Çorum massacre
| Çorum massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Çorum, Turkey |
| Date | May-July 1980 |
| Target | Alevis |
| Deaths | 57 |
| Injured | 100+ |
The Çorum pogrom or Çorum massacres occurred in the province of Çorum in north-central Turkey between May and July 1980. Turkist ultranationalists targeted the Alevi minority which lead to as many as 57 deaths and over 200 injuries in the ensuing violence. Another target was the social-democratic Republican People's Party (CHP).[1] Many victims were young people and women.[2]
In 2012 "former rightist agitator" Adnan Baran stated that uncertainty remains about the exact nature of the events and urged that a dialogue between the rightists and leftists take place in order to better understand the events, which he speculated might have been part of a larger military plan to set up a pretext for the Sept. 12, 1980 coup d'état.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Çorum Olayları'nda ölen 57 kişi için ilk anma töreni - Netgazete.com". Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- ^ Sadık Eral: Çaldıran'dan Çorum'a Anadolu'da Alevi Katliamları; Ant Yayınları, 2. Auflage, 1993; S. 133–134
- ^ Today's Zaman, 2 January 2012, Former rightist calls for dialogue over 1980 Çorum massacre,http://www.todayszaman.com/news-267446-former-rightist-calls-for-dialogue-over-1980-corum-massacre.html Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine