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Coordinates: 39°55′28″N 32°53′08″E / 39.9244°N 32.8856°E / 39.9244; 32.8856
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Balgat Massacre
Part of Political violence in Turkey, 1970s
Balgat massacre is located in Ankara
Balgat massacre
Balgat massacre (Ankara)
LocationÇankaya, Ankara, Turkey
Coordinates39°55′28″N 32°53′08″E / 39.9244°N 32.8856°E / 39.9244; 32.8856
Date10 August 1978
TargetLeft-wing civilians
Deaths5
Injured14
PerpetratorsMustafa 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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  1. ^ "Bahçelievler Katliamı'nın 42'nci yılı". birgun.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  2. ^ "Biri asıldı, diğeri özgür". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 28 May 2002. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  3. ^ "Balgat katliamı sanığına tahliye". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 26 May 2002. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  4. ^ "Balgat - MİLLİYET GAZETE ARŞİVİ". gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  5. ^ "'Hafıza Sokağı'nda Abdullah Çatlı'nın emriyle katliam yapan Pehlivanoğlu ile Erdal Eren yan yana". Yolculuk Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  6. ^ "12 Eylül'de idam edilen Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu'nun anne ve babası konuştu:Günahkarları korumayın". wowturkey.com. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  7. ^ DÜZGÜN, Selçuk (2015-10-08). "Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu'nun Sansürlenen Mektubu! - Selçuk DÜZGÜN". Siyaset Cafe (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-12.
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