List of massacres of Turkish people
This is a list of massacres against ethnic Turks.
List
Name | Date | Present location | Perpetrators | Deaths |
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Persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction | 19th and early 20th centuries | Former Ottoman territories | Russian Empire, Tsardom of Bulgaria, France, Kingdom of Serbia, Kingdom of Greece, Kingdom of Montenegro | At least 2 million,[1][2] up to 5.5 million[3][4][5][6][7] |
Massacres of the Turkish population during the Russo-Turkish War | April 1877–March 1878 | Balkans and Caucasus | Armies of the Russian Coalition, mainly Russian Army | 250,000–600,000[8][9] |
Deportation of the Meskhetian Turks | 14–15 November 1944 | Meskheti, Georgia | NKVD | 12,589–50,000 |
Buda massacre | September 1686 | Buda, Hungary | Armies of the Holy League | +3,000[10] |
Navarino massacre[11] | 19 August 1821 | Pylos, Greece | Greek revolutionaries | 3,000 |
Tripolitsa massacre[12] | 23 September 1821 | Tripoli, Greece | Greek revolutionaries | 6,000–30,000[13][14] |
Galați massacre | 20 February 1821 | Galați, Romania | Greek revolutionaries | 50–300[15] |
Massacres of the Turkish population during the April Uprising | April–May 1876 | Bulgaria | Bulgarian revolutionaries | 200–1,000[16][17][18] |
Harmanli massacre | 16–17 January 1878 | Harmanli, Bulgaria | Russian Army | 2,000-5,000[19] |
Kızanlık massacres | 1877-78 | Kazanlak, Bulgaria | Russian Army, Bulgarians | 1,751[20] |
Lasithi massacres | 1897 | Crete, Greece | Christian mobs | 850–1,000[21][22] |
Sarakina massacre | February 1897 | Crete, Greece | Christian mobs | 104 (61 children, 23 women and 20 men)[23] |
Sitia massacre | February 1897 | Sitia, Crete, Greece | Christian mob | 300[24] |
Kissamos massacre | February 1897 | Kissamos, Crete, Greece | Christian mob | 23[24] |
Kirchova massacre | August 1903 | Kichevo, North Macedonia | Bulgarian revolutionaries | 8[25] |
Raionovo, Planitsa and Kukurtevo massacres | Autumn 1912 | Raionovo, Planitsa and Kukurtevo, Macedonia | Bulgarian irregulars | +700[26][27] |
Cisr-i Mustafapaşa massacre | October 1912 | Svilengrad, Bulgaria | Bulgarians | 200[28] |
Edeköy massacre | 1912 | Edeköy, Edirne, Turkey | Greeks | 1,659[29] |
Serres massacre | 1912 | Serres, Greece | Bulgarians | 600[30] |
Dedeagac massacre | 1912 | Alexandroupolis, Greece | Armenians | 20[30] |
Bulgarian school massacre | 1912 | Chair quarter of Uskub, North Macedonia | Serbians | 18[30] |
Ohrid massacre | 1912 | Ohrid, North Macedonia | Serbians | 500[31] |
Strumica massacre | 1912 | Strumitsa, North Macedonia | Greeks | 3,000[30] |
Petrovo massacre | 1912 | Petrovo | Bulgarians | "every living Turkish thing"[32] |
Yaylacık massacre | 1912 | Yaylacık, close to Salonica | Greeks | 15[30] |
Salonica massacre | 1912 | Salonica | Greeks | 27[32] |
Derin Çatak massacre | 1912 | Malkara | Bulgarians | 11[33] |
Avrethisar villages massacre | 1912-1913 | Kilkis | Bulgarians | 451[34] |
Pravishte massacres | 1912-1913 | Eleftheroupoli | Greeks | 195[30] |
Kaz massacre | March 1913 | Yukarı Kılıçlı | Bulgarians | 43[35] |
Karasatı massacre | June 1913 | Karasatı, Keşan | Bulgarians and Greeks | 29[36] |
Uzunköprü massacre | July 1913 | Uzunköprü | Bulgarians | 42[37][38] |
Habibçe massacre | July 1913 | Lyubimets | Bulgarians | 20[38] |
Greek landing at Smyrna | 15 May 1919 | İzmir | Hellenic Army and local Greeks | 400–600[39] |
Yeşiloba massacre | 11 June 1920 | Yeşiloba, Adana | French Armenian Legion | 64–200[40] |
