some research on the page. 46.221.171.229 (talk) 18:38, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Is it possible to decide on behalf of a people with a few writers added? Good night 46.221.171.229 (talk) 18:42, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * IP, if you even hint that another user is being "racist" without evidence that's very clear and unambiguous, I will block you from editing. Anyway, either you go through the editorial processes in good faith to gain outside input to the dispute, or you're probably wasting your time. Because that outside input is unlikely to just appear unprompted by the aforementioned WP:DRRs, which are listed project-wide. El_C 18:45, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Well, as you say. I may have reacted a little harshly. But that doesn't change the facts. It needs to be impartial review and research. At least you can read the Iranian Encyclopedia. This shouldn't be a place under anyone's control. Wikipedia is also available in Zazaki. You can get help from them. Some cannot make decisions on behalf of the Zazas using certain authors or biased persons. Good night 46.221.171.229 (talk) 18:53, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * IP, I am an uninvolved admin here. I will not be engaging the content dispute, so there's no point in trying to persuade me. This isn't a subject with which I am familiar with anyway. Again, you need to file a WP:DRR, which will then be automatically listed where interested parties may see it. Right now, you're basically talking into the ether by telling me any and all of that. El_C 18:58, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Then let someone impartially deal with these matters. Why is there a talk page? What if the other party insists on wrong? Will he decide on behalf of a people? There's no point in arguing 46.221.171.229 (talk) 19:05, 29 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Well, I give up. El_C 19:09, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Comment: On one hand I see arguments that Zazas are Kurds so as to deny Turks were systematically targeting a specific ethnic during the Dersim genocide because supposedly that shows they were sparing other Kurds in the region (misunderstanding of genocide). While on the other hand some claim that Zazas are not Kurds which has been a long time held view that it's objectively to divide Kurds. Historically Zaza Kurds have always been involved in Kurdish independent movements, for example Nuri Dersimi, a Dersimi who wrote to western powers at the time about the crimes and killings by the Turks during the genocide and was part of the Society for the Rise of Kurdistan, seeking help. Another example going back to the Sheikh Said rebellion, I am not exactly certain if he was a Zaza speaker himself, but Zazas were supposedly heavily involved and Sheikh Said was part of Society for Kurdish Independence. You (46.221.171.229) can offer "hundreds" of "resources" without any sources or references and claim you've proved it, but that's not how it works. Speaking of linguistics; nobody claimed it's the same branch or "class" as you say, it's rather both are considered Kurdish and both are part of the Indo-Iranian languages. --TataofTata (talk) 01:23, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

You can read the English text of the Iranian Encyclopedia on Zazas here.

Comment:I hope you realize you're telling a story. Because what you are talking about is not Kurdish nationalist arguments or scientific research on Zazas. In the rebellions you wrote about, the Kurdish geography did not even have the support. Although Zazas and Kurds have been neighbors in the same geography for centuries, despite their closeness in languages, there is not even a similarity between Spanish and Italian in their languages. Scientific data already distinguishes Zazas and their languages ​​from Kurds. The first scientific research on Zazas began in 1905.

In 1905/1906, the German linguist Oskar Mann was commissioned by the Prussian Academy of Sciences for the documentation and linguistic analysis of western Iranian languages. Oskar Mann made the most comprehensive compilation of Zazaki in Bingöl and Siverek regions during his travel to the Middle East. He made Zaza language records in Elazig and Siverek. Oskar Mann first studied the grammatical structure of Zazaki. The results of his linguistic analyzes were reported in the letter he sent while he was in Siverek: "The view defended by me before has been confirmed, that is, Zazaki has absolutely nothing to do with Kurdish, I see all the strange verb conjugations of the northern dialect of Middle Persian in the early texts here in Zazaki."

Linguist Oskar Mann recorded and analyzed many Iranian languages ​​during his travels, first in the places where the Zazas lived, and then during his three-year stay in Iran and Iraq. After examining the grammatical structure of the Zaza, Goran and Lurcan languages, he clarified the historical features of the Western Iranian Languages. O.Mann divided these studies into northern and southern groups in his work "Die Tâjîk-Mundarten der Provinz Fars" (1909). As a result of Oskar Mann's studies on Iranian languages, he scientifically proved that Zazaki is a language on its own and is by no means Kurdish, and revealed that it belongs to the northwest language group. The basis for classifying the history of the new western Iranian languages ​​created by Oskar Mann is still valid in iranistics and linguistics.

