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	The following is an incomplete, chronological list of ] people murdered by ]s mainly on political and religious grounds. Many of these were ] proponent of ] and the strict ], as it is defined on the ].		The following is an incomplete, chronological list of ] people murdered by ]s mainly on political and religious grounds. Many of these were ] proponent of ] and the strict ], as it is defined on the ].

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			Mehmet Baydar was Turkey's consul general in ], and Bahadır Demir his deputy, in ].
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The following is an incomplete, chronological list of Turkish people murdered by assassins mainly on political and religious grounds. Many of these were intellectuals proponent of laicism and the strict separation of church and state, as it is defined on the Constitution of Turkey.

Mehmet Baydar was Turkey's consul general in Los Angeles, and Bahadır Demir his deputy, in 1973.

January 27, 1973: Shot down by Gourgen Yanikian in a Santa Barbara hotel who had invited them there on the pretext of a donating a painting to the Turkish government. Yanikian, sentenced to life imprisonment, was amnestied in 1984 and died shortly afterwards. The event is considered to be the first in a decade-long chain of organized attacks against Turkish diplomats by Armenian terrorists.

Editor of the major national newspaper Milliyet.

February 1, 1979: Killed in his car in the street, where he lived, by Mehmet Ali Ağca, a member of the ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves, who would later try to assassinate the Pope.

Professor of Sociology at Istanbul University, columnist of the newspaper Cumhuriyet.

TV producer, writer and columnist of the newspaper Cumhuriyet.
April 11, 1980: Gunned down in front of his home in Istanbul as he was about to get on his car.

Prime Minister of Turkey in 1971-1972, for almost 14 months.
July 19, 1980: Shot to death by two gunmen in İstanbul. Radical leftist Turkish militant group Dev Sol (Revolutionary Left) claimed responsibility for the attack.

Professor of law at Ankara University, Faculty of Political science; author of books on Kemalism; elected head of the Ankara Bar Association 1969, columnist of the newspaper Cumhuriyet.