Menemen massacre | 17 June 1919 | Menemen, İzmir | Hellenic Army and local Greeks | 200 |
Massacre in Erbeyli | 20–21 June 1919 | Erbeyli, Aydın | Hellenic Army | 72 |
Birecik massacre | 11–24 February 1920 | Birecik, Şanlıurfa | French Army | 280[41] |
Massacre in Marash | 1920 | Marash | French Army and French Armenian Legion | 4,500[42][43] |
Massacre in Aintab | 1920-1921 | Aintab | French Army and French Armenian Legion | 6,000-7,000[41][44] |
Yalova Peninsula massacres[45] | 1920–1921 | Armutlu Peninsula | Hellenic Army, local Christians and Circassians[46] | 5,500–9,100[47][48] |
Bilecik massacre[49] | March–April 1921 | Bilecik, Sögüt, Bozüyük | Hellenic Army and local Greeks | 208[50] |
İzmit massacre[51] | 24 June 1921 | İzmit | Hellenic Army | 300[52][53] |
Karatepe village massacre | 14 February 1922 | Karatepe, Köşk | Hellenic Army | 385[54] |
Uşak massacre | 1 September 1922 | Uşak | Hellenic Army and local Greeks | 200[55] |
Alaşehir massacre[56] | 3–4 September 1922 | Alaşehir, Manisa | Hellenic Army | 3,000[57] |
Turgutlu massacre | 4–6 September 1922 | Turgutlu, Manisa | Hellenic Army | 1,000[57] |
Salihli massacre | 5 September 1922 | Salihli, Manisa | Hellenic Army | +76[58] |
Manisa massacre[59][circular reference] | 6–7 September 1922 | Manisa | Hellenic Army and local Christians | 4,355[60][57] |
1924 Kirkuk massacre | 4 May 1924 | Kirkuk, Iraq | Iraq Levies | +200[61] |
Suşiçe massacre | April 1941 | Sušica | Kingdom of Bulgaria | 7[62] |
Blatec executions | September 1944 | Blatec | Kingdom of Bulgaria | 15[62] |
Istibanje-Teranci massacres | October 1944 | Istibanja and Teranci | Nazi Germany | 17[62] |
Gavurbağı massacre | 12 July 1946 | Kirkuk, Iraq | Iraqi Police | 20 |
1959 Kirkuk massacre | 15 July 1959 | Kirkuk, Iraq | Kurdish soldiers | 31-79[61] |
Limassol massacre | 13 February 1963 | Limassol, Cyprus | Greek Cypriots | 16[63] |
Bloody Christmas[64][65] | 21–31 December 1963 | Nicosia, Cyprus | Greek Cypriots | 364[66] |
Massacre in Famagusta | 11 May 1964 | Famagusta, Cyprus | Cypriot Police | 10–17[67][68] |
Massacre in Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 13 May 1964 | Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Cypriot Police and local Cypriots | 11[67][68] |
Massacre in Kofinou | 14–15 November 1967 | Kofinou, Cyprus | Greek Cypriots | 26[69][63] |
Massacre in Alaminos[70] | 20 July 1974 | Alaminos, Cyprus | Cypriot National Guard | 13–14[71][72] |
Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre | 14 August 1974 | Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda, Cyprus | EOKA B | 126[73][74] |
Tochni massacre | 15 August 1974 | Taşkent, Cyprus | EOKA B | 84[67] |
Fergana massacre | 3–12 June 1989 | Fergana valley, Uzbekistan | Uzbek mobs | 97[75] |
Bulgarization of Turks in People's Republic of Bulgaria | 1984-1989 | Bulgaria | Bulgarian army | 300 to 1,500 (according to HRW)[76] |
Altun Kupri massacre | 28 March 1991 | Altun Kupri, Iraq | Iraqi Army | 135[77] |
Çewlik massacre | 24 May 1993 | Bingöl, Turkey | Kurdistan Workers' Party | 38 |
Başbağlar massacre | 5 July 1993 | Başbağlar, Turkey | Kurdistan Workers' Party | 33 |
Yavi massacre | 25 October 1993 | Erzurum, Turkey | Kurdistan Workers' Party | 33[78] |
Erbil massacre | 31 August 1996 | Erbil | Iraqi Armed Forces | 48 |
Blue market massacre | 13 March 1999 | Istanbul, Turkey | Kurdistan Workers' Party | 13 |
Turkmen genocide by ISIL | 2014-2017 | Kirkuk, Saladin, Diyala, Erbil and Nineveh, Iraq | ISIL | 3,500[79] |
See also
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