List of massacres of Turkish people

This is a list of massacres against Turks and Muslims in the Ottoman Empire.

List

Name	Date	Present location	Perpetrators	Deaths	Notes
Persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction	c. 1820 to 1920	Former Ottoman territories and the Russian Empire	Various Christian forces or nation states in the Caucasus, Crimea, Southeastern Europe	Estimated up to around 5 to 5.5 million[1][2][3][4]	Death estimates include non-Turkish people
Massacres of the Muslim population during the Russo-Turkish War	April 1877–March 1878	Balkans and Caucasus	Armies of the Russian Coalition, mainly Russian Army	250,000–600,000[5][6]
Deportation of the Meskhetian Turks	14–15 November 1944	Meskheti, Georgia	NKVD	12,589–50,000
Buda massacre	September 1686	Buda, Hungary	Armies of the Holy League	+3,000[7]
Navarino massacre[8]	19 August 1821	Pylos, Greece	Greek revolutionaries	3,000
Tripolitsa massacre[9]	23 September 1821	Tripoli, Greece	Greek revolutionaries	6,000–30,000[10][11]
Galați massacre	20 February 1821	Galați, Romania	Greek revolutionaries	50–300[12]
Massacres of the Turkish population during the April Uprising	April–May 1876	Bulgaria	Bulgarian revolutionaries	200–1,000[13][14][15]
Harmanli massacre	16–17 January 1878	Harmanli, Bulgaria	Russian Army	2,000–5,000[16]
Kızanlık massacres	1877–1878	Kazanlak, Bulgaria	Russian Army, Bulgarians	1,751[17]
Lasithi massacres	1897	Crete, Greece	Christian mobs	850–1,000[18][19]
Sarakina massacre	February 1897	Crete, Greece	Christian mobs	104 (61 children, 23 women and 20 men)[20]
Sitia massacre	February 1897	Sitia, Crete, Greece	Christian mob	300[21]
Kissamos massacre	February 1897	Kissamos, Crete, Greece	Christian mob	23[21]
Kirchova massacre	August 1903	Kichevo, North Macedonia	Bulgarian revolutionaries	8[22]
Raionovo, Planitsa and Kukurtevo massacres	Autumn 1912	Raionovo, Planitsa and Kukurtevo, Macedonia	Bulgarian irregulars	+700[23][24]
Cisr-i Mustafapaşa massacre	October 1912	Svilengrad, Bulgaria	Bulgarians	200[25]
Edeköy massacre	1912	Edeköy, Edirne, Turkey	Greeks	1,659[26]
Serres massacre	1912	Serres, Greece	Bulgarians	600[27]
Dedeagac massacre	1912	Alexandroupolis, Greece	Armenians	20[27]
Bulgarian school massacre	1912	Chair quarter of Uskub, North Macedonia	Serbians	18[27]
Ohrid massacre	1912	Ohrid, North Macedonia	Serbians	500[28]
Strumica massacre	1912	Strumitsa, North Macedonia	Greeks	3,000[27]
Petrovo massacre	1912	Petrovo	Bulgarians	"every living Turkish thing"[29]
Yaylacık massacre	1912	Yaylacık, close to Salonica	Greeks	15[27]
Salonica massacre	1912	Salonica	Greeks	27[29]
Derin Çatak massacre	1912	Malkara	Bulgarians	11[30]
Avrethisar villages massacre	1912–1913	Kilkis	Bulgarians	451[31]
Pravishte massacres	1912–1913	Eleftheroupoli	Greeks	195[27]
Kaz massacre	March 1913	Yukarı Kılıçlı	Bulgarians	43[32]
Karasatı massacre	June 1913	Karasatı, Keşan	Bulgarians and Greeks	29[33]
Uzunköprü massacre	July 1913	Uzunköprü	Bulgarians	42[34][35]
Habibçe massacre	July 1913	Lyubimets	Bulgarians	20[35]
Greek landing at Smyrna	15 May 1919	İzmir	Hellenic Army and local Greeks	400–600[36]
Yeşiloba massacre	11 June 1920	Yeşiloba, Adana	French Armenian Legion	64–200[37]
Menemen massacre	17 June 1919	Menemen, İzmir	Hellenic Army and local Greeks	200
Massacre in Erbeyli	20–21 June 1919	Erbeyli, Aydın	Hellenic Army	72
Birecik massacre	11–24 February 1920	Birecik, Şanlıurfa	French Army	280[38]
Massacre in Marash	1920	Marash	French Army and French Armenian Legion	4,500[39][40]
Massacre in Aintab	1920–1921	Aintab	French Army and French Armenian Legion	6,000–7,000[38][41]
Yalova Peninsula massacres[42]	1920–1921	Armutlu Peninsula	Hellenic Army, local Christians and Circassians[43]	5,500–9,100[44][45]
Bilecik massacre[46]	March–April 1921	Bilecik, Sögüt, Bozüyük	Hellenic Army and local Greeks	208[47]
İzmit massacre[48]	24 June 1921	İzmit	Hellenic Army	300[49][50]
Karatepe village massacre	14 February 1922	Karatepe, Köşk	Hellenic Army	385[51]
Uşak massacre	1 September 1922	Uşak	Hellenic Army and local Greeks	200[52]
Alaşehir massacre[53]	3–4 September 1922	Alaşehir, Manisa	Hellenic Army	3,000[54]
Turgutlu massacre	4–6 September 1922	Turgutlu, Manisa	Hellenic Army	1,000[54]
Salihli massacre	5 September 1922	Salihli, Manisa	Hellenic Army	+76[55]
Manisa massacre[56]	6–7 September 1922	Manisa	Hellenic Army and local Christians	4,355[57][54]
Suşiçe massacre	April 1941	Sušica	Kingdom of Bulgaria	7[58]
Blatec executions	September 1944	Blatec	Kingdom of Bulgaria	15[58]
Istibanje-Teranci massacres	October 1944	Istibanja and Teranci	Nazi Germany	17[58]
Limassol massacre	13 February 1963	Limassol, Cyprus	Greek Cypriots	16[59]
Bloody Christmas[60][61]	21–31 December 1963	Nicosia, Cyprus	Greek Cypriots	364[62]
Massacre in Famagusta	11 May 1964	Famagusta, Cyprus	Cypriot Police	10–17[63][64]
Massacre in Akrotiri and Dhekelia	13 May 1964	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Cypriot Police and local Cypriots	11[63][64]
Massacre in Kofinou	14–15 November 1967	Kofinou, Cyprus	Greek Cypriots	26[65][59]
Alaminos massacre[66]	20 July 1974	Alaminos, Cyprus	Cypriot National Guard	13–14[67][68]
Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre	14 August 1974	Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda, Cyprus	EOKA B	126[69][70]
Tochni massacre	15 August 1974	Taşkent, Cyprus	EOKA B	84[63]
Fergana massacre	3–12 June 1989	Fergana valley, Uzbekistan	Uzbek mobs	97[71]
Bulgarization of Turks in People's Republic of Bulgaria	1984–1989	Bulgaria	Bulgarian army	300 to 1,500 (according to HRW)[72]
Çetinkaya massacre	25 December 1991	Istanbul, Turkey	Kurdistan Workers' Party	12
Bingöl massacre	24 May 1993	Bingöl, Turkey	Kurdistan Workers' Party	38
Başbağlar massacre	5 July 1993	Başbağlar, Turkey	Kurdistan Workers' Party	33
Yavi massacre	25 October 1993	Erzurum, Turkey	Kurdistan Workers' Party	33[73]
Blue market massacre	13 March 1999	Istanbul, Turkey	Kurdistan Workers' Party	13

See also

• List of massacres in Cyprus
• List of massacres in Turkey
• List of massacres of Azerbaijanis