ADANA — 1979 · Murder
Lawyer Ceyhun Can Assassinated in His Office
On 10 September 1979 Ceyhun Can, former Adana provincial chair of the Workers' Party of Turkey and one of the intervening lawyers in the Maraş events trial, was shot dead in his law office in Adana. Together with the killing of a university administrator in the city the same week, the attack became a symbol of the political violence in Çukurova before the 1980 coup. The Adana Bar Association commemorates him each year among the lawyers killed in that era. Accessible public sources give no clear, consistent information on the perpetrators or any trial outcome; the case is now regarded as a closed historical record.
- Date
- 1979
- Place
- Seyhan, Adana
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Closed
- Coordinates
- 36.9910, 35.3300 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 10 September 1979Ceyhun Can was shot dead in his office.
- 11 September 1979A university administrator was also assassinated in Adana.
- 12 September 1980After the coup, political cases of the era moved to martial-law courts.
- TodayThe Adana Bar Association commemorates him among lawyers killed in the period.
Sources
- Hukuk Ansiklopedisi: Öldürülen hukukçular hukukansiklopedisi.com ↗
- CNN Türk: 12 Eylül darbesi cnnturk.com ↗
- Vikipedi: 12 Eylül Darbesi'ne giden süreç tr.wikipedia.org ↗
- Hukuk Ansiklopedisi
- CNN Türk
- Adana Bar Association
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🕯️ This record was prepared with respect, in memory of those who lost their lives.