Assassination of Mehmet Baydar and Bahadır Demir

Mehmet Baydar
Mehmet Baydar sometime before his death
Bahadır Demir
Demir sometime before his death

The assassination of Mehmet Baydar and Bahadır Demir occurred on 27 January 1973 at the Biltmore Hotel in Santa Barbara, California. The two Turkish diplomats, Consul General Baydar and Vice Consul Demir, were murdered by Armenian-American Gourgen Yanikian. Yanikian, using an alias, had invited the Turkish diplomats to lunch, during which they were both shot dead.

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