Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980)
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Political violence in Turkey became a serious problem in the late 1970s and was even described as a "low-level civil war". The death squads of Turkish right-wing ultranationalist groups, sometimes allied with the state, inflicted around 5,000 casualties with the motivation of acting against the resistance of the left-wing opposition. Most of the victims were left-wingers. The level of illegal violence lessened for a while after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, and was later overshadowed by the PKK insurgency in 1984 and the revival of the Maoist insurgency.
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1980-09-12T00:00:00Z
1968 — 1980 Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980)
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | Bīt-Purutaš | Wikidata | ||
| area | region | 1923 | Turkey | successor state, Mediterranean country, sovereign state, secular state, transcontinental country, social state, regional power, country | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1877 | Unknown | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1968 | Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980) | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2013 | Turkey–Islamic State conflict | armed conflict | Wikidata |