List of Turkish diplomats assassinated by Armenian Terrorist Organisations
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- Mehmet BaydarAssassination of Mehmet Baydar and Bahadır DemirThe assassination of Mehmet Baydar and Bahadır Demir refers to the murder of the Turkish Los Angeles Consul General Mehmet Baydar and Consul Bahadır Demir in California on 27 January 1973. They were murdered by an Armenian-American Gourgen Yanikian, who invited the Turkish diplomats to lunch and...
, Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
, Consul General, 27 January 1973 - Bahadır DemirAssassination of Mehmet Baydar and Bahadır DemirThe assassination of Mehmet Baydar and Bahadır Demir refers to the murder of the Turkish Los Angeles Consul General Mehmet Baydar and Consul Bahadır Demir in California on 27 January 1973. They were murdered by an Armenian-American Gourgen Yanikian, who invited the Turkish diplomats to lunch and...
, Konsolos, Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
, 27 January 1973 - Daniş TunalıgilDanis TunaligilHüseyin Daniş Tunalıgil was a Turkish diplomat. He was assassinated by JCAG in 1975 during his duty as the Turkish ambassador to Austria.-Life and career:...
, WienWienWien is the German language name for Vienna, the city and federal state in Austria.* Wien , in Vienna, Austria* Theater an der Wien, a theater in Vienna located at the former river WienWien may also refer to:...
, Ambassador, 27 October 1975 - İsmail ErezAssassination of İsmail ErezThe assassination of Ismail Erez, Turkish diplomat and ambassador to France took place on Friday, 24 October 1975, just two days after the first assassination of a Turkish ambassador to Austria, Daniş Tunalıgil by an Armenian terrorist organization JCAG....
, Paris / Büyükelçi, 24 October 1975 . - Talip Yener, Driver, 24 October 1975
- Oktar Cirit, BeirutBeirutBeirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
, 16 February 1976 - Taha CarımAssassination of Taha CarimThe assassination of Taha Carim, Turkish diplomat and ambassador to Vatican City took place on 9 June 1975 in Rome, Italy.-Background:The assault on Carim took place two years after the shocking assassination of a Turkish ambassador to Austria, Daniş Tunalıgil and assassination of a Turkish...
, Vatican CityVatican CityVatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
, Ambassador, 9 June 1977 . - Necla Kuneralp, MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Ambassador, 2 June 1978 - Beşir Balcıoğlu, Retired Ambassador, 02.06.1978
- Ahmet BenlerAhmet BenlerAhmet Benler was the son of Özdemir Benler, the Turkish ambassador to Netherlands. He was assassinated on October 12, 1979. His assassination was claimed separately by ASALA and JCAG- Capture and trial of the alleged assassin :...
, Lahey, Ambassador's Son, 12 October 1979 - Yılmaz Çolpan, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Tourism Counsellor, 22 December 1979 . - Galip Özmen, AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, İdari Ataşe, 31 July 1980 - Neslihan Özmen, Athens İdari Ataşe Kızı, 31 July 1980
- Şarık Arıyak, SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
,Başkonsolos, 17 December 1980 - Engin Sever, Güvenlik Ataşesi, 17.12.1980
- Reşat Moralı, Paris / Çalışma Ataşesi, 04.03.1981
- Tecelli Arı, Din Görevlisi, 04.03.1981
- M. Savaş Yergüç, Cenevre, Sözleşmeli Sek., 09.06.1981
- Cemal Özen, Paris/ Güvenlik Ataşesi, 24.09.1981
- Kemal Arıkan, Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
/ Başkonsolos, 28.01.1982 - Orhan Gündüz, BostonBostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Honorary Consul General, 04.05.1982 - Erkut AkbayAssassination of Erkut AkbayThe assassination of Erkut Akbay refers to the murder of the Turkish administrative attache, Erkut Akbay, 40, in Lisbon, where the diplomat was serving, on 7 June, 1982. Akbay was assassinated near his home on the outskirts of the city as he returned home for lunch. He was killed instantly while...
, LisbonLisbonLisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, Administrative Officer, 07.06.1982 - Atilla AltıkatAtilla AltikatColonel Atilla Altikat was the Turkish military attaché to Ottawa, Canada, who was assassinated in 1982. The Armenian group, Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide, claimed responsibility for the attack. The act was forcefully condemned by the Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Trudeau.Before...
, OttawaOttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Military Attache Colonel, 27.08.1982 - Bora Süelkan, BurgasBurgas-History:During the rule of the Ancient Romans, near Burgas, Debeltum was established as a military colony for veterans by Vespasian. In the Middle Ages, a small fortress called Pyrgos was erected where Burgas is today and was most probably used as a watchtower...
, Administrative Attache, 09.09.1982 - Nadide AkbayAssassination of Erkut AkbayThe assassination of Erkut Akbay refers to the murder of the Turkish administrative attache, Erkut Akbay, 40, in Lisbon, where the diplomat was serving, on 7 June, 1982. Akbay was assassinated near his home on the outskirts of the city as he returned home for lunch. He was killed instantly while...
, Lisbon, Administrative Officer's Wife, 08.01.1983 - Galip BalkarGalip BalkarGalip Balkar was a Turkish diplomat. He was assassinated by two Armenian terrorists in 1983 during his duty as the Turkish ambassador to Yugoslavia.-Life and career:...
, BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Ambassador, 9 March 1983 - Dursun Aksoy, BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Administrative Attache, 14.07.1983 - Cahide Mıhçıoğlu, Lisbon, Wife of the Counsellor, 27.07.1983
- Işık Yönder, Taheran, Wife of Secre., 28.04.1984
- Erdoğan Özen, Vien, Çalışma Ataşesi, 20.06.1984
- Evner Ergun, Vien, Uluslararası Memur, 19.11.1984
- Çetin Görgü, Athens, Basın Ataşesi, 7 October 1991
- Çağlar Yücel, BaghdadBaghdadBaghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, İdari Ataşe, 11 December 1993 - Haluk Sipahioğlu, AtinaAtina-Places:Greece*Atina, Greece, a Turkish name for the City of Athens, AtticaItaly*Atina, Lazio, a comune in the Province of Frosinone*Atina, Basilicata, an ancient town near modern Elena, BasilicataTurkey...
, Müsteşar, 4 July 1994
See also
- Esenboğa Airport attackEsenboğa Airport attackThe Esenboğa International Airport attack was an attack on Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, perpetrated by the "Pierre Gulumian commando" group from the Armenian militant organization ASALA on August 7, 1982....
- Orly airport attackOrly airport attackThe Orly Airport attack was the 15 July 1983 bombing of a Turkish Airlines check-in counter at Orly Airport in Paris, France, by the Armenian militant organization ASALA as part of its campaign for the recognition of and reparations for the Armenian Genocide...
- List of attacks by the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
- List of attacks by the Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide