Balgat massacre

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. 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]

Balgat Massacre
Part of Political violence in Turkey, 1970s
Location	Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
Date	10 August 1978
Target	Left-wing civilians
Deaths	5
Injured	14
Perpetrators	Mustafa Pehlivanoğlu and İsa Armağan

References

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