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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Turkey and its predecessors (numbers may be approximate, as estimates vary greatly):

Ottoman Empire (till 1914)

Name Date Location Deaths Responsible Party Victims Notes
Constantinople Massacre 1821 Constantinople unknown Ottoman government Greeks Greek Orthodox Patriarch Gregory V and other notables were executed, while local Muslims were encouraged to attack the Greek population.
Massacres of Badr Khan 1840 Hakkari 10,000 Kurdish Emirs of Buhtan, Badr Khan and Nurullah Christians Many who were not killed were sold into slavery
Hamidian massacres 1894–1896 Anatolia, Ottoman Empire 100,000-300,000 Ottoman Empire Christian Armenians and Assyrians Many women were raped and forced into harems, and many women and children were sold as slaves
Massacres in Erzurum 10/30/1895 Erzurum 1,500-60,000+ Ottoman soldiers and local Muslims Christian Armenians Approximately 90 percent of the Armenians of Erzurum province were killed.
Massacres of Diyarbakir (1895) 10/25/1895 Diyarbakir 3,000-25,000 Kurdish irregulars Christian Armenians and Assyrians
Adana massacre April 13, 1909 Adana Vilayet 15,000-30,000 Young Turk government Armenian Christians

World War I (1914-1918)

Name Date Location Deaths Responsible Party Victims Notes
Greek genocide 1914–1923 Ottoman Empire 500,000 - 900,000 Young Turk government Greek Christians Reports detail systematic massacres, deportations, individual killings, rapes, burning of entire Greek villages, destruction of Greek Orthodox churches and monasteries, drafts for "Labor Brigades", looting, terrorism and other atrocities
Assyrian genocide 1914–1925 Ottoman Empire 270,000 - 750,000 Young Turk government Assyrian Christians Denied by the Turkish government
Armenian Genocide 1915–1923 Ottoman Empire 600,000-1,800,000 Young Turk government Armenian Christians Denied by the Turkish government; is the second most studied case of genocide after the Holocaust
Massacres in the vilayet of Mamuretülaziz 1915 Harput, Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz more than 1,700 families; at least 6,000 men Ottoman government Armenian Christians Part of Armenian Genocide
Massacres in the Chorukh river valley 1914-1916 Artvin Province, Ardahan Province 45,000 civilians Russian army, Cossack regiments, Armenian paramilitaries. Turkish and Kurdish Muslims During WWI the Russian army with Armenian paramilitaries launched a scorched earth policy against Muslim settlements in the Chorukh river valley, Muslim villages were destroyed.

Greco-Turkish War (1919-1923)

Name Date Location Deaths Responsible Party Victims Notes
Greek landing at Smyrna May 15–16, 1919 Smyrna 300-600 killed Greeks Turks The orderly landing of the Greek army soon turned into a riot against the local Turkish population by local Greeks and Greek soldiers. Stores and houses were looted, many cases of beatings, rape, killing. Estimates for killed Greeks are between 22-32, for Turks between 300-600.
Menemen massacre June 16–17, 1919 Menemen 100-1,000 Greeks Turks
Battle of Aydın June 27- July 4, 1919 Aydın 2,000-3,000 Turks and Greeks Turks and Greeks The Greek army occupied the city which was later taken by Turkish irregulars and then again by the Greeks. This resulted in the destruction of most of the city and massacres for both sides. Killed Greeks were estimated as 1,500-2,000, Turks as 1,200-2,000.
Iznik-Izmit region 9 June - 27 August 1920 Ortaköy, Geyve, Akhisar, Iznik More than a few hundred, less than 1520. Turkish irregulars Greeks Justin McCarthy: "The following are the figures of the Armenian and/or Greek patriarchates. The British warned that they contained "exaggerations."It can be assumed that the actual numbers were lower, but that the massacres actually did take place 9 June, Ortaköy, 270, 10 July, Geyve, 500, 15 July, Akhisar, 350, 27 August, Iznik, 400-500"
Gemlik-Yalova Peninsula Massacres 1920-21 Gemlik/Yalova Peninsula 5,500 - 9,100 Greeks troops, local Greeks, Armenians and Circasians Turks The perpetrators were Greek troops and local Greek and Armenian gangs, who burned down Orhangazi, Yenişehir, Armutlu. In total 27 villages were razed and their population fled. In Armutlu women were methodically raped. Circassians participated also in the events.
Bilecik March–April 1921 Bilecik, Sögüt, Bozüyük 208 killed 226 raped. Greeks troops, local Greeks Turks The town of Bilecik and crops were burned down by the retreating Greek army, local people were massacred. Bilecik, Sögüt, Bozüyük and dozens of neighboring villages were burned or plundered by the hastily retreating Greek army, there haste limited the destruction.
Izmit 24 June 1921 Izmit 300 Greek forces Turks Up to 300 people, mostly men, were executed by Greek troops. There bodies were buried in a mass grave outside the town. Arnold J. Toynbee was a reporter who described these events in the Manchester Guardian.
Salihli September 5, 1922 Salihli at least 76 Greek forces Turks The city was burned by the retreating Greek army, 65% of the buildings were destroyed.
Turgutlu September 4-6, 1922 Turgutlu 1,000 Greek forces Turks The city was burned by the retreating Greek army, 90% of the buildings were destroyed. Approximately 1,000 died.
Turgutlu September 1922 Turgutlu (former Kasaba) 4,000 Turks Greeks From 8,000 Greek civilians gathered in the town, half of them remained after the evacuation of the Greek Army. They were killed by the advancing Turkish soldiers.
Uşak September 1, 1922 Uşak 200 Greeks Turks The city was burned by the retreating Greek army, 33% of the buildings were destroyed.
Akhisar 1922 Akhisar 7,000 Turkish forces Greeks As a result of the capture of the city by the Turkish nationalist army, all remaining local Greeks were murdered. Since then there is no Christian community in the city.
Alaşehir September 3-4, 1922 Alaşehir 3,000 Greeks Turks The city was burned by the retreating Greek army.
Ayvalik After September 19,1922 Ayvalik 2,977 Turkish forces Greeks Most of the male Greek population, some 3,000, who remained in the town were deported to the interior of Anatolia, of those only 23 survived. The rest of the population was deported to Greece.
Cunda Island After September 19,1922 Cunda Island Hundreds Turkish forces Greeks Several hundreds of Greek civilians were killed on the islet of ], only some children were spared. This happened as an act of revenge for the killing one Muslims judge, several years earlier.
Catastrophe of Smyrna September 13–22, 1922 Smyrna 10,000 - 100,000 Turkish army and paramilitaries Greek and Armenian Christians Greeks and Armenians were massacred by Turkish army and paramilitaries before, as well as in the aftermath of a devastating fire that destroyed their quarters in the city.

Republic of Turkey (1923-present)

Name Date Location Deaths Responsible Party Victims Notes
Zilan massacre July 1930 Van Province 4,500-47,000 Turkish security forces Sunni Kurds 5,000 women, children, and the elderly were reportedly killed
Dersim Massacre Summer 1937-Spring 1938 Tunceli Province 13,806-70,000 Turkish security forces Alevi Zazas The killings have been condemned by some as an ethnocide or genocide
Istanbul Pogrom 6–7 September 1955 Istanbul, Izmir 13-30 Turkish government primarily Greeks, as well as Armenian Christians, Jews The killings are identified as genocidal by Alfred-Maurice de Zayas. Many of the minorities, mostly Greek Christians, forced to leave Turkey. Several churches are demolished by explosives.
Taksim Square massacre May 1, 1977 Taksim Square in Istanbul 34-42 Unknown Leftist demonstrators
Massacre of March 16 (Beyazıt Massacre) March 16, 1978 Istanbul 7 university students killed, 41 injured , Grey Wolves, Turkish Police, Deep State Leftist university students Cemil Sönmez, Baki Ekiz, Hatice Özen, Abdullah Şimşek, Murat Kurt, Hamdi Akıl and Turan Ören were killed and 41 others were injured by a bomb that was followed by gunfire March 16, 1978.
Bahçelievler massacre October 9, 1978 Bahçelievler, Ankara 7 Neo-fascists Leftist students
Maraş Massacre December 19–26, 1978 Kahramanmaraş Province 109 Grey Wolves Alevi Turks and Kurds
Çorum Massacre May–July, 1980 Çorum Province 57 Grey Wolves Alevi Turks
Sivas massacre July 2, 1993 Sivas, Turkey 37 Islamists Alevi intellectuals
Başbağlar massacre July 5, 1993 Başbağlar, near Erzincan 33 PKK Turkish civilians
Yavi massacre October 25, 1993 Yavi, Çat, Erzurum Province 38 PKK Turkish civilians
Gazi Quarter massacre March 15, 1995 Istanbul and Ankara 23 Turkish government Alevi Turks More than 400 injured
Mardin engagement ceremony massacre May 4, 2009 Bilge, Mardin 44 Kurds Kurds Reuters said it was "one of the worst attacks involving civilians in Turkey's modern history", declaring that the scale of the attack had shocked the nation.
Uludere massacre December 28, 2011 Uludere, Sirnak 34 Turkish government Kurds

Gallery

  • Aftermath of the massacres at Erzurum Aftermath of the massacres at Erzurum
  • An Armenian town left pillaged and destroyed, during the Adana massacre An Armenian town left pillaged and destroyed, during the Adana massacre
  • Photo taken after the Smyrna fire. The text inside indicates that the photo had been taken by representatives of the Red Cross in Smyrna Photo taken after the Smyrna fire. The text inside indicates that the photo had been taken by representatives of the Red Cross in Smyrna
  • Armenian woman kneeling beside dead child in field "within sight of help and safety at Aleppo" Armenian woman kneeling beside dead child in field "within sight of help and safety at Aleppo"

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