Balgat massacre

Balgat Massacre
Balgat Massacre
Part of Political violence in Turkey, 1970s
	Balgat massacre (Ankara)
Location	Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
Coordinates	39°55′28″N 32°53′08″E / 39.9244°N 32.8856°E
Date	10 August 1978
Target	Left-wing civilians
Deaths	5
Injured	14
Perpetrators	Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu and İsa Armağan

The Balgat massacre (Turkish: Balgat katliamı) of 10 August 1978 was a mass shooting targeting 3 coffeehouses known with their left-wing customers in Çankaya, Ankara in which 5 died and 14 were injured. The massacre was ordered by Abdullah Çatlı. 2 people, Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu and İsa Armağan, were arrested related to the incident. Pehlivanoğlu was executed on 7 October 1980 and Armağan escaped from prison. He was caught in 1995 and was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment. However, he was released after 7 years. According to some idealist sources, Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu was a victim of false accusation and had no connections to the incident.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Bahçelievler Katliamı'nın 42'nci yılı". birgun.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-12.
^ "Biri asıldı, diğeri özgür". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 28 May 2002. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
^ "Balgat katliamı sanığına tahliye". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 26 May 2002. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
^ "Balgat - MİLLİYET GAZETE ARŞİVİ". gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
^ "'Hafıza Sokağı'nda Abdullah Çatlı'nın emriyle katliam yapan Pehlivanoğlu ile Erdal Eren yan yana". Yolculuk Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
^ "12 Eylül'de idam edilen Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu'nun anne ve babası konuştu:Günahkarları korumayın". wowturkey.com. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
^ DÜZGÜN, Selçuk (2015-10-08). "Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu'nun Sansürlenen Mektubu! - Selçuk DÜZGÜN". Siyaset Cafe (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-12.

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[1] "Bahçelievler Katliamı'nın 42'nci yılı". birgun.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-12.

[2] "Biri asıldı, diğeri özgür". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 28 May 2002. Retrieved 2020-10-12.

[3] "Balgat katliamı sanığına tahliye". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 26 May 2002. Retrieved 2020-10-12.

[4] "Balgat - MİLLİYET GAZETE ARŞİVİ". gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-10-12.

[5] "'Hafıza Sokağı'nda Abdullah Çatlı'nın emriyle katliam yapan Pehlivanoğlu ile Erdal Eren yan yana". Yolculuk Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2020-10-12.

[6] "12 Eylül'de idam edilen Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu'nun anne ve babası konuştu:Günahkarları korumayın". wowturkey.com. Retrieved 2020-10-12.

[7] DÜZGÜN, Selçuk (2015-10-08). "Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu'nun Sansürlenen Mektubu! - Selçuk DÜZGÜN". Siyaset Cafe (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-12.

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v t e Political violence in Turkey
Pre 1976	Murder of Ertuğrul Dursun Önkuzu Murder of Hüseyin Aslantaş
1976-1980	Beyazıt massacre Ümraniye massacre Murder of Ali Osman Beydilli and Güven Bilgili Malatya massacre Piyangotepe massacre Murder of Bedrettin Cömert Balgat massacre Bahçelievler massacre Maraş massacre Adana Construction Vocational High School massacre Çorum massacre
Post 1980	Murder of Fırat Çakıroğlu During the June 2015 Turkish general election Assassination of Hrant Dink Murder of Deniz Poyraz

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