Gavurbağı massacre

The Gavurbağı massacre happened on July 12, 1946, when the Iraqi police opened fire on Iraqi Turkmen rights protestors in Kirkuk's Gavurbağı park. The protestors all worked for the Kirkuk Oil Company.[1][2]

Gavurbağı massacre
LocationGavurbağı Park, Kirkuk
Kingdom of Iraq
Date12 July 1946
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths16-20
Injured30
VictimsIraqi Turkmen
PerpetratorsIraqi police

Massacre

Before the massacre, ethnic Turkmen workers were protesting for their rights. On July 7, 1946, the Iraqi Minister of Economy, Baba Ali Sheikh Mahmud, went to the Ministry of Arshad Al-Omari in Kirkuk, pressuring al-Omari to put an end to the protests, one way or another.[2] However, al-Omari could not persuade them to stop protesting, and began using threats and intimidation, which did not work either. Protesting workers responded by gathering in Gavurbağı Park, and then Iraqi police arrived and met them with bullets.[2] 16 workers were killed and 30 injured in the attack.[2]

See also

References
  1. "بنت الرافدين". brob.org. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. "ميسون نعيم الرومي: الى العامل في عيده - الأخبار". Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

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