What the records say
- When
- 10 Aug 1978
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 5
- Coordinates
- 39.92° N, 32.89° E
- Description
- Terror attack by Right wing Turkish extremists
Balgat massacre
Terror attack by Right wing Turkish extremists
The Balgat massacre of 10 August 1978 was a mass shooting targeting three coffeehouses known with their left-wing customers in Çankaya, Ankara, in which five died and 14 were injured. The massacre was ordered by Abdullah Çatlı. Two people, Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu and İsa Armağan, were arrested related to the incident. Pehlivanoğlu was executed on 7 October 1980 and Armağan escaped from prison.
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