content tagged with Maras Massacre

42th year of Maraş Massacre: ‘Set up a Truth Commission’

42th year of Maraş Massacre: ‘Set up a Truth Commission’

According to official figures, 111 people were killed, over a thousand people were wounded, 552 houses were arsoned and 289 workplaces were plundered during the Maraş Massacre that targeted the Alevi citizens in eastern Turkey.

24 December 2020

‘MHP threatens HDP with genocide in the 42nd year of Maraş Massacre’

UNION FOR DEMOCRACY

‘MHP threatens HDP with genocide in the 42nd year of Maraş Massacre’

In a statement released by the Union for Democracy (DİB) to mark the 42nd year of the Maraş Massacre, it is said that “Turkey has been going through a period when there is an attempt to institutionalize fascism by the one-man rule.”

21 December 2020

‘Commemoration Ban’ on Events To Mark Anniversary of Maraş Massacre

‘Commemoration Ban’ on Events To Mark Anniversary of Maraş Massacre

Maraş Governorship has banned all “meetings, demonstration marches, rallies, commemoration events, setting up stands and tents, press statements and similar activities in Maraş for one month. The ban also covers the week, where commemoration events would be planned to mark the anniversary of the Maraş Massacre.

15 December 2017

37 Years After Maraş Massacre

37 Years After Maraş Massacre

According to official figures, 111 persons had been killed, hundred others had been injured, 210 houses and 70 workplaces had been destroyed,and Pir Sultan Abdal Cultural Associations are prohibited from commemorating the 37th anniversary.

18 December 2015

15 Days of Martial Law in Erzincan

15 Days of Martial Law in Erzincan

Erzincan Province Governor’s Office released a statement, banning all open area activities of press statements, demonstrations and petitions until January 12.

29 December 2014

Maraş Massacre Commemorations Face Ban

Maraş Massacre Commemorations Face Ban

Maraş Province Governor’s Office banned all marching, protest and press statement activities related to the commemoration of 1978 Maraş Massacre that officially killed 111 people.

19 December 2014

Exhibition Unable to Open After Banning Painting on Maraş Massacre

Exhibition Unable to Open After Banning Painting on Maraş Massacre

Planned to open in Beyoğlu Art Gallery, ‘Nostalji 2014’ exhibition couldn’t be held due to the withdrawal of various art pieces by its artists who reacted the ban for ‘Maraş Massacre’ painting of a fellow artist.

4 June 2014 Elif Akgül

Turkish State TV Program Holds Murdered Hrant Dink Responsible For Maraş Massacre

A program aired on the State TV (TRT) claimed that Hrant Dink, Armenian journalist who was murdered in front of his office in January 2007, was responsible for the Maraş Massacre against the Alevis thirty years ago.

26 December 2008

Thirty Years after the Maraş Massacre

Explanations of the Maraş incidents tended to resist examining the responsibility of the local population for what happened by focusing on a “hidden hand” in the events. In Maraş a silence hangs over the incidents of 1978.

26 December 2008 Emma Sinclair-Webb

Alevite Meeting For The Still Unsolved Maraş Massacre

Thousands of Alevites met in Adana and demanded the prosecution of the perpetrators of the 30 year old Maraş massacre. They sent their questions about the massacre to the President.

22 December 2008

Remembering the Maras Massacre in 1978

Remembering the Maras Massacre in 1978

According to official numbers, 111 people, mostly Alevis, died in the Maras Massacre from 19 to 25 December 1978. The ÖDP has called on Turkey to face up to its history.

26 December 2007 Emine Özcan