ORDU — 1977 · Murder
Aybastı blood-feud killing (1977)
On 2 April 1977 in the Aybastı district of Ordu, a young man who held a grudge against the family of the person who had killed his father and uncle opened fire on family members working in a field, killing two people. The event is recorded as one of the grave consequences of blood feuds in the region. On 14 November 1979 the Ordu High Criminal Court sentenced him to death; the Court of Cassation upheld the verdict on 6 February 1980. After the 12 September coup, with the approval of the National Security Council, he was executed on 20 April 1983.
- Date
- 1977
- Place
- Aybastı, Ordu
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 40.6860, 37.3990 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 2 April 1977Two people were killed in a field in Aybastı.
- 14 November 1979The Ordu High Criminal Court imposed a death sentence.
- 6 February 1980The Court of Cassation upheld it.
- 20 April 1983The perpetrator was executed.
Sources
- Cumhuriyet e-arşiv – 21 Nisan 1983 egazete.cumhuriyet.com.tr ↗
- Vikipedi – Cafer Aksu (Altuntaş) tr.wikipedia.org ↗
- Cumhuriyet
- TBMM tutanakları
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