Çemişgezek
Çemişgezek is a small Turkish city and its surrounding district in Tunceli Province of Turkey. The city has a population of 2,819, while whole district has a population of 7,929. The mayor is Ahmet Şadan Ersoy.
The name Çemişgezek is related to the Armenian general of the Eastern Roman forces John Tzimiskes, who defeated the Arabs in Mesopotamia, returned to Constantinople and usurped the imperial throne, reigning as emperor from December 11, 969, to January 10, 976.History
Before 1915, Çemişgezek had a large Armenian population, who were deported by order of the Ottoman government and later massacred in the Armenian Genocide.
