List of Turkish diplomats assassinated by Armenian Terrorist Organisations

This is a list of Turkish diplomats killed by Armenian terrorist organisations. The list includes familiars of diplomats as well as local or international staff members killed as a result of direct terrorist attacks or as collateral damage victims of the attacs directed against Turkish diplomats. The terrorist attacks that are listed here begin with the assassination of Mehmet Baydar, Turkish Consul General to Los Angeles and Mehmet Baydar, Consul at the same Consulate General. Although the terrorist attacks against Turkish diplomats begin with these assassinationsin 1973 by an individual perpetrator, Gourgen Yanikian, the has assumed -or in some cases accused of- the responsibility of terrorist attacks against Turkish diplomats and other Turkish objectives in 16 countries between 1975 and 1983.
Events
*Mehmet Baydar, Santa Barbara, California, Consul General, 27 January 1973
*Bahadır Demir, Consul, Santa Barbara, California, 27 January 1973
*, Vienna, Ambassador, 27 October 1975
*Ä°smail Erez, Paris, Ambassador, 24 October 1975.
*Talip Yener, Driver, Paris, 24 October 1975
*Oktar Cirit, First Secretary of the Turkish Embassy, Beirut, 16 February 1976
*Taha Carım, Vatican City, Ambassador, 9 June 1977.
*Necla Kuneralp, Madrid, Wife of Turkish Ambassador to Madrid, Zeki Kuneralp, 2 June 1978
*, Madrid, Retired Ambassador, brother of Ms Kuneralp 2 June 1978
*Ahmet Benler, The Hague, Ambassador's Son, 12 October 1979
*Yılmaz Çolpan, Paris, Tourism Counsellor, 22 December 1979.
*Galip Özmen, Athens, Attaché, 31 July 1980
*Neslihan Özmen, Athens, Daughter of Attaché Özmen, 31 July 1980
*, Sydney, Consul General, 17 December 1980
*Engin Sever, Attaché, 17.12.1980
*, Paris, Labour Attaché, 04.03.1981
*Tecelli Arı, Religion Officer, 04.03.1981
*, Geneva, Local Secretary, 09.06.1981
*Cemal Özen, Paris, Attaché, 24.09.1981
*Kemal Arıkan, Los Angeles / Consul General, 28.01.1982
*Orhan Gündüz, Boston, Honorary Consul General, 04.05.1982
*Erkut Akbay, Lisbon, Administrative Attaché, 07.06.1982
*Atilla Altıkat, Ottawa, Colonel, Military Attaché, 27.08.1982
*Bora Süelkan, Burgas, Administrative Attaché, 09.09.1982
*Nadide Akbay, Lisbon, Administrative Attaché's Wife, 08.01.1983
*Galip Balkar, Belgrade, Ambassador, 9 March 1983
*Dursun Aksoy, Brussels, Administrative Attaché, 14.07.1983
*, Lisboa, Wife of the Counsellor, 27.07.1983
*, Taheran, Wife of Local Secretary, 28.04.1984
*, Vienna, Labour Attaché, 20.06.1984
*Evner Ergun, Vienna, International Officer, 19.11.1984
*Çetin Görgü, Athens, Press Attaché, 7 October 1991
*, Baghdad, Attaché, 11 December 1993
*, Counselor of the Turkish Embassy, Athens, 4 July 1994