[4] Most of the employees in the municipality were to be filled with military personnel and the Governor-Commander had the authority to evacuate whole villages and resettle them in other parts of the country.
[5] The Fourth Inspectorate-General (Umumi Müfettişlik, UM) was based on the Law 1164 from September 1927,[6] which was passed in order to Turkefy the non-Turkish population.
[4] Following its establishment, military quarters, police stations, schools, and a railway track to Elazığ were built, to gain more control over the region.
Seyid Riza, a local tribal chief from Dersim, demanded the Tunceli Law to be revoked[4] and tribesmen loyal to him attacked a police station in March 1937 which sparked a strong response from the Turkish Government.
[4][9] Alpdoğan supported the idea, believing that the Kurdish identity would be toppled by telling the Kurds just enough that they were Turks,[11] and stayed in the post of the Governor-Commander until 1943.