Gazi Quarter riots

1995 Gazi Quarter riots
1995 Gazi Quarter riots
Date	12–15 March 1995
Location	Sultangazi, Ümraniye in Istanbul and Kızılay in Ankara, Turkey
Caused by	Drive-by shootings, killing a religious leader and injuring 25
Methods	Riot, urban guerrilla warfare
Parties
Alevi protesters DHKP/C; Marxist–Leninist Communist Party Communist Party of Turkey	Government of Turkey; General Directorate of Security; Riot Police; Police Special Operation Department; Gendarmerie General Command; JİTEM (alleged); Turkish Armed Forces (as of 14 March) Turkish Land Forces; Grey Wolves
Lead figures
	İzzettin Doğan; Özlem Tunç; Hasan Ocak Hayri Kozakçıoğlu; Governor of Istanbul; Mehmet Ağar; Chief of the General Directorate of Security; Necdet Menzir; Istanbul Chief of Police; Nahit Menteşe; Minister of the Interior; Col. Veli Küçük; Gendarmerie General Command; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; Mayor of Istanbul
Casualties and losses
23 dead and 1,000+ wounded	over 400 wounded

The 1995 Gazi Quarter riots (Turkish: Gazi Mahallesi olayları) or 1995 Gazi Massacre (Turkish: Gazi Katliamı) were events that occurred in March 1995 at the Gazi Quarter, a working-class neighborhood in the then Gaziosmanpaşa district, today Sultangazi district, of Istanbul, Turkey, where mostly Alevis live. The riots began after drive-by shootings on several cafés at the same time, and spread over other places in Istanbul and also in Ankara in the next days. During the four-day unrest, 23 people were killed and more than 1,400 rioters and police were injured.