Batak massacre

When

May 1876

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

5,000

Coordinates

41.94° N, 24.22° E

Description

Ottoman governmental massacre of Bulgarian civilians

1876 Ottoman massacre of Bulgarian civilians

The Batak massacre was a massacre of Bulgarians in the town of Batak by Ottoman irregular cavalry troops in 1876, at the beginning of the Bulgarian April Uprising of 1876. The estimate for the number of casualties ranges from 1,200 to 8,000, depending on source, with the most common estimate being 5,000 casualties.

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “May 2 (April 20 O.S.) – April Uprising of 1876 in Ottoman Bulgaria begins: members of the Bulgarian Revolutionary Central Committee rise up against their…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Osmanische Truppen begehen das Massaker von Batak an bulgarischen Aufständischen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “soulèvement de patriotes en Bulgarie, réprimé dans le sang par les Turcs (massacre de Batak)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page