Category: Atrocity, from Wikidata’s class “massacre”
Maraş massacre
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: massacre (all its classes: Wikidata item)
The Maraş massacre (Turkish: Maraş katliamı; Kurdish: Komkujiya Mereşê) was the massacre of more than one hundred leftists and Kurdish Alevis in the city of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, in December 1978, allegedly by the neo-fascist Grey Wolves and National Intelligence Organization of Turkey.
Martial law was declared after the massacre, but this did not halt a campaign of violence elsewhere including in cities like Çorum and Konya.
Text retrieved 2026-09-26 from Wikipedia.
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APA 7
Maraş massacre. (2026, September 26). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mara%C5%9F_massacre&oldid=1376838483
MLA 9
“Maraş massacre.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Sept. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mara%C5%9F_massacre&oldid=1376838483.
Chicago (note)
Wikipedia, “Maraş massacre,” last modified September 26, 2026, 15:10 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mara%C5%9F_massacre&oldid=1376838483.
Chicago (shortened note)
Wikipedia, “Maraş massacre.”
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