After O.Mann's death, the Prussian Academy of Sciences commissioned Iranologist Karl Hadank to complete his work in 1917. The texts that O.Mann compiled on Zazaki were insufficient for Karl Hadank. Karl Hadank planned to obtain richer language material to expand his research on Zazaki. Hadank embarked on a scientific research trip to record Zaza texts in Syria and Iraq in 1932. Karl Hadank's desire to study Zaza language is not fulfilled for a while due to the accompanying Kurdish guide Celadet Bedirxan. Karl Hadank realizes this after a while and records Celadet Bedirxan's main purpose in his notebook as follows: "The Emir counts the Zazas as Kurds and wanted to see them all as Kurds. Apparently, he did not like that I showed such close interest and concern for Zazaki." he wrote. He published the book 'Mundarten der Zaza' in Leipzig, Germany in 1932, together with the grammatical analyzes he made as a result of Karl Hadank's studies.

The place of the Zaza language in the history of linguistics After O.Mann (1906), V.Minorsky (1920), P.Tedesco (1921), Arthur Christensen (1921), K.Hadank (1926-32), G. Morgenstierne (1958) ), David. By N. MacKenzie(1961–95), IMOranskij(1963), J.Meyer-Ingwersen (1976), Gernot Ludwig Windfuhr(1989), VSRastorgueva(1990), J.Gippert(1996) and many foreign linguist researchers investigated and determined in the same way.

The founder of Kurdology, Vladimir Minorsky, has already used the term "non-Kurd" for the Zazas. Likewise, the head of the Paris Kurdish Institute, linguist Prof.Dr. Blau also stated that the Zazas are an older nation than the Kurds.

You can also take a look at the international zaza language history symposiums and the arguments I shared above. Scientific data are facts. It is not decided by the writings of those who did not know about the Zazas in the past.46.221.171.229 (talk) 06:59, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

about the introductory sentence
Cordless,Gogolplex,Beshogur and Jonesey95 please look.

Ever read the discussion the introductory sentence seems biased and inaccurate. In fact, the two writers and a few Kurdish writers mentioned in the article were presented, reflecting the Zaza's thinking in this way. It is absolutely wrong. This needs to be fixed. In the following data you need to add to the introductory sentence. And the biased sentence needs to be edited. An assertive statement against objectivity. Although it is not as deep as the ethnic belonging of the Zazas is made on the basis of language, in four doctoral theses published in Europe, it has been stated and emphasized that the Zazas are an ethnicity separate from the Kurds. The authors of the four doctorates, Kahraman Gündüzkanat, Hüseyin Çağlayan, Gülsün Fırat, and Kazım Aktaş also touched upon the issue of ethnicity in the chapters on Zazas. In addition, ethnologist P. A. Andrews, in his book Ethnic groups in Turkey, shows the Zazas as an ethnic group called Alevi and Sunni. (Hüseyin Çağlayan (1995); Kahraman Gündüzkanat (1997); Krisztina Kehl-Bodrogi (1998); Kazım Aktaş (1999); Victoria Arakelova (1999); Selahattin Tahta (2002); Hülya Taşçı (2006); Gülsün Fırat (2010: 139); Yaşar Aratemür (2011, 2014); Eberhard Werner (2012, 2017); Esther Schulz-Goldstein (2013); Garry Trompf (2013); Zeynep Arslan (2016); Gohar Hakobyan (2017); Maria Philipp (2017); Annika Törne (2019))

"The founder of Kurdoliji, Vladimir Minorsky, also used the term "non-Kurdish" for the Zazas.
 * Oscar Mann and Karl Hadank, who made the first comprehensive studies on Zazas, stated that Zazas were not Kurds.
 * The head of the Paris Kurdish Institute, linguist Prof. Dr. Joyce Blau also stated that Zazas are not Kurds.

about - Zaza nationalism
There is information that has nothing to do with Zaza nationalism. downright bad and biased. The following data should be.

The following statements are included in the preface of the Ware magazine, which started to be published in 1992; “Ware is a Zaza language and literature magazine. It will broadcast in Zazaki, as well as in German and Turkish. In addition, we will publish the works of international historians, travelers and linguists that we have compiled on Zaza and Zazas, first in the language they are, and then by transferring them to Zazaki or Turkish. Solaxan (talk) 08:48, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Zaza nationalism is a concept that emerged with the publication of the writer Ebubekir Pamukçu's publications in Europe, such as Ayre and Piya, which are entirely Zazaki. When the policies towards assimilation felt on minority peoples in Turkey were abandoned, Zaza nationalism increased even more. As a result, the Zazas came to be seen as a separate ethnic minority rather than just another heterodox religious group.


