MANISA — 1979 · Murder
The Turgutlu Bakery Raid
On the night of 7 September 1979 masked gunmen entered the Çınar bread factory in Turgutlu, Manisa. In a period of escalating political violence, the raid, found to have been planned as retaliation for an earlier coffeehouse attack in the town, killed four bakery workers believed to be leftists; three died at the scene and one in hospital. The attackers were caught and tried. A martial-law court in İzmir handed down death sentences on 17 September 1981, and one was carried out on 5 June 1983. The raid is recorded as one of the gravest episodes of pre-1980 political violence in the Aegean.
- Date
- 1979
- Place
- Turgutlu, Manisa
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 38.4970, 27.7060 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 7 September 1979The Çınar bread factory was raided; four workers were killed.
- 1979-1980The attackers were caught.
- 17 September 1981A martial-law court imposed death sentences.
- 5 June 1983A death sentence was carried out in Buca, İzmir.
Sources
- Vikipedi: Halil Esendağ tr.wikipedia.org ↗
- Vikipedi: 12 Eylül Darbesi'ne giden süreç tr.wikipedia.org ↗
- Turkish Wikipedia
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