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| Balgat Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Political violence in Turkey, 1970s | |
  Balgat massacre (Ankara) | |
| Location | Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 39°55′28″N 32°53′08″E / 39.9244°N 32.8856°E |
| Date | 10 August 1978 |
| Target | Left-wing civilians |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | 14 |
| Perpetrators | Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu and İsa Armağan |
The Balgat massacre ( Turkish: Balgat katliamı) of 10 August 1978 was a mass shooting targeting 3 coffeehouses known with their left-wing customers in Çankaya, Ankara in which 5 died and 14 were injured. The massacre was ordered by Abdullah Çatlı. 2 people, Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu and İsa Armağan, were arrested related to the incident. Pehlivanoğlu was executed on 7 October 1980 and Armağan escaped from prison. He was caught in 1995 and was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment. However, he was released after 7 years. According to some idealist sources, Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu was a victim of false accusation and had no connections to the incident. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
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- ^ DÜZGÜN, Selçuk (2015-10-08). "Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu'nun Sansürlenen Mektubu! - Selçuk DÜZGÜN". Siyaset Cafe (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-12.