What the records say
- When
- 1996
- Kind
- Road accident
- Coordinates
- 39.91° N, 28.16° E
- Description
- 1996 event in Turkey which led to a scandal
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Susurluk car crash
1996 event in Turkey which led to a scandal
The Susurluk car crash was a car crash that took place on 3 November 1996 in the small town of Susurluk, in Turkey's Balıkesir Province. It resulted in the deaths of three of the passengers: Abdullah Çatlı, a former ultra-rightist militant wanted by police for multiple murders and drug trafficking; Huseyin Kocadağ, a senior police official; and beauty queen and Çatlı's girlfriend Gonca Us.
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