List of massacres of Kurdish people


This is a list of massacres of Kurdish people

Name Date Location Perpetrators Deaths
Anfal campaign February–September 1988 Kurdistan Region, Iraq Ba'athist Iraq 182,000[1]
Dersim massacre May 1, 1937 – September 1, 1938 Dersim Region (modern-day Tunceli Province, Turkey Turkish government 13,806–70,000
Zilan massacre 12–13 July 1930 Turkey Turkish Armed Forces 5,000–15,000
Halabja massacre 16 March 1988 Halabja, Iraq Ba'athist Iraq 3,500–5,000[2]
Maraş massacre December 1978 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey Grey Wolves (organization) 100–185
2004 Qamishli massacre 12 March 2004 Qamishli city, Syria Ba'athist Syria 30+
Pınarcık massacre 20 June 1987 Pınarcık, Ömerli, Turkey Kurdistan Workers' Party 32
Persecution of Feyli Kurds in Ba'athist Iraq 1970–2003 Iraq Ba'athist Iraq 25,000[3]
Battle of Kirkuk (2015) 30 January – 1 February 2015 Kirkuk, Iraq ISIL 50
2021 Konya massacre 30 July 2021 Konya, Turkey Mehmet Altun 7
Karageçit village massacre 8 November 1984 Eruh town, Siirt province Kurdistan Workers' Party 9
Mardin engagement ceremony massacre May 4, 2009 Bilge, Mardin, Turkey Mehmet Çelebi and associates; 8 suspects in custody 44
Lice massacre From 20 to 23 October 1993 Lice, Turkey Turkish Armed Forces +30

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Introduction : GENOCIDE IN IRAQ: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds (Human Rights Watch Report, 1993)". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  2. ↑ "Halabja, Chemical Weapons and the Genocide Against the Kurds: Implications for Iraq and the World Today". Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  3. ↑ Salah, Sinaa. "The Feyli Kurds in Iraq: A Geopolitical Crisis with Complex Identity Consequences". eismena.com. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
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