Political violence in Turkey (1976–1980)
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Political violence in Turkey became a serious problem in the late 1970s[3] and was even described as a "low-level civil war".[4] The death squads of Turkish right-wing ultranationalist groups, sometimes allied with the state, against the resistance of the left-wing opposition inflicted some 5,000 casualties. Most of the victims were left-wingers. The level of illegal violence lessened for a while after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état until the Kurdish-Turkish conflict erupted in 1984.
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Political violence in Turkey (1968–1980) | |||||||
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Part of the Cold War | |||||||
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Right-wing groups: | Left-wing groups: | ||||||
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Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,296[2] | 2,109[2] | ||||||
Total: 5,388 killed, affiliation of 1,983 victims unknown.[2] |
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