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Sivas massacre

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The location here is the Hotel Madimak.

Madimak Hotel fire


Madimak Hotel fire

The Sivas massacre (Turkish: Sivas Katliamı, Madımak Katliamı) refers to the events of July 2, 1993 which resulted in the deaths of 37 people, mostly Alevi intellectuals, and two hotel employees. Two people from the mob also died. The victims, who had gathered for a cultural festival in Sivas, Turkey, were killed when a mob of radical Islamists (of Sunni Wahhabi and Salafist creed) set fire to the hotel where the Alevi group had assembled.

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