Contemporary era · 1978

Maraş massacre

The Maraş massacre (Turkish: Maraş katliamı; Kurdish: Komkujiya Mereşê) 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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Maraş massacre · Wikimedia Commons

When: 1978
Where: Kahramanmaraş
Era: Contemporary

Topics

Turkey1,258 BCE – today

Before and after

Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency1978 Nicaraguan Revolution1978 – 1990 Show on timeline

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