Maraş massacre (dec 19, 1978 – dec 26, 1978)
Description:
The Maraş massacre was the massacre of more than one hundred Alevis in the city of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, in December 1978, by the neo-fascist Grey Wolves and conservative Sunnis. The tensions were initially ignited by a noise bomb thrown into a movie theater frequented by extreme Turkish nationalists. The incident is best remembered for the subsequent campaign of violence directed against left-wingers, mostly Alevi Kurds, although some left-wing Sunnis were also targeted. Although some 500 perpetrators of the incident were indicted later on, the investigation was kept classified by the government.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 19, 1978
dec 26, 1978
~ 7 days