Bloody May Day

When

1 May 1977

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

36

Coordinates

41.04° N, 28.99° E

Description

Attack on the Labor Day celebration on the 1 May 1977 in Istanbul, Turkey

Attack on the Labor Day celebration on the 1 May 1977 in Istanbul, Turkey

The Bloody May Day was an attack on leftist demonstrators on 1 May 1977 in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey. Casualty figures vary between 31 and 36 people killed with 126 to 220 injured. Over 500 demonstrators were later detained by the security forces, and 98 were indicted. None of the perpetrators were caught, although suspicion soon fell on the Counter-Guerrilla and associated right-wing groups.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Taksim Square massacre in Istanbul results in 34 deaths and hundreds of injuries”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “İstanbul Taksim Meydanı, Kanlı 1 Mayıs olarak hatırlanan 1 Mayıs İşçi Bayramı kutlamaları sırasında çıkan olaylarda 39 kişi öldü”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page