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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

Governor Averts Commemoration on Maraş Massacre

Governor Averts Commemoration on Maraş Massacre

On the 33rd anniversary of the massacre in the southern city of Maraş, activists and relatives of the dead are not allowed into the city. Gendarmerie clashed with protestors.

26 December 2011

Provocation During Commemoration of Maraş Massacre

Provocation During Commemoration of Maraş Massacre

Alevi Bektashi Federation President Balkız said that the recent provocation of a group of nationalists was encouraged by the government's discriminative attitude and the fact that the perpetrators of the Maraş massacre remained unpunished.

21 December 2010 Erhan Üstündağ

20,000 TL Fine for TRT due to Defamation of Journalist Dink

20,000 TL Fine for TRT due to Defamation of Journalist Dink

An Istanbul court sentenced TRT, Bey Productions Company and prime suspect of the Maraş massacre Ökkeş Şendiler to a 20,000 TL fine in compensation for claiming killed Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink responsible for the massacre in Maraş.

3 March 2010 Erol Önderoğlu