Massacre of Turkish civilians in Galati and Iasi This is not the primary subject of the article but since it is stated it should be stated correctly According to a number of sources this massacre did take place so calling it rumors is wrong Sources which mention the massacres 1 Furthermore atrocities against Muslim residents in Jassy and Galati in the early days of the occupation of Moldavia promised reprisals from Ottoman 1 the massacre of Turks at Galatz and Jassy 1 the cruel and cowardly murders of Turkish merchants in the towns of Galatz and Jassy 1 Pushkin who heard the news of the massacre of Galati and the violence in Jassy was astonished by Ypsilantis conduct as a general 1 One of the first acts of the Etairia in Moldavia had been the massacre of Turkish civilians in Ia i and Galati Galatz History of the Balkans Barbara Jelavich page 212 1983 So doing this is wrong