Turkmen Martyrs' Day

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Turkmen Martyrs' Day is an annual memorial day celebrated to commemorate the execution of Iraqi Turkmen intellectuals by Saddam Hussein's regime on January 16, 1980. [1] [2]

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Overview

It is celebrated every year in the graves of the victims. Many Turkmen organizations as well as Atatürk's own Turkish Hearths have expressed condolences for the day. [3]

The intellectuals

There were four people, all affiliated with each other, who were arrested by the Iraqi government and executed. Those people are: [4]

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