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The Zazas are divised on 28 tribes each one directed by an important clan. Around 1917 the rebels used plain red flags and these flags were roll up in their heads during the fight against Turks, who called the Zazas. In1921 Ismail Aga directed the revolt in the region of Kochgiri, that was repressed in blood (20.000 deaths). During this revolt was created the flag with Z that is in fact a traditional embroidery in the zaza clothes. The flag was used during the followings revolts: 1934 Kocj Asireti in Dersim; 1937-38 Seyit Riza also in Dersim; 1978 Haliloztoprak in Marach; Sivas city in 1979; revolt of Tchorum in 1980.

It carried articles in Zaza, Turkish and English but not in Kurdish, it spoke of the Zazas as a separate people, whose identity had too long been denied not only by the Turkish state but by the Kurds as well, and it coined the new name of Zazakistan for the ancient homeland of these Zazas, indicating its rejection of the term Kurdistan as a geographical name. The journal at first had only a very small circle of readers, but the many angry Kurdish reactions suggested that the journal did have a point after all, and gradually growing numbers of Zazas were won over to its views. There appears not to be an organized Zaza nationalist movement yet, but the publishing activities go on increasing, with two new journals appearing in Europe and recently a series of booklets in Turkey, all of them proclaiming the Zazas to be different from the Kurds.

Sivas yöresi (Zara)
"Sivas'in Zara ilçesinin iki ismi vardir: Koçgiri ve Zara, halkı Zazadır, Zara adi Selçuklular zamanindan beri kullanilmaktadir. Rivayete göre 12. yy'da bölgede yasamis Zaro isimli nüfuzlu birisinden (muhtemelen Ermeni) kaynaklanmaktadir. Zara adi Anadolu Selçuklu Sultanlarindan Alaaddin Keykubat'in Seyh Merzuban Hazretlerine verdigi vakfiyede de zikredilmektedir.

Zara 19.yy baslarinda Koçgiri adiyla Sivas sancagina bagli önce nahiye sonra kaza olmustur. Bu yöreye ismini veren Koçgiri asireti Kanuni Sultan Süleyman zamaninda Dersim'den alinip Zara civarina yerlestirilmistir. Koçgiri adi ilçe topraklarinin tümüne verildigi zamanlarda bile ilçe merkezinin adi Zara olarak kalmistir.