Fergana massacre
Fergana Massacre | |
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Part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union | |
Location | Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan SSR |
Date | June 3, 1989 | –June 12, 1989
Target | Meskhetian Turks |
Attack type | pogrom |
Deaths | minimum 97[1] |
Injured | 1,000[1] |
Perpetrators | Uzbek nationalist mobs |
Accused | KGB-led mafia[2][3] |
Fergana massacre happened in 1989, after riots broke out between the Meskhetian Turks exiled in Uzbekistan and the native Uzbeks. Hundreds of Meskhetian Turks were killed or injured, nearly 1,000 properties were destroyed and thousands of Meskhetian Turks fled into exile.[4]
Course of events[]
Since their deportation, Meskhetian Turks weren't allowed to return to their homeland, they continued living in Central Asia, primarily in Uzbekistan, until June 1989, when Uzbek extremists took part in a mass slaughter of the Meskhetian Turks and other minorities in the Fergana Valley. According to official, and most probably low figures, 97 people died, over 1,000 were wounded, and 752 houses were burned to the ground. Before the massacre, about 100,000 Meskhetian Turks lived in Uzbekistan.[1]
Aftermath[]
Authorities in Moscow and Tashkent quickly claimed that the riots were planned by the mafia, the political enemies of Gorbachev or by Uzbek nationalists.[2]
Following this events, the majority of Meskhetian Turks, about 70,000, went to Azerbaijan, whilst the remainder went to various regions of Russia (especially Krasnodar Krai), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine.[4][5] Many Bukharan Jews also fled to Israel.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "POPULATION TRANSFER: The Tragedy of the Meskhetian Turks". Cultural Survival. March 1992.
- ^ a b Pravda 14 October 1989, p.2
- ^ a b Patrick Sullivan (2017). Economic Inequality, Neoliberalism, and the American Community College. p. 79.
- ^ a b UNHCR 1999b, 20.
- ^ UNHCR 1999b, 21.
Bibliography[]
- UNHCR (1999a), Background Paper on Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Azerbaijan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- UNHCR (1999b), Background Paper on Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Georgia, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Coordinates: 40°54′03″N 71°45′28″E / 40.90083°N 71.75778°E
- 1989 riots
- June 1989 events in Asia
- Ethnic riots
- Riots and civil disorder in the Soviet Union
- Massacres in the Soviet Union
- Persecution of Turkish people
- Massacres in Uzbekistan
- Bukharan Jews