Sivas massacre

When

2 Jul 1993

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

37

Coordinates

39.75° N, 37.02° E

Description

massacre in Turkey

Massacre in Turkey

The Sivas massacre or Madımak massacre refers to an act of mob arson taking place on 2 July 1993 at the Hotel Madımak in Sivas, Turkey, which resulted in the killing of 37 people, including about half who were Alevi women and children but also some intellectuals. Two perpetrators also died during the incident.

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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 “Sivas incidents: An Islamist mob sets fire to the hotel where The Satanic Verses translator Aziz Nesin resides in Sivas, killing 37 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Sivas Madımak Oteli yakıldı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “37 alevitische Künstler kommen in der Türkei beim Brandanschlag von Sivas im dortigen Madimak-Hotel ums Leben”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Поджог отеля в Сивасе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page