# List of massacres of Turkish people

This is a list of massacres against ethnic Turks.

## List

| Name | Date | Present location | Perpetrators | Deaths |
| Persecution of Muslims during the Ottoman contraction | 19th and early 20th centuries | Former Ottoman territories | Russian Empire, Tsardom of Bulgaria, France, Kingdom of Serbia, Kingdom of Greece, Kingdom of Montenegro | At least 2 million, up to 5.5 million |
| Massacres of the Turkish 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 |
| 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 |
| Navarino massacre | 19 August 1821 | Pylos, Greece | Greek revolutionaries | 3,000 |
| Tripolitsa massacre | 23 September 1821 | Tripoli, Greece | Greek revolutionaries | 6,000–30,000 |
| Galați massacre | 20 February 1821 | Galați, Romania | Greek revolutionaries | 50–300 |
| Massacres of the Turkish population during the April Uprising | April–May 1876 | Bulgaria | Bulgarian revolutionaries | 200–1,000 |
| Harmanli massacre | 16–17 January 1878 | Harmanli, Bulgaria | Russian Army | 2,000-5,000 |
| Kızanlık massacres | 1877-78 | Kazanlak, Bulgaria | Russian Army, Bulgarians | 1,751 |
| Lasithi massacres | 1897 | Crete, Greece | Christian mobs | 850–1,000 |
| Sarakina massacre | February 1897 | Crete, Greece | Christian mobs | 104 (61 children, 23 women and 20 men) |
| Sitia massacre | February 1897 | Sitia, Crete, Greece | Christian mob | 300 |
| Kissamos massacre | February 1897 | Kissamos, Crete, Greece | Christian mob | 23 |
| Kirchova massacre | August 1903 | Kichevo, North Macedonia | Bulgarian revolutionaries | 8 |
| Raionovo, Planitsa and Kukurtevo massacres | Autumn 1912 | Raionovo, Planitsa and Kukurtevo, Macedonia | Bulgarian irregulars | +700 |
| Cisr-i Mustafapaşa massacre | October 1912 | Svilengrad, Bulgaria | Bulgarians | 200 |
| Edeköy massacre | 1912 | Edeköy, Edirne, Turkey | Greeks | 1,659 |
| Serres massacre | 1912 | Serres, Greece | Bulgarians | 600 |
| Dedeagac massacre | 1912 | Alexandroupolis, Greece | Armenians | 20 |
| Bulgarian school massacre | 1912 | Chair quarter of Uskub, North Macedonia | Serbians | 18 |
| Ohrid massacre | 1912 | Ohrid, North Macedonia | Serbians | 500 |
| Strumica massacre | 1912 | Strumitsa, North Macedonia | Greeks | 3,000 |
| Petrovo massacre | 1912 | Petrovo | Bulgarians | "every living Turkish thing" |
| Yaylacık massacre | 1912 | Yaylacık, close to Salonica | Greeks | 15 |
| Salonica massacre | 1912 | Salonica | Greeks | 27 |
| Derin Çatak massacre | 1912 | Malkara | Bulgarians | 11 |
| Avrethisar villages massacre | 1912-1913 | Kilkis | Bulgarians | 451 |
| Pravishte massacres | 1912-1913 | Eleftheroupoli | Greeks | 195 |
| Kaz massacre | March 1913 | Yukarı Kılıçlı | Bulgarians | 43 |
| Karasatı massacre | June 1913 | Karasatı, Keşan | Bulgarians and Greeks | 29 |
| Uzunköprü massacre | July 1913 | Uzunköprü | Bulgarians | 42 |
| Habibçe massacre | July 1913 | Lyubimets | Bulgarians | 20 |
| Greek landing at Smyrna | 15 May 1919 | İzmir | Hellenic Army and local Greeks | 400–600 |
| Yeşiloba massacre | 11 June 1920 | Yeşiloba, Adana | French Armenian Legion | 64–200 |
