List of massacres of Turkish people

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This is a list of massacres against Turks and Muslims in the Ottoman Empire.

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Name Date Present location Perpetrators Deaths Notes
Persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction c. 1820 to 1920 Former Ottoman territories and the Russian Empire Various Christian forces or nation states in the Caucasus, Crimea, Southeastern Europe Estimated up to around 5 to 5.5 million[1][2][3][4]

Death estimates include non-Turkish people

Massacres of the Muslim population during the Russo-Turkish War April 1877–March 1878 Balkans and Caucasus Armies of the Russian Coalition, mainly Russian Army 250,000–600,000[5][6]

Death estimates include non-Turkish people

Deportation of the Meskhetian Turks 14–15 November 1944 Georgia (country) Meskheti, Georgia NKVD 12,589–50,000
Buda massacre September 1686 Hungary Buda, Hungary Armies of the Holy League +3,000[7]
Navarino massacre[8] 19 August 1821 Greece Pylos, Greece Greek revolutionaries 3,000
Tripolitsa massacre[9] 23 September 1821 Greece Tripoli, Greece Greek revolutionaries 6,000–30,000[10][11]
Galați massacre 20 February 1821 Romania Galați, Romania Greek revolutionaries 50–300[12]
Massacres of the Turkish population during the April Uprising April–May 1876 Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgarian revolutionaries 200–1,000[13][14][15]
Harmanli massacre 16–17 January 1878 Bulgaria Harmanli, Bulgaria Russian Army 2,000–5,000[16]
Kızanlık massacres 1877–1878 Bulgaria Kazanlak, Bulgaria Russian Army, Bulgarians 1,751[17]
Lasithi massacres 1897 Greece Crete, Greece Christian mobs 850–1,000[18][19]
Sarakina massacre February 1897 Greece Crete, Greece Christian mobs 104 (61 children, 23 women and 20 men)[20]
Sitia massacre February 1897 Greece Sitia, Crete, Greece Christian mob 300[21]
Kissamos massacre February 1897 Greece Kissamos, Crete, Greece Christian mob 23[21]
Kirchova massacre August 1903 North Macedonia Kichevo, North Macedonia Bulgarian revolutionaries 8[22]
Raionovo, Planitsa and Kukurtevo massacres Autumn 1912 North Macedonia Raionovo, Planitsa and Kukurtevo, Macedonia Bulgarian irregulars +700[23][24]
Cisr-i Mustafapaşa massacre October 1912 Bulgaria Svilengrad, Bulgaria Bulgarians 200[25]
Edeköy massacre 1912 Turkey Edeköy, Edirne, Turkey Greeks 1,659[26]
Serres massacre 1912 Greece Serres, Greece Bulgarians 600[27]
Dedeagac massacre 1912 Greece Alexandroupolis, Greece Armenians 20[27]
Bulgarian school massacre 1912 North Macedonia Chair quarter of Uskub, North Macedonia Serbians 18[27]
Ohrid massacre 1912 North Macedonia Ohrid, North Macedonia Serbians 500[28]
Strumica massacre 1912 North Macedonia Strumitsa, North Macedonia Greeks 3,000[27]
Petrovo massacre 1912 Bulgaria Petrovo Bulgarians "every living Turkish thing"[29]
Yaylacık massacre 1912 GreeceYaylacık, close to Salonica Greeks 15[27]
Salonica massacre 1912 Greece Salonica Greeks 27[29]
Derin Çatak massacre 1912 Turkey Malkara Bulgarians 11[30]
Avrethisar villages massacre 1912–1913 Greece Kilkis Bulgarians 451[31]
Pravishte massacres 1912–1913 Greece Eleftheroupoli Greeks 195[27]
Kaz massacre March 1913 Turkey Yukarı Kılıçlı Bulgarians 43[32]
Karasatı massacre June 1913 Turkey Karasatı, Keşan Bulgarians and Greeks 29[33]
Uzunköprü massacre July 1913 Turkey Uzunköprü Bulgarians 42[34][35]
Habibçe massacre July 1913 Bulgaria Lyubimets Bulgarians 20[35]
Muslim deaths during the Van uprising April–May 1915 Turkey Van Armenian rebels 1,000 - 2,000 Armenians killed Muslim civilians during and after the revolt as Russian forces advanced.

