Lolan | |
Type: | Tribe |
Ethnicity: | Kurdish |
Location: | Eastern Anatolia, Turkey |
Demonym: | Lolij |
Language: | Zaza |
Religion: | Islam (Kurdish Alevism) |
The Lolan (kiu|Lol) is a Zaza-speaking Kurdish tribe.[1] [2] Lolan is one of the tribes with a large Alevi population.[3]
Districts where the Lolan tribe is spread: Bingöl (Yayladere), Erzincan (Tercan), Erzurum (Hınıs, Tekman), Gümüşhane (Kelkit), Muş (Varto), and Tunceli (Pülümür, Nazımiye, Çemişgezek).[4] The part of the Lolan tribe living on the Iran–Iraq border speaks mostly Sorani and Gorani.[5]