Bahçelievler massacre

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The Bahçelievler incident also known as Bahçelievler Massacre, is the name given to the events of October 9, 1978 in Bahçelievler, Ankara, Turkey, when seven university students, members of the Turkish Workers' Party, were assassinated by neo-fascists including Grey Wolves' leader Abdullah Çatlı, and Haluk Kırcı.

Other massacres include the March 16, 1978 Massacre, when at the exit of a school, the police and fascists bombed and shot the leftist students in Beyazıt Square, killing seven; the December 23-24, 1978 Kahramanmaraş Massacre, when 111 Alevi people were killed according to the official figures (the actual number has been estimated to be much higher) and many more. According to Le Monde diplomatique:

"[Abdullah Çatlı] is reckoned to have been one of the main perpetrators of underground operations carried out by the Turkish branch of the Gladio organisation and had played a key role in the bloody events of the period 1976-1980 which paved the way for the military coup d’état of September 1980. As the young head of the far-right Grey Wolves militia, he had been accused, among other things, of the murder of seven left-wing students."

He was seen in the company of Avanguardia Nazionale founder Stefano Delle Chiaie, while touring Latin America and on a visit to Miami in September 1982.^[1]