| 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 |
| Massacre in Marash | 1920 | Marash | French Army and French Armenian Legion | 4,500 |
| Massacre in Aintab | 1920-1921 | Aintab | French Army and French Armenian Legion | 6,000-7,000 |
| Yalova Peninsula massacres | 1920–1921 | Armutlu Peninsula | Hellenic Army, local Christians and Circassians | 5,500–9,100 |
| Bilecik massacre | March–April 1921 | Bilecik, Sögüt, Bozüyük | Hellenic Army and local Greeks | 208 |
| İzmit massacre | 24 June 1921 | İzmit | Hellenic Army | 300 |
| Karatepe village massacre | 14 February 1922 | Karatepe, Köşk | Hellenic Army | 385 |
| Uşak massacre | 1 September 1922 | Uşak | Hellenic Army and local Greeks | 200 |
| Alaşehir massacre | 3–4 September 1922 | Alaşehir, Manisa | Hellenic Army | 3,000 |
| Turgutlu massacre | 4–6 September 1922 | Turgutlu, Manisa | Hellenic Army | 1,000 |
| Salihli massacre | 5 September 1922 | Salihli, Manisa | Hellenic Army | +76 |
| Manisa massacre | 6–7 September 1922 | Manisa | Hellenic Army and local Christians | 4,355 |
| 1924 Kirkuk massacre | 4 May 1924 | Kirkuk, Iraq | Iraq Levies | +200 |
| Suşiçe massacre | April 1941 | Sušica | Kingdom of Bulgaria | 7 |
| Blatec executions | September 1944 | Blatec | Kingdom of Bulgaria | 15 |
| Istibanje-Teranci massacres | October 1944 | Istibanja and Teranci | Nazi Germany | 17 |
| Gavurbağı massacre | 12 July 1946 | Kirkuk, Iraq | Iraqi Police | 20 |
| 1959 Kirkuk massacre | 15 July 1959 | Kirkuk, Iraq | Kurdish soldiers | 31-79 |
| Limassol massacre | 13 February 1963 | Limassol, Cyprus | Greek Cypriots | 16 |
| Bloody Christmas | 21–31 December 1963 | Nicosia, Cyprus | Greek Cypriots | 364 |
| Massacre in Famagusta | 11 May 1964 | Famagusta, Cyprus | Cypriot Police | 10–17 |
| Massacre in Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 13 May 1964 | Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Cypriot Police and local Cypriots | 11 |
| Massacre in Kofinou | 14–15 November 1967 | Kofinou, Cyprus | Greek Cypriots | 26 |
| Massacre in Alaminos | 20 July 1974 | Alaminos, Cyprus | Cypriot National Guard | 13–14 |
| Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre | 14 August 1974 | Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda, Cyprus | EOKA B | 126 |
| Tochni massacre | 15 August 1974 | Taşkent, Cyprus | EOKA B | 84 |
| Persecution of Iraqi Turkmen in Ba'athist Iraq | 1979-2003 | Ba'athist Iraq | Government of Saddam Hussein | Thousands |
| Fergana massacre | 3–12 June 1989 | Fergana valley, Uzbekistan | Uzbek mobs | 97 |
| Bulgarization of Turks in People's Republic of Bulgaria | 1984-1989 | Bulgaria | Bulgarian army | 300 to 1,500 (according to HRW) |
| Altun Kupri massacre | 28 March 1991 | Altun Kupri, Iraq | Iraqi Army | 135 |
| Çewlik 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 |
| Erbil massacre | 31 August 1996 | Erbil | Iraqi Armed Forces | 48 |
| Blue market massacre | 13 March 1999 | Istanbul, Turkey | Kurdistan Workers' Party | 13 |
| Turkmen genocide by ISIL | 2014-2017 | Kirkuk, Saladin, Diyala, Erbil and Nineveh, Iraq | ISIL | 3,500 |