Fergana massacre

Fergana massacre happened in 1989, after riots broke out between the Meskhetian Turks who had settled in Uzbekistan, and the native Uzbeks. Hundreds of Meskhetian Turks were killed or injured, nearly 1,000 properties were destroyed and thousands of Meskhetian Turks fled into exile.[4]

Fergana Massacre
Part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union
LocationFergana Valley, Uzbekistan SSR
DateJune 3, 1989 (1989-06-03) June 12, 1989 (1989-06-12)
TargetMeskhetian Turks
Attack type
pogrom
Deathsminimum 97[1]
Injured1,000[1]
PerpetratorsUzbek nationalist mobs
AccusedKGB-led mafia[2][3]

Course of events

Since their deportation, Meskhetian Turks weren't allowed to return to their homeland, they continued living in Central Asia, primarily in Uzbekistan, until June 1989, when Uzbek extremists took part in a mass slaughter of the Turks in the Fergana Valley. According to official, and most probably low figures, 97 people died, over 1,000 were wounded, and 752 houses were burned to the ground. Before the massacre, about 100,000 Turks lived in Uzbekistan.[1]

Aftermath

Authorities in Moscow and Tashkent quickly claimed that the riots were planned by the mafia, the political enemies of Gorbachev or by Uzbek nationalists.[2]

Following this events, the majority of Meskhetian Turks, about 70,000, went to Azerbaijan, whilst the remainder went to various regions of Russia (especially Krasnodar Krai), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine.[4][5] Many Bukharan Jews also fled to Israel.[3]

See also

References
  1. "POPULATION TRANSFER: The Tragedy of the Meskhetian Turks". Cultural Survival. March 1992.
  2. Pravda 14 October 1989, p.2
  3. Patrick Sullivan (2017). Economic Inequality, Neoliberalism, and the American Community College. p. 79.
  4. UNHCR 1999b, 20.
  5. UNHCR 1999b, 21.

Bibliography

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