Maraş Massacre

When

Dec 1978

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

105

Coordinates

37.59° N, 36.95° E

Description

Pogrom of Alevis and leftists by right-wing extremists in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey in 1978

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1978 Pogrom of Alevi Kurds by Turkish Ultranationalists

The Maraş massacre was the massacre of more than one hundred leftists and Kurdish Alevis in the city of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, in December 1978, allegedly by the neo-fascist Grey Wolves and National Intelligence Organization of Turkey.

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Pogrom von Kahramanmaraş, auch Kahramanmaraş-Massaker genannt, beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “massacre de Marash ; au moins 105 personnes, en majorité des Kurdes alévis, sont assassinées en Turquie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page