[4] According to the Encyclopedia of Islam, the province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan.

[5] Malatya province is divided into 13 districts: According to German geographers Georg Hassel and Adam Christian Gaspari, Malatya was composed of 1200 to 1500 houses in early 19th century, inhabited by Ottomans, Turkmens, Armenians, and Greeks, while the mountainous areas in the sanjak of Malatya were mostly inhabited by Kurdish tribes such as Reşwan.

[13] It was estimated in 2012 that about 20% to 30% of the province was Alevi of which the vast majority was Kurdish.

[14] German academic Barbara Henning describes the province as the regional center of Kurdish nationalism in the early 20th century.

During this period, the local governor of the province and mayor of Malatya city were both sympathetic to the Kurdish cause and Celadet Bedir Khan, Kamuran Alî Bedirxan and other members of the Society for the Rise of Kurdistan visited the region various times and established cordial relations with the local tribes including with the Reşwan tribe.