Taksim Square massacre
Attack on the Labor Day celebration on the 1 May 1977 in Istanbul, Turkey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1977 incident. For the "Bloody Sunday" incident which occurred at Taksim Square in 1969, see Bloody Sunday (1969).
The Taksim Square massacre (Turkish: Kanlı 1 Mayıs, or the Bloody First of May) was an attack on leftist demonstrators on 1 May 1977 (International Workers' Day) in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey. Casualty figures vary between 34 and 42 persons killed and 126 and 220 injured. Over 500 demonstrators were later detained by the security forces, and 98 were indicted. None of the perpetrators were caught, although suspicion soon fell on the Counter-Guerrilla and associated right-wing groups. The massacre was part of the wave of political violence in Turkey in the late 1970s.
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Part of Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980) | |
Location | Taksim Square, Beyoğlu, Istanbul |
Coordinates | 41°02′13″N 28°59′09″E |
Date | 1 May 1977 |
Target | Civilians, leftists |
Deaths | 34 |
Injured | 136 |
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