Central Anatolian Kurds
The Koçgiri (Kurdish: Qoçgirî) is a Kurdish tribal conferedation mainly live in Sivas Province, Turkey. The Koçgiri tribes claim to have left Dersim and arrived in this region several centuries ago, and their customs, culture and physiognomy are completely similar to those of the Dersimites and they retain their links with Dersim. They spoke Kurmanji and are Alevis.