 * I totally agree, the data is biased and not valid. It is no accident that it is this way. Because the users I think are Kurdish nationalists seem to be dominant. Even the founder of Kurdology and the head of the Kurdish institute does not see the Zazas as Kurds. And despite all the resources you have given above, there are still false statements in the introduction part of the page, although it is in another part of the page. Also, as you said, Zazas often see themselves as Zaza. Few consider themselves Turkish, Kurdish or assimilated. This is also seen in the surveys conducted in the country.MerBat (talk) 13:26, 13 October 2021 (UTC) 46.221.177.214 (talk) 04:11, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Dımli|Zaza people - İranian etnich people46.221.177.214 (talk) 04:28, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Religion
The percentages in the religion paragraph are disputable. It seems that this is the source, but this source (also listed in this article) says about Alevism: "At least half of the Zaza population follows Alevism (1-1½ million)." There's another source in the infobox, but that is not online available afaik.

Can a moderator please add 'citation needed' at the relevant position? Praat (talk) 21:26, 3 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello Praat. Religious make up of Zaza people in Eastern Turkey is already cited in the articles Religion subsection. It is based on actual very detailed survey data conducted on Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia regions and the survey has a big n and no methodological errors as far as I can remember. The thing is that it does not count the Zaza diaspora in Turkey's major cities and Western Europe, so it might (speculatively) undercount Alevi Zazas, since they would be more inclined to immigrate because of religious prosecution.


 * We can add YADA report's claims but can you give a specific page, since it's more than 800 pages long and there are countless expressions about Alevis. If it is the one that I've found in the p 49 I think there are couple of problems:


 * It also claims that around 1/3 of the Turkish and Kurdish population are Alevis, which seems like an overestimate compared to other sources, which mostly give less than half of that claim.
 * There are some fringe theories involved in the source; such as Alevi Turks and Kurds being "assimilated Zazas" (p 49)
 * The claims about religious distribution is not supported by a field study or survey report. In page 415 they cite "zazaki.de" as their source for these numbers. I don't think that it is a reliable source, and find it a very poor decision by the researcher to use it.
 * Note that I've found these problems by examining only 2 pages. I personally think that we should rely on reports based on survey data and do not give the same reliability to individual claims not based on surveys or based on unreliable sources. --Gogolplex (talk) 09:00, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

The name of the article should be changed as the Kurdish nationalists' definition of Zaza.
I have never seen such nonsense in my life. Although it has been mentioned many times on the talk page. despotic behavior. This page is not objective. The Zazas thing is not at all.Although the researches refute the data on the page, it still continues. They don't want the truth to be true. It's just manipulating people.46.221.209.43 (talk) 08:51, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

[] 46.221.209.43 (talk) 08:54, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 January 2022
I would like to ask for removal of the part of Sakine Cansiz from this wikipedia page that is giving information about Zaza people and their culture. This person "Sakine Cansiz" was a member of an active terrorist group "Pkk" and giving her name on this page is disrespectful for the Zaza people and their history. Editor might be trying to show connection between Zaza people and the terrorist group. Therefore I would like these sentences about her to be removed from this page.

Thank you for your consideration, Regards, 2A02:8109:A33F:D7EC:8E9:EDA8:EE6B:F69C (talk) 23:02, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. Wikipedia is WP:NOTCENSORED. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:11, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

The people who manage the page are not neutral, they are showing people close to their own views.46.221.209.43 (talk) 08:57, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request
In the introduction, please add that they are an Iranic people, as they speak an Iranian language (Zaza).2600:100C:A202:469C:149C:AF19:79C0:7EC8 (talk) 02:48, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Done, but sometimes languages and genetic lineages, I only specified that the language is a descendant of Iranian, as that's what the sources say. No claims about them being Iranian people or iranian descendants. Furthermore, if any claims are being made regarding lineage, care should be taken to differentiate ancient Iran with modern Iran, as would be the case for italians who could be Greek descendants, but are not Greeks by modern standards.--TZubiri (talk) 04:49, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

portals
add turkey and kurdistan portal. Krqftan (talk) 13:10, 5 October 2022 (UTC)