Maraş massacre

For the 1920 massacre, see Battle of Marash § Massacre of Armenians.

Maraş massacre
Part of the political violence in Turkey in 1976–80
LocationKahramanmaras, Turkey
DateDecember 1978
TargetLeftists and Alevi Kurds
Attack type
Pogrom, Islamic terrorism, Right-wing terrorism
Deaths105–111
PerpetratorsGrey Wolves
MotiveFar-right extremism

The Maraş massacre (Turkish: Maraş katliamı; Kurdish: Komkujiya Mereşê) was the massacre of more than one hundred leftists and Alevis in the city of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, in December 1978, primarily by the neo-fascist Grey Wolves.

Martial law was declared after the massacre, but this did not halt a campaign of violence elsewhere including in cities like Çorum and Konya.

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