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Greek landing at Smyrna 15 May 1919 Turkey İzmir Hellenic Army and local Greeks 400–600[38]
Yeşiloba massacre 11 June 1920 Turkey Yeşiloba, Adana French Armenian Legion 64–200[39]
Menemen massacre 17 June 1919 Turkey Menemen, İzmir Hellenic Army and local Greeks 200
Massacre in Erbeyli 20–21 June 1919 Turkey Erbeyli, Aydın Hellenic Army 72
Birecik massacre 11–24 February 1920 Turkey Birecik, Şanlıurfa French Army 280[40]
Massacre in Marash 1920 Turkey Marash French Army and French Armenian Legion 4,500[41][42]
Massacre in Aintab 1920–1921 Turkey Aintab French Army and French Armenian Legion 6,000–7,000[40][43]
Yalova Peninsula massacres[44] 1920–1921 Turkey Armutlu Peninsula Hellenic Army, local Christians and Circassians[45] 5,500–9,100[46][47]
Bilecik massacre[48] March–April 1921 Turkey Bilecik, Sögüt, Bozüyük Hellenic Army and local Greeks 208[49]
İzmit massacre[50] 24 June 1921 Turkey İzmit Hellenic Army 300[51][52]
Karatepe village massacre 14 February 1922 Turkey Karatepe, Köşk Hellenic Army 385[53]
Uşak massacre 1 September 1922 Turkey Uşak Hellenic Army and local Greeks 200[54]
Alaşehir massacre[55] 3–4 September 1922 Turkey Alaşehir, Manisa Hellenic Army 3,000[56]
Turgutlu massacre 4–6 September 1922 Turkey Turgutlu, Manisa Hellenic Army 1,000[56]
Salihli massacre 5 September 1922 Turkey Salihli, Manisa Hellenic Army +76[57]
Manisa massacre[58] 6–7 September 1922 Turkey Manisa Hellenic Army and local Christians 4,355[59][56]
Suşiçe massacre April 1941 North Macedonia Sušica Kingdom of Bulgaria 7[60]
Blatec executions September 1944 North Macedonia Blatec Kingdom of Bulgaria 15[60]
Istibanje-Teranci massacres October 1944 North Macedonia Istibanja and Teranci Nazi Germany 17[60]
Limassol massacre 13 February 1963 Cyprus Limassol, Cyprus Greek Cypriots 16[61]
Bloody Christmas[62][63] 21–31 December 1963 Cyprus Nicosia, Cyprus Greek Cypriots 364[64]
Massacre in Famagusta 11 May 1964 Cyprus Famagusta, Cyprus Cypriot Police 10–17[65][66]
Massacre in Akrotiri and Dhekelia 13 May 1964 United Kingdom Akrotiri and Dhekelia Cypriot Police and local Cypriots 11[65][66]
Massacre in Kofinou 14–15 November 1967 Cyprus Kofinou, Cyprus Greek Cypriots 26[67][61]
Alaminos massacre[68] 20 July 1974 Cyprus Alaminos, Cyprus Cypriot National Guard 13–14[69][70]
Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre 14 August 1974 Cyprus Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda, Cyprus EOKA B 126[71][72]
Tochni massacre 15 August 1974 Cyprus Taşkent, Cyprus EOKA B 84[65]
Fergana massacre 3–12 June 1989 Uzbekistan Fergana valley, Uzbekistan Uzbek mobs 97[73]
Bulgarization of Turks in People's Republic of Bulgaria 1984–1989 Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgarian army 300 to 1,500 (according to HRW)[74]
Çetinkaya massacre 25 December 1991 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Kurdistan Workers' Party 12
Bingöl massacre 24 May 1993 Turkey Bingöl, Turkey Kurdistan Workers' Party 38
Başbağlar massacre 5 July 1993 Turkey Başbağlar, Turkey Kurdistan Workers' Party 33
Yavi massacre 25 October 1993 Turkey Erzurum, Turkey Kurdistan Workers' Party 33[75]
Blue market massacre 13 March 1999 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Kurdistan Workers' Party 13
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