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 furthermore atrocities against muslim residents in jassy and galati in the early days of the occupation of moldavia promised reprisals from ottoman the massacre of turks at galatz and jassy the cruel and cowardly murders of turkish merchants in the towns of galatz and jassy pushkin who heard the news of the massacre of galati and the violence in jassy was astonished by ypsilantis' conduct as a general 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 so doing this is wrong