Piyangotepe massacre

The Piyangotepe Massacre was a mass killing in Turkey on May 16, 1979. The massacre resulted in the death of 7 people and the injury of 2 others. A generally left-wing coffeehouse was raided by right-wing militants in Piyangotepe, Ankara. Ali Bülent Orkan, one of the defendants, was executed after the September 12 coup.

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