Sivas Massacre, Sivas, Turkey, 1993
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Name (Latin)
Sivas Massacre, Sivas, Turkey, 1993
Other forms of name
Madımak Hotel Massacre, Sivas, Turkey, 1993
Madımak Massacre, Sivas, Turkey, 1993
See Also From tracing topical name
Alevis Persecutions Turkey
Massacres Turkey
MARC
MARC
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Q897808
Library of congress:
sh2018003129
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Özcan, M. Dersim ve Madımak söyleşileri, 2016:p. 4 of cover (new massacre [of Alevis] at the Madımak Hotel in Sivas on 2 July 1993)
- Alevis in Europe, 2017:p. 95, note 9 (Sivas Massacre; 2 July 1993; many writers, intellectuals and musicians were in a hotel in Madımak, Sivas to commemorate the Alevi poet Pir Sultan Abdal; after the traditional Friday prayers militant Sunni fundamentalists set fire to the hotel)
- Victims of Sivas Massacre remembered on 25th anniversary in Turkey, in Hürriyet daily news, July 02 2018, viewed online Dec. 13, 2018(The Sivas Massacre, an arson attack staged by an extremist mob on mostly Alevi intellectuals inside the Madımak Hotel that killed 33 intellectuals and two hotel personnel; the attack against the Madımak Hotel on July 2, 1993 targeted a group of artists and scholars participating in a conference organized by the Pir Sultan Abdal Culture Foundation (PSAKD), an Alevi organization; participants of the conference were accused of being infidels by the large crowd outside, who had been provoked to action by a number of local political leaders; the building became a symbol of discrimination faced by Turkey's Alevi population)
- The Madımak Massacre, a quarter-century later, in ANF news, 2 Jul 2018, viewed online Dec. 13, 2018(the Madımak Massacre of July 2, 1993 was committed in Sivas on where 33 people were murdered; the Sivas Massacre; one of the bloodiest massacres in Turkey's history; massacre targeted the Alevi community)
- Lawrence, D. Lesson learnt from the Sivas Massacre?, via openDemocracy website, 5 July 2013, viewed on Dec. 13, 2018(the Sivas Massacre, known in Turkey as the Madımak Massacre; July 2, 1993; thirty-seven distinguished individuals who were writers, poets and thinkers--most of whom were Alevi--and 2 hotel personnel were murdered by a mob of Islamic extremists when the hotel was set on fire)
- Links, J. On injustice and development : seven days of resistance in Erdoğan's Turkey, via LeftEast website, July 8, 2013, viewed on Dec. 13, 2018(the 1993 Madımak Hotel Massacre, in which arsons set fire to a hotel housing a conference of alevi (Turkish Alawite) and leftist intellectuals, killing 35 and wounding many more, while outside over ten thousand people from among the local Sunni population shouted "Allahüekber")
- Google search, Dec. 13, 2018(9,880 results for "Sivas Massacre"; 752 results for Madımak Massacre; 120 results for "Madımak Hotel Massacre")
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Otel Madımak
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File:01 Demonstration zum Massaker von Sivas 2. Juli 1993 Unutmadik Unutmayacagiz 2.jpg
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File:Otel Madımak.jpg
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Wikipedia description:
The Sivas massacre (Turkish: Sivas Katliamı) or Madımak massacre (Turkish: Madımak Katliamı) refers to an act of mob arson taking place on July 2, 1993 at the Hotel Madımak (Otel Madımak) in Sivas, Turkey, which resulted in the killing of 37 people, mostly Alevi intellectuals. Two perpetrators also died during the incident. The victims, who had gathered in the hotel for the Pir Sultan Abdal festival, were killed when a mob set fire to the hotel.
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