List of Turkish diplomats assassinated by Armenian militant organisations

This is a list of Turkish diplomats killed by Armenian militant organisations.[1][2][3][4][5] The list includes families of diplomats as well as staff members killed as a result of attacks directed against Turkish diplomats.[6]

The attacks that are listed here begin with the assassination of Mehmet Baydar, Turkish Consul General to Los Angeles and Bahadır Demir, Consul at the same Consulate General.[7] Although the attacks against Turkish diplomats began with these assassinations in 1973 by an individual perpetrator, Kourken Yanigian, the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) and Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide (JCAG) have assumed or been accused of the responsibility of attacks against Turkish diplomats and other Turkish interests in 16 countries between 1975 and 1984.[8][9][10]

The U.S. Department of State, under President Ronald Reagan — as well as the militants themselves — attribute the assassinations to Turkey's open denial of the Armenian genocide.[11] ASALA itself[12] and other sources[13][14][15][16] described it as a guerilla and armed[17] organisation. Some sources, including the Azerbaijani[18] and American[19] departments of state, as well as the Turkish Department of Culture,[20] listed it as a terrorist organisation.[21][22][23][24][25]

1970s
List of assassinated Turkish diplomats in the 1970s
Name Diplomatic Mission Title Date
Mehmet Baydar  Santa Barbara, California Consul General 27 January 1973 [7]
Bahadır Demir Consul
İsmail Erez  Paris Ambassador 24 October 1975 [26][27][28]
Talip Yener Driver for the Ambassador [29]
Daniş Tunalıgil  Vienna Ambassador 27 October 1975 [30]
Oktar Cirit  Beirut First Secretary 16 February 1976 [31][32]
Taha Carım   Holy See Ambassador 9 June 1977 [33]
Necla Kuneralp  Madrid Wife of Turkish Ambassador to Madrid 2 June 1978 [34]
Beşir Balcıoğlu Retired Ambassador, brother of Ms. Kuneralp [35]
Ahmet Benler  The Hague Ambassador's son 12 October 1979 [36]
Yılmaz Çolpan  Paris Tourism Counsellor 22 December 1979 [37]

1980s
List of assassinated Turkish diplomats in the 1980s
Name Diplomatic Mission Title Date Notes
Galip Özmen  Athens Attaché 31 July 1980 [38][39][40]
Neslihan Özmen Daughter of Attaché Özmen
Şarık Arıyak  Sydney Consul General 17 December 1980 [41][42][43]
Engin Sever Attaché
Reşat Moralı  Paris Labour Attaché 4 March 1981
Tecelli Arı Religion Officer
M. Savaş Yergüç   Geneva Local Secretary 9 June 1981
Cemal Özen  Paris Attaché 24 September 1981
Kemal Arıkan  Los Angeles Consul General 28 January 1982 killed by JCAG member Hampig Sassounian and an accomplice
Orhan Gündüz Honorary Consul General 4 May 1982
Erkut Akbay  Lisbon Administrative Attaché 7 June 1982 [44]
Atilla Altıkat  Ottawa Colonel, Military Attaché 27 August 1982 [45]
Bora Süelkan  Burgas Administrative Attaché 9 September 1982
Nadide Akbay  Lisbon Administrative Attaché's Wife 11 January 1983 J[46]
Galip Balkar  Belgrade Ambassador 9 March 1983 [47]
Dursun Aksoy  Brussels Administrative Attaché 14 July 1983 [48][49][50]
Cahide Mıhçıoğlu  Lisbon Counselor's Wife 27 July 1983
Işık Yönder  Tehran Local Secretary's Husband 28 April 1984
Erdoğan Özen  Vienna Labour Attaché 20 June 1984
Evner Ergun International Officer 19 November 1984

See also

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