Tunceli
Tunceli is a municipality (belde) in Tunceli District and capital of Tunceli Province, Turkey.
Tunceli is a municipality (belde) in Tunceli District and capital of Tunceli Province, Turkey. The city has a Kurdish majority. The population is predominantly Kurdish Alevi, a distinct ethno-religious community whose identity has been shaped by the region's history of autonomy and resistance to central state authority. It had a population of 35,161 in 2021.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Tunceli Museum is on Ali Demir Cd next to Grand Şaroğlu Hotel, in a former barracks. It's open daily 08:00-17:00. Mosques are modern though in trad style. The main ones are Paşalar Cami, Paşa Cami, Cem Evi and Yunus Emre Merkez Cami. Munzur Valley National Park is a scenic area in the side-valley 7 km northwest of town.
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Things to do
Atatürk Stadyumu is the main sports venue, 2 km south of town centre along D885. Beaches are the last thing you'd expect here, but there are sandy beaches on Pülümür River, on D885 8 km east of town.
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Where to eat
A cluster of small eating places in town centre are open daily 07:00-21:00.
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Getting to Tunceli
- Airports
- Şanlıurfa GAP (GNY), 193 km
- Şanlıurfa → Tunceli225 km · quickest by road, 5h 22m · ₺640–850
- Gaziantep → Tunceli295 km · quickest by road, 6h 14m · ₺860–1,150
- Kayseri → Tunceli353 km · quickest by road, 7h 21m · ₺1,030–1,370
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Tunceli
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tunceli. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inShorter is the old road from Elazığ, 77 km via the Pertek ferry crossing of Keban barrage lake.
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Next door to Tunceli
Tunceli is 56 km from Elazığ, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Batmanvillage in central district, Tunceli, eastern Turkey2.7 km