Galip Balkar

Galip Balkar
27th Turkish Ambassador to Yugoslavia
In office
1 November 1981 – 9 March 1983
President Kenan Evren
Preceded by Hikmet Özkan
Succeeded by Ali Hikmet Alp
Personal details
Born 1936
Istanbul, Turkey
Died March 11, 1983(1983-03-11) (aged 47)
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Nationality Turkish
Alma mater Ankara University
Profession Diplomat
Galip Balkar's grave at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Memorial Cemetery, in Ankara

Galip Balkar (1936 – 11 March 1983) was a Turkish diplomat. He was assassinated by two Armenian gunmen in 1983 during his duty as the Turkish ambassador to Yugoslavia.

Life and career

Galip Balkar was born in 1936 in Istanbul. He was graduated from Ankara University, Law School. In 1939, he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed the Ambassador of Turkey to Yugoslavia in 1981.

Assassination

On 9 March 1983,[1] two Armenian gunmen opened fire with small firearms[2] at Galip Balkar's auto, which stopped for a red light at a major downtown intersection in Belgrade.[2] Balkar and his chauffeur Necati Kaya were wounded, the condition of the ambassador being critical.[2] The two assailants then attempted to run away from the scene, and killed a Yugoslav student, Željko Milivojević, who tried to prevent their escape.[3] Two Yugoslav security agents in the area chased them and shots were exchanged.[2] The gunmen wounded one of the agents, Slobodan Brajević. Another shot aimed at Brajević had ricocheted off a wall and slightly wounded an office worker, Zorica Solotić.[4]

Galip Balkar died on 11 March[5] in the neurosurgical clinic in Belgrade where he was in critical condition after emergency surgery for two bullet wounds one in the head, the other through the right shoulder to the spine.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Terrorist Group Profiles. ISBN 1-56806-864-6. Aug 1989, p. 53
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gunmen Wound Turkish Envoy to Belgrade. The Washington Post. March 10, 1983, Thursday, Final Edition
  3. ↑ Assassins of Turkish ambassador indicted. Yuqoslav News Agency. September 14, 1983, Wednesday
  4. ↑ Assassination of Turkish Ambassador to Yugoslavia. BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. March 14, 1983, Saturday
  5. ↑ Turk Dies in Belgrade; Two Gunmen Held The New York Times. March 12, 1983


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