Çorum massacre
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| Çorum massacre | |
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| Location | Çorum, Turkey |
| Date | May-July 1980 |
| Target | Alevis |
| Deaths | 57 |
| Injured | 100+ |
The Çorum pogrom or Çorum massacres occurred in the province of Çorum in north-central Turkey between May and July 1980. Turkist ultranationalists targeted the Alevi minority which lead to as many as 57 deaths and over 200 injuries in the ensuing violence.[citation needed] Another target was the social-democratic Republican People's Party (CHP).[1] Many victims were young people and women.[2]
In 2012 "former rightist agitator" Adnan Baran stated that uncertainty remains about the exact nature of the events and urged that a dialogue between the rightists and leftists take place in order to better understand the events, which he speculated might have been part of a larger military plan to set up a pretext for the Sept. 12, 1980 coup d'état.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Çorum Olayları'nda ölen 57 kişi için ilk anma töreni - Netgazete.com". Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- ^ Sadık Eral: Çaldıran'dan Çorum'a Anadolu'da Alevi Katliamları; Ant Yayınları, 2. Auflage, 1993; S. 133–134
- ^ Today's Zaman, 2 January 2012, Former rightist calls for dialogue over 1980 Çorum massacre,http://www.todayszaman.com/news-267446-former-rightist-calls-for-dialogue-over-1980-corum-massacre.html Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Massacres in 1980
- Alevi massacres
- Massacres in Turkey
- Pogroms
- History of Çorum Province
- Terrorist incidents in Turkey in 1980
- Grey Wolves (organization) attacks
- May 1980 in Turkey
- June 1980 in Turkey
- July 1980 in Turkey
- 1980 murders in Turkey
- Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980)
- 20th-century mass murder in Turkey
- Riots and civil disorder in Turkey