Category: War, from Wikidata’s class “armed conflict”
Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980)
Part of: Cold War Wikidata
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: armed conflict (all its classes: Wikidata item)
Political violence in Turkey became a serious problem in the late 1970s and was even described as a "low-level civil war". Far-left groups such as Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front, and separate Maoist groups , also Turkish right-wing ultranationalist gangs (sometimes allied with the state), were responsible for most of the violence. Ultimately, over 5,000 people died in the conflict. The violence lessened for a while after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état and was later overshadowed by the PKK insurgency in 1984.
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Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980). (2026, October 4). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Political_violence_in_Turkey_(1976%E2%80%931980)&oldid=1378427875
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“Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980).” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 4 Oct. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Political_violence_in_Turkey_(1976%E2%80%931980)&oldid=1378427875.
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