Bingöl Province (; ; ) is a province of Turkey. The province was known as Çapakçur Province () before 1945 when it was renamed as Bingöl Province. The province had a population of 283,112 in 2021 and encompasses 11 municipalities, 325 villages and 693 hamlets. The town of Genç was the scene of origin for the Kurdish Sheikh Said rebellion in 1925 and most of the region was captured by the rebels during the rebellion. As the current Governor of the province, Kadir Ekinci was appointed by the president on the 5 November 2018. Demographics Kurds comprise the majority of the province and the province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan. Its population is majority Sunni, conservative and many adhere to the Naqshbandi order. The province moreover has a significant Alevi minority. Linguistically, the southern parts of the province speak Zaza, while the northern parts speak Kurmanji. Many Zaza-speakers speak Kurmanji as well. Language and religion statistics Bingöl Province was part of Bitlis Vilayet during the Ottoman era as Genç Sanjak and had a population of 36,011 in the 1881-1882 census. of the population was Muslim and the remaining was Armenian. In the census of 1897, the sanjak had a population of 47,652, of which was Muslim and was Armenian. All of the Armenians adhered to the Armenian Apostolic Church. In the 1906-1907 census, the sanjak had a population of 45,215 of which was Muslim and Armenians comprised the remaining . In the last Ottoman census in 1914, the region had a population of 38,096 of which was Muslim and Armenian. The first Turkish census which included Bingöl Province was the 1945 census, where the population was 75,550 who all were Muslims. Linguistically, the most spoken first language was Kurdish at , followed by Turkish at and Circassian at . In the 1950 census, Kurdish was the first language for of the population of 97,328, while Turkish remained the second largest language standing at and Circassian at . In the last census in 1965, Kurdish stood at and Turkish at . A 2016 survey showed that 90.4% of the population spoke Turkish, 64.1% spoke Zaza, 40.1% spoke Kurmanji and 5.6% spoke Arabic. History From 1923 to 1929, Bingöl Province was part of Elazığ Province and part of Muş Province from 1929 to 1936. It ultimately became a province in 1936. In December 1935 the Tunceli Law was passed which demanded