Corum pogrom
The pogrom of Çorum ( Turkish Çorum Katliamı ) occurred on July 4, 1980 in the Turkish province of Çorum . Two years after the Kahramanmaraş pogrom , the attacks were again directed against the Alevi population of Turkey, and the Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP) party was also one of the targets .
On May 27, 1980, the politician Gün Sazak was murdered in Eskişehir . His death led to nationwide Gray Wolf demonstrations as Gün Sazak was a high-ranking member of the nationalist party MHP . Leaflets directed against left-wing parties, the CHP and Alevis were also distributed in the city of Çorum . On May 30, 1980, there were clashes between Sunnis and Alevis in various Alevi residential areas , and some were seriously injured. A barricade was erected and a ban on going out was issued.
The turning point came on July 4, 1980, when members of the gray wolves spread a rumor in the city that the Alevis had attacked the Allaadin mosque in the city center and attacked it with tear gas. Alevi neighborhoods and villages were attacked from that day until the morning of July 5. Numerous people were seriously injured. 18 people were killed, including young people and women. The CHP party building was also badly damaged. Houses were set on fire. The armed forces sent two army battalions into the province to support the gendarmerie. By July 9, 1980, 300 people had been arrested.
After the pogrom of 1980 there was no longer any violent religious rioting in the city.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Çorum Olayları'nda oil 57 kişi için ilk anma töreni . Netgazete.com
- ↑ Sadık Eral: Çaldıran'dan Çorum'a Anadolu'da Alevi Katliamları . 2nd Edition. Ant Yayınları, 1993, pp. 73-76
- ↑ Sadık Eral: Çaldıran'dan Çorum'a Anadolu'da Alevi Katliamları . 2nd Edition. Ant Yayınları, 1993, pp